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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.
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|message=This list is not an endorsement for the use of non-free software. The tools below should be used to migrate to [//www.gnu.org/distros/ free/''libre'' system distributions]. After successfully using these software, it's recommended that you remove the non-free system [//www.gnu.org/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html because someone else exercises unjust power over the users of non-free software].
 
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Here is a list of popular free software applications that run on Microsoft Windows — along with the proprietary applications they replace. If you are still a user of a nonfree operating system like Windows or iOS, you can take a first step towards free software by installing these applications on your platform.
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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.
  
When we say these application programs are [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.en.html free software], we're talking about freedom, not price. It means that you are free to use these programs constructively, either alone or in a community, while respecting the freedom of others. The source code is available, so that you can study the software, adapt it to your needs, fix bugs, and release versions with new features. You can also convince or pay others to do these things for you. You are also free to give away and free to sell copies, under the terms of the applicable free software license. These programs are free software because <em>you have freedom</em> in using them. Free software develops under the control of its users.
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==Misc==
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* [[Collection:File format|File format]]
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* [[Collection:SaaSS|Service as a Software Substitute]]
  
Microsoft Windows is a clear and instructive example of nonfree software. Its source code is a secret, so programmers cannot learn from it, fix it, adapt it to their clients (your) needs, or even verify what it really does. If you share copies with your neighbors, you will be called a &ldquo;pirate&rdquo;, and users have been threatened with imprisonment for this. Nonfree software is completely controlled by its developer, who also has power over the users. We started the free software movement because [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html this power is unjust].
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==Free operating systems==
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* GNU-like
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** [[Collection:BSD|BSD]]
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** [[Collection:GNU/Linux|GNU/Linux]]
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* Android-based
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** [[Collection:Replicant|Replicant]]
  
Using free software on Microsoft Windows (or any nonfree operating system) is the first step towards freedom, but it does not get you all the way there. You're still under Microsoft's power as long as you use Windows.
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==Nonfree operating systems==
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* Apple [[Collection:iOS|iOS]]
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* Apple [[Collection:macOS|macOS]]
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* Microsoft [[Collection:Windows|Windows]]
  
So the next step is to replace Windows with a [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.htmlfree operating system such as GNU/Linux].
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After you replace the nonfree apps, how about replacing the nonfree system next?  For your freedom's sake.
  
'''However, on this page we're concerned with the first step.'''
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==About==
 
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* '''Team Captain''': [[User:David_Hedlund|David Hedlund]]
Software with external links do not have GNU/Linux support so they will not be added to Free Software Directory as required by the policy.
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* '''Participant''': [[User:Adfeno|Adfeno]]
 
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* '''Summary''': A listing of free software replacements.
==OS==
 
 
 
===GNU/Linux===
 
[https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.en.html Common distros] usually provides a repository of nonfree software. [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html Free GNU/Linux distros] do not permit non-free software.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:smaller"
 
|-
 
! Type
 
! Free program
 
! Replacement for
 
|-
 
! 3D computer graphics software
 
| [[Blender]]
 
| Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
|-
 
! Anonymous P2P
 
| [[GNUnet]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! BitTorrent client
 
| [[Tribler]], [[qBittorrent]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Compiler
 
| [[Mingw-w64]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Desktop publishing
 
| [[Scribus]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Diagramming software
 
| [[Dia]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Document viewer
 
| [[Evince]]
 
| Adobe Reader
 
|-
 
! Email client, news client, feed reader
 
| [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Softphone
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]], [[Telegram]]
 
| Skype, Signal
 
|-
 
! Instant messaging client
 
| [[Pidgin]]
 
| ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger
 
|-
 
! Live USB
 
| [[Etcher]], [[Ubuntu Live USB creator]]
 
| UNetbootin
 
|-
 
! Media player
 
| [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Office suite
 
| [[LibreOffice]] (OpenOffice.org fork)
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Online storage
 
| [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
| Dropbox
 
|-
 
! Raster graphics editor
 
| [[GIMP]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Text editor
 
| [[Emacs]], [[Gedit]], [[Vim]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Vector graphics editor
 
| [[Inkscape]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Videotelephone
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Web browser
 
| [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
 
| Chromium, Google Chrome, Firefox
 
|}
 
 
 
