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Here is a list of popular free software applications that we recommend to replace common proprietary applications. Ceasing to use proprietary appliations is a good way to start migrating to freedom.
! Free program
 
! GNU/Linux
 
! GNU/Hurd
 
! BSD
 
! Android
 
! macOS
 
! iOS
 
! Windows
 
! Windows Mobile
 
! Replacement for
 
! Category
 
|-
 
! [[Dia]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Visio
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Graphics and Design
 
|-
 
! [[Iridium]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Safari (included)
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Safari (included)
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Internet Explorer (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[GIMP]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Photoshop
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* PaintShop Pro
 
* Photoshop
 
* Microsoft Paint (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Graphics and Design
 
|-
 
! [[Inkscape]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Adobe Illustrator
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* CorelDraw
 
* Adobe Illustrator
 
* Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Graphics and Design
 
|-
 
! [[Claws Mail]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Apple Mail (included)
 
| <!-- iOS --> Apple Mail (included)
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Microsoft Outlook
 
* Windows Mail (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[GNUnet]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> DC++
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[Pidgin]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux -->
 
* ICQ
 
* Trillian
 
* Yahoo! Messenger
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
* Yahoo! Messenger
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
* Facebook Messenger
 
* ICQ
 
* Trillian
 
* Yahoo! Messenger
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Facebook Messenger
 
* ICQ
 
* Trillian
 
* Yahoo! Messenger
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
* ICQ
 
* Trillian
 
* Yahoo! Messenger
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* ICQ
 
* Trillian
 
* Yahoo! Messenger
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
* Facebook Messenger
 
* ICQ
 
|
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[GNU IceCat]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Safari (included)
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Safari (included)
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Internet Explorer (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[QupZilla]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Safari (included)
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Safari (included)
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Internet Explorer (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[qBittorrent]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
|
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[Tribler]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| BitTorrent
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[UNetbootin]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Disk Utility (Mac OS X), Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, WinToFlash, Windows USB Installer Maker
 
| Live USB Systems
 
|-
 
! [[Blender]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Maya, 3DSMax
 
| Multimedia
 
|-
 
! [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile --> Yes
 
| Windows Media Player, PowerDVD
 
| Multimedia
 
|-
 
! [[LibreOffice]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Microsoft Office
 
| Office and Productivity
 
|-
 
! [[Evince]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Adobe Reader, Reader (Windows 8), Nitro PDF Reader
 
| Office and Productivity
 
|-
 
! [[Scribus]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd --> Yes
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| PageMaker, InDesign, QuarkXPress
 
| Publishing
 
|-
 
! [[MinGW]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Microsoft Visual C++
 
| Programming Utilities
 
|-
 
! [[Signal]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| iMessage
 
| Messaging
 
|-
 
! [[Vim]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Notes
 
| Office and Productivity
 
|-
 
! [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive
 
| Internet
 
|}
 
  
Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
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We have a separate list for each operating system because some of the free replacements don't run on all the operating system.
** Added Iridium.
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** Replaced "Blender3D" with "Blender" (see menu bar Blender -> About).
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==Misc==
** Replaced "VideoLan Client" with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
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* [[Collection:File format|File format]]
** Replaced "Paint Shop Pro" with "PaintShop Pro".
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* [[Collection:SaaSS|Service as a Software Substitute]]
** Replaced "Xara Xtreme" with "Xara Photo & Graphic Designer" -- The Windows version was previously sold under the names Xara Studio, Xara X and Xara Xtreme
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** Removed "Adobe FreeHand" (Adobe Illustrator is already in the list) -- Since 2003 FreeHand development has been discontinued; in the Adobe Systems catalog, FreeHand has been replaced with Adobe Illustrator.
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==Free operating systems==
** Replaced "Napster" with DC++
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* GNU-like
** Replaced "MSN" (Windows Live Messenger, discontinued) with "Facebook Messenger"
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** [[Collection:BSD|BSD]]
** Replaced "Yahoo" with "Yahoo! Messenger"
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** [[Collection:GNU/Linux|GNU/Linux]]
** Replaced "ICQ chat clients" with "ICQ"
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* Android-based
** Removed AIM, discontinued (December 15, 2017)
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** [[Collection:Replicant|Replicant]]
** Replaced "Outlook Express" with "Microsoft Mail"
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** Added "Apple Mail"
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==Nonfree operating systems==
* Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
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* Apple [[Collection:iOS|iOS]]
** Removed Rufus because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
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* Apple [[Collection:macOS|macOS]]
** Removed OnionBrowser because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
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* Microsoft [[Collection:Windows|Windows]]
** Removed Orfox because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
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** Removed LibreSignal because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
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After you replace the nonfree apps, how about replacing the nonfree system next?  For your freedom's sake.
** Removed VimTouch because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
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** Added Telegram (as a replacement for LibreSignal).
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==About==
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* '''Team Captain''': [[User:David_Hedlund|David Hedlund]]
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* '''Participant''': [[User:Adfeno|Adfeno]]
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* '''Summary''': A listing of free software replacements.

Revision as of 20:35, 14 July 2018

Here is a list of popular free software applications that we recommend to replace common proprietary applications. Ceasing to use proprietary appliations is a good way to start migrating to freedom.

We have a separate list for each operating system because some of the free replacements don't run on all the operating system.

Misc

Free operating systems

Nonfree operating systems

After you replace the nonfree apps, how about replacing the nonfree system next? For your freedom's sake.

About

  • Team Captain: David Hedlund
  • Participant: Adfeno
  • Summary: A listing of free software replacements.


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