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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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! colspan="8" | Replacement for / Available
 
!
 
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! Free program
 
! GNU/Linux
 
! GNU/Hurd
 
! BSD
 
! Replicant
 
! macOS
 
! iOS
 
! Windows
 
! Windows Mobile
 
! Unique category
 
|-
 
! [[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
 
|}
 
  
* 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.
** 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.
 
** Made the categories more unique
 
** Replaced "Blender3D" with "Blender" (see menu bar Blender -> About).
 
** Replaced "VideoLan Client" with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
 
** Replaced "Paint Shop Pro" with "PaintShop Pro".
 
** Replaced "Xara Xtreme" with "Xara Photo & Graphic Designer" -- The Windows version was previously sold under the names Xara Studio, Xara X and Xara Xtreme
 
** 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.
 
** Replaced "Napster" with DC++
 
** Replaced "MSN" (Windows Live Messenger, discontinued) with "Facebook Messenger"
 
** Replaced "Yahoo" with "Yahoo! Messenger"
 
** Replaced "ICQ chat clients" with "ICQ"
 
** Replaced "Maya" with "Autodesk Maya ("Maya")"
 
** Replaced "3DSMax" (formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max) with "Autodesk 3ds Max"
 
** Removed AIM, discontinued (December 15, 2017)
 
** Replaced "Outlook Express" with "Microsoft Mail"
 
** Replaced "InDesign" with "Adobe InDesign"
 
** Removed "PageMaker", discontinued
 
** Removed Google Drive, a service not a software
 
** Replaced "Reader (Windows 8)" with "Microsoft Reader"
 
** Added "Apple Mail"
 
* Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
 
** Removed Rufus because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
 
** Removed OnionBrowser because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
 
** Removed Orfox because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
 
** Removed LibreSignal because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
 
** Removed VimTouch because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
 
** Added Telegram (as a replacement for LibreSignal).
 
  
==See also==
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==Misc==
* [[Free_Software_Directory:Antifeatures|FSD: Antifeatures]]
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* [[Collection:File format|File format]]
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* [[Collection:SaaSS|Service as a Software Substitute]]
  
==External links==
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==Free operating systems==
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-adobe.html Adobe's Software is Malware]
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* GNU-like
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-apple.html Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware]
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** [[Collection:BSD|BSD]]
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.html Google's Software is Malware]
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** [[Collection:GNU/Linux|GNU/Linux]]
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html Microsoft's Software is Malware]
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* Android-based
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** [[Collection:Replicant|Replicant]]
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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]]
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After you replace the nonfree apps, how about replacing the nonfree system with a free [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html GNU/Linux distribution] next?  For your freedom's sake.
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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.
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[[Category:Project Team]]

Revision as of 19:48, 27 May 2019

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 with a free GNU/Linux distribution next? For your freedom's sake.

About

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


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