===BSD===
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:smaller"
 
|-
 
! Type
 
! Free program
 
! Replacement for
 
|-
 
! 3D computer graphics software
 
| [[Blender]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Anonymous P2P
 
| [[GNUnet]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! BitTorrent client
 
| [[Tribler]], [[qBittorrent]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Compiler
 
| [[Mingw-w64]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Desktop publishing
 
| [[Scribus]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Diagramming software
 
| [[Dia]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Document viewer
 
| [[Evince]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Email client, news client, feed reader
 
| [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Softphone
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Instant messaging client
 
| [[Pidgin]]
 
| Yahoo! Messenger
 
|-
 
! Live USB
 
|
 
| UNetbootin
 
|-
 
! Media player
 
| [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Office suite
 
| [[LibreOffice]] (OpenOffice.org fork)
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Online storage
 
| [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
|
 
|-
 
! Raster graphics editor
 
| [[GIMP]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Text editor
 
| [[Epsilon]], [[Vim]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Vector graphics editor
 
| [[Inkscape]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Videotelephone
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Web browser
 
| [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
 
|
 
|}
 
 
 
===Replicant===
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:smaller"
 
|-
 
! Type
 
! Free program
 
! Replacement for
 
|-
 
! 3D computer graphics software
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Anonymous P2P
 
| [http://ugetdm.com/downloads-android uGet]
 
|
 
|-
 
! BitTorrent client
 
| [[Tribler]]
 
| BitTorrent
 
|-
 
! Compiler
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Desktop publishing
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Diagramming software
 
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.gelin.android.plantuml&hl=en PlantUML]
 
| DrawExpress Diagram Lite
 
|-
 
! Document viewer
 
| [https://f-droid.org/packages/com.artifex.mupdfdemo/ MuPDF]
 
| Adobe Acrobat
 
|-
 
! Email client, news client, feed reader
 
| [https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9/ K-9 Mail]
 
| Microsoft Outlook
 
|-
 
! Softphone
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]], [[Telegram]]
 
| Skype, Signal
 
|-
 
! Instant messaging client
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]], [[Telegram]]
 
| Facebook Messenger, ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype, Signal
 
|-
 
! Live USB
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Media player
 
| [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Office suite
 
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andropenoffice&hl=en AndrOpen Office] (Apache OpenOffice port)
 
| Microsoft Office Mobile
 
|-
 
! Online storage
 
| [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
| Dropbox
 
|-
 
! Raster graphics editor
 
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dandroidmobile.xgimp&hl=en XGimp Image Editor]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Text editor
 
| [https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/ Markor]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Vector graphics editor
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Videotelephone
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]]
 
| Skype, Signal
 
|-
 
! Web browser
 
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/orfox/ Orfox]
 
| Firefox
 
|}
 
 
 
IceCatMobile cannot run on Replicant: Firefox 52 has an opengl 2.0 dependency which replicant can't do because it requires nonfree software (at least on the galaxy s3).
 
 
 
===Apple===
 
 
 
====macOS====
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:smaller"
 
|-
 
! Type
 
! Free program
 
! Replacement for
 
|-
 
! 3D computer graphics software
 
| [[Blender]]
 
| Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
|-
 
! Anonymous P2P
 
| [[GNUnet]]
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! BitTorrent client
 
| [[Tribler]], [[qBittorrent]]
 
| BitTorrent
 
|-
 
! Compiler
 
| [[Mingw-w64]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Desktop publishing
 
| [[Scribus]]
 
| Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress
 
|-
 
! Diagramming software
 
| [[Dia]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Document viewer
 
| [[Evince]]
 
| Adobe Reader
 
|-
 
! Email client, news client, feed reader
 
| [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
 
| Apple Mail (included), Microsoft Outlook
 
|-
 
! Softphone
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]], [[Telegram]]
 
| Apple iMessage
 
|-
 
! Instant messaging client
 
| [[Pidgin]]
 
| Facebook Messenger, ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger
 
|-
 
! Live USB
 
| [[Etcher]]
 
| UNetbootin
 
|-
 
! Media player
 
| [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| Apple QuickTime
 
|-
 
! Office suite
 
| [[LibreOffice]] (OpenOffice.org fork)
 
| Microsoft Office
 
|-
 
! Online storage
 
| [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
| Dropbox
 
|-
 
! Raster graphics editor
 
| [[GIMP]]
 
| Adobe Photoshop
 
|-
 
! Text editor
 
| [[Emacs]], [[Vim]]
 
| Notes
 
|-
 
! Vector graphics editor
 
| [[Inkscape]]
 
| Adobe Illustrator
 
|-
 
! Videotelephone
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Web browser
 
| [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
 
| Apple Safari (included), Chromium, Google Chrome, Firefox
 
|}
 
 
 
====iOS====
 
'''We urge all iOS users to switch to [https://www.replicant.us/supported-devices.php a mobile device that supports Replicant] (or a free [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html GNU/Linux distribution]) as soon as possible.'''
 
 
 
Windows can be easily replaced with a free operating system on most PCs, but not iOS: there are ways to install [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html Android] on some iThings, but its free counterpart, Replicant, cannot be installed on any of them.
 
 
 
You may want to check the [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=Category/Runs-on/iOS Runs-on/iOS category] in our Free Software Directory for more software.
 
 
 
If you are technically minded, you may find it interesting to build these apps from source code rather than download them from the App Store.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:smaller"
 
|-
 
! Type
 
! Free program
 
! Replacement for
 
|-
 
! 3D computer graphics software
 
| [[Blender]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Anonymous P2P
 
| [[GNUnet]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! BitTorrent client
 
| [[Tribler]], [[qBittorrent]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Compiler
 
| [[Mingw-w64]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Desktop publishing
 
| [[Scribus]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Diagramming software
 
| [[Dia]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Document viewer
 
| [[Evince]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Email client, news client, feed reader
 
| [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
 
| Microsoft Outlook
 
|-
 
! Softphone
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]], [[Telegram]]
 
| Apple iMessage
 
|-
 
! Instant messaging client
 
| [[Pidgin]]
 
| ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger
 
|-
 
! Live USB
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Media player
 
| [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| ?
 
|-
 
! Office suite
 
| [[LibreOffice]] (OpenOffice.org fork)
 
| Microsoft Office Mobile
 
|-
 
! Online storage
 
| [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
| Dropbox
 
|-
 
! Raster graphics editor
 
| [[GIMP]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Text editor
 
| [[Vim]]
 
| Notes
 
|-
 
! Vector graphics editor
 
| [[Inkscape]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Videotelephone
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Web browser
 
| [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448?mt=8 OnionBrowser]
 
| Apple Safari (included), Chromium, Google Chrome, Firefox
 
|}
 
 
 
===Microsoft===
 
 
 
====Windows====
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:smaller"
 
|-
 
! Type
 
! Free program
 
! Replacement for
 
|-
 
! 3D computer graphics software
 
| [[Blender]]
 
| Autodesk Maya ("Maya"), Autodesk 3ds Max
 
|-
 
! Anonymous P2P
 
| [[GNUnet]]
 
| DC++
 
|-
 
! BitTorrent client
 
| [[Tribler]], [[qBittorrent]]
 
| BitTorrent
 
|-
 
! Compiler
 
| [[Mingw-w64]]
 
| Microsoft Visual C++
 
|-
 
! Desktop publishing
 
| [[Scribus]]
 
| Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress
 
|-
 
! Diagramming software
 
| [[Dia]]
 
| Microsoft Visio
 
|-
 
! Document viewer
 
| [[Evince]]
 
| Adobe Reader, Microsoft Reader, Nitro PDF Reader
 
|-
 
! Email client, news client, feed reader
 
| [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
 
| Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail (included)
 
|-
 
! Softphone
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]], [[Telegram]]
 
| Skype, Signal
 
|-
 
! Instant messaging client
 
| [[Pidgin]]
 
| ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger
 
|-
 
! Live USB
 
| [[Etcher]]
 
| UNetbootin, Windows To Go (included)
 
|-
 
! Media player
 
| [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| PowerDVD, Windows Media Player, Apple QuickTime
 
|-
 
! Office suite
 
| [[LibreOffice]] (OpenOffice.org fork)
 
| Microsoft Office
 
|-
 
! Online storage
 
| [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
| Apple iCloud, Dropbox
 
|-
 
! Raster graphics editor
 
| [[GIMP]]
 
| PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint (included)
 
|-
 
! Text editor
 
| [[Vim]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Vector graphics editor
 
| [[Inkscape]]
 
| CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
 
|-
 
! Videotelephone
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Web browser
 
| [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
 
| Chromium, Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer (included)
 
|}
 
 
 
====Windows Mobile====
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:smaller"
 
|-
 
! Type
 
! Free program
 
! Replacement for
 
|-
 
! 3D computer graphics software
 
| [[Blender]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Anonymous P2P
 
| [[GNUnet]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! BitTorrent client
 
| [[Tribler]], [[qBittorrent]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Compiler
 
| [[Mingw-w64]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Desktop publishing
 
| [[Scribus]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Diagramming software
 
| [[Dia]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Document viewer
 
| [[Evince]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Email client, news client, feed reader
 
| [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Softphone
 
| [[GNU Ring]], [[Linphone]], [[Telegram]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Instant messaging client
 
| [[Pidgin]]
 
| Facebook Messenger, ICQ
 
|-
 
! Live USB
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Media player
 
| [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| Windows Media Player Mobile
 
|-
 
! Office suite
 
| [[LibreOffice]] (OpenOffice.org fork)
 
| Microsoft Office Mobile
 
|-
 
! Online storage
 
| [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
|
 
|-
 
! Raster graphics editor
 
| [[GIMP]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Text editor
 
| [[Vim]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Vector graphics editor
 
| [[Inkscape]]
 
|
 
|-
 
! Videotelephone
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! Web browser
 
| [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
 
|
 
|}
 
 
 
==Multi view (outdated, archived as example only)==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:smaller"
 
!
 
! colspan="8" | Replacement for / Available
 
!
 
|-
 
! Free program
 
! GNU/Linux
 
! GNU/Hurd
 
! BSD
 
! Replicant
 
! macOS
 
! iOS
 
! Windows
 
! Windows Mobile
 
! Type
 
|-
 
! [[Blender]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
* Autodesk 3ds Max
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| 3D computer graphics software
 
|-
 
! [[Dia]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Visio
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Diagramming software
 
|-
 
! [[Evince]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Adobe Reader
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Adobe Reader
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Adobe Reader
 
* Microsoft Reader
 
* Nitro PDF Reader
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Document viewer
 
|-
 
! [[GIMP]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Adobe Photoshop
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* PaintShop Pro
 
* Adobe Photoshop
 
* Microsoft Paint (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Raster graphics editor
 
|-
 
! [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux -->
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
* ''Work in progress''
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Apple Safari (included)
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
* Apple Safari (included)
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Internet Explorer (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Web browser
 
|-
 
! [[GNUnet]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> DC++
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Anonymous P2P
 
|-
 
! [[Inkscape]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Adobe Illustrator
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* CorelDraw
 
* Adobe Illustrator
 
* Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Vector graphics editor
 
|-
 
! [[Iridium]] (Chromium fork)
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux -->
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Apple Safari (included)
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
* Apple Safari (included)
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Internet Explorer (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Web browser
 
|-
 
! [[LibreOffice]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Microsoft Office
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Office
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Office suite
 
|-
 
! [[MinGW]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Visual C++
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Compiler
 
|-
 
! [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Dropbox
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Dropbox
 
| <!-- macOS --> Dropbox
 
| <!-- iOS --> Dropbox
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Apple iCloud
 
* Dropbox
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Online storage
 
|-
 
! [[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
 
| Instant messaging client
 
|-
 
! [[qBittorrent]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| BitTorrent client
 
|-
 
! [[QupZilla]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux -->
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Apple Safari (included)
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
* Apple Safari (included)
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Chromium
 
* Google Chrome
 
* Firefox
 
* Internet Explorer (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Web browser
 
|-
 
! [[Scribus]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd --> Yes
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Adobe InDesign
 
* QuarkXPress
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Adobe InDesign
 
* QuarkXPress
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Desktop publishing
 
|-
 
! [[Signal]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Apple iMessage
 
| <!-- iOS --> Apple iMessage
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Encrypted voice calling, video calling and instant messaging
 
|-
 
! [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Apple Mail (included)
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Microsoft Outlook
 
* Windows Mail (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Email client, news client, feed reader
 
|-
 
! [[Tribler]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| BitTorrent client
 
|-
 
! [[UNetbootin]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Apple Disk Utility
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Microsoft Windows USB/DVD Download Tool
 
* Windows USB Installer Maker
 
* WinToFlash
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Live USB
 
|-
 
! [[Vim]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Notes
 
| <!-- iOS --> Notes
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Text editor
 
|-
 
! [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
| <!-- iOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* PowerDVD
 
* Windows Media Player
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile --> Yes
 
| Media player
 
|}
 
 
 
==Log==
 
 
 
* Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
 
** Added Telegram
 
** Added "Apple Mail"
 
** Added Epsilon
 
** Moved 'Signal' from 'Free program' to 'Replacement for'. Added Skype to 'Replacement for'. Added 'GNU Ring' and 'Linphone' to 'Free program'.
 
** Moved 'UNetbootin' from 'Free program' to 'Replacement for' (endorses nonfree GNU/Linux distros). Didn't add [[FUSBi]] (abandonware) to 'Free program'
 
** 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.
 
** Removed "PageMaker", discontinued
 
** Removed AIM, discontinued (December 15, 2017)
 
** Removed Google Drive, a service not a software
 
** Removed Iridium -- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-01/msg00009.html, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-01/msg00056.html
 
** Removed Qupzilla -- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-12/msg00011.html, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-11/msg00005.html, and https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-11/msg00015.html
 
** Replaced Rufus (Windows only) with Etcher
 
** Replaced "MSN" (Windows Live Messenger, discontinued) with "Facebook Messenger"
 
** Replaced "Napster" with DC++
 
** Replaced "Outlook Express" with "Microsoft Mail"
 
** Replaced 'Claws Mail' with 'Mozilla Thunderbird' -- GNU IceCat is a fork of Mozilla Firefox ESR, some add-ons run on both Firefox (and IceCat) and Thunderbird. Thunderbird is much much popular than Claws Mail.
 
** Replaced 'Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, WinToFlash, Windows USB Installer Maker' with Windows To Go
 
** Replaced MinGW with Mingw-w64. Could not find 'mingw' at https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?sort=&q=mingw&maintainer=&flagged=, https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mingw&searchon=names&suite=stable&section=all, https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=mingw&searchon=names&suite=xenial&section=all
 
** Cosmetic
 
*** Made the categories more unique
 
*** Replaced "3DSMax" (formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max) with "Autodesk 3ds Max"
 
*** Replaced "Blender3D" with "Blender" (see menu bar Blender -> About).
 
*** Replaced "ICQ chat clients" with "ICQ"
 
*** Replaced "InDesign" with "Adobe InDesign"
 
*** Replaced "Maya" with "Autodesk Maya ("Maya")"
 
*** Replaced "Paint Shop Pro" with "PaintShop Pro".
 
*** Replaced "Reader (Windows 8)" with "Microsoft Reader"
 
*** Replaced "VideoLan Client" with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
 
*** Replaced "Xara Xtreme" with "Xara Photo & Graphic Designer" -- The Windows version was previously sold under the names Xara Studio, Xara X and Xara Xtreme
 
*** Replaced "Yahoo" with "Yahoo! Messenger"
 
* Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
 
** Added K-9 Mail
 
** Added uGet
 
** Added MuPDF
 
** Added XGimp Image Editor
 
** Removed LibreSignal (abandonware) - https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/blob/master/README.md
 
** Replaced VimTouch (abandonware, and removed from F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch -> https://f-droid.org/packages/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/) with Markor
 
 
 
==See also==
 
* [[Free Software Directory:Participate/Project Team|FSD:Participate/Project Team]]
 
* [[Free_Software_Directory:Antifeatures|FSD: Antifeatures]]
 
 
 
==External links==
 
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-adobe.html Adobe's Software is Malware]
 
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-apple.html Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware]
 
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.html Google's Software is Malware]
 
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html Microsoft's Software is Malware]
 

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.

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


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