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'''Team Captain:''' [[User:David_Hedlund|David Hedlund]]
  
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'''Participants:'''
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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
 
! Category
 
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! [[Blender]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
* Autodesk 3ds Max
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Multimedia
 
|-
 
! [[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
 
|-
 
! [[Dia]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Visio
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Graphics and Design
 
|-
 
! [[Evince]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Adobe Reader
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Adobe Reader
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Adobe Reader
 
* Microsoft Reader
 
* Nitro PDF Reader
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Office and Productivity
 
|-
 
! [[GIMP]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Adobe Photoshop
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* PaintShop Pro
 
* Adobe Photoshop
 
* Microsoft Paint (included)
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Graphics and Design
 
|-
 
! [[GNU IceCat]] (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 -->
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[GNUnet]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> DC++
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[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
 
|-
 
! [[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 -->
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[LibreOffice]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> Microsoft Office
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Office
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Office and Productivity
 
|-
 
! [[MinGW]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Visual C++
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Programming Utilities
 
|-
 
! [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Dropbox
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Dropbox
 
| <!-- macOS --> Dropbox
 
| <!-- iOS --> Dropbox
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Apple iCloud
 
* Dropbox
 
| <!-- 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
 
|-
 
! [[qBittorrent]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[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 -->
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[Scribus]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd --> Yes
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android -->
 
| <!-- macOS -->
 
* Adobe InDesign
 
* QuarkXPress
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
* Adobe InDesign
 
* QuarkXPress
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Publishing
 
|-
 
! [[Signal]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Apple iMessage
 
| <!-- iOS --> Apple iMessage
 
| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Messaging
 
|-
 
! [[Tribler]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD -->
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- iOS -->
 
| <!-- Windows --> BitTorrent
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Internet
 
|-
 
! [[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 Systems
 
|-
 
! [[Vim]]
 
| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
| <!-- macOS --> Notes
 
| <!-- iOS --> Notes
 
| <!-- Windows -->
 
| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
| Office and Productivity
 
|-
 
! [[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
 
| Multimedia
 
|}
 
  
* Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
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'''Summary''': Pages of popular free software applications for different categories that we recommend replacing common proprietary applications. Ceasing to use proprietary applications is a good way to start migrating to freedom.
** Replaced "Blender3D" with "Blender" (see menu bar Blender -> About).
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** Replaced "VideoLan Client" with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
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==Privacy==
** Replaced "Paint Shop Pro" with "PaintShop Pro".
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* [[Collection:Electronic identification|Electronic identification]]
** 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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==Operating systems==
* [[Free_Software_Directory:Antifeatures|FSD: Antifeatures]]
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We have a separate list for each operating system because some free replacements don't run on all the operating system. 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.
  
==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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* [[Collection:GNU/Linux|GNU/Linux]]
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-apple.html Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware]
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* [[Collection:Replicant|Replicant]] — for [https://www.replicant.us/supported-devices.php mobile devices]
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.html Google's Software is Malware]
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* [[Collection:Replicant-expanded|Replicant-expanded]] — Replicant page with new experimental design.
* [https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html Microsoft's Software is Malware]
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===Non-FSDG compliant distributions===
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[https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.en.html Distros] that don't follow the [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html free system distribution guidelines] (FSDG).
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* [[Collection:BSD|BSD]]
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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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==Hardware replacement==
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===Computer and video game console emulators===
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See [[Collection:Computer and video game console emulators|Computer and video game console emulators]].
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===Games for video game consoles===
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[[Collection:Game ROM images]]
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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]] (SaaS)
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* [[Collection talk:Text mode browsers, and IceCat WebExtensions for text editors|Text mode browsers, and IceCat WebExtensions for text editors]]
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[[Category:Project Team]]

Latest revision as of 00:12, 21 February 2024

Team Captain: David Hedlund

Participants:

Summary: Pages of popular free software applications for different categories that we recommend replacing common proprietary applications. Ceasing to use proprietary applications is a good way to start migrating to freedom.

Privacy

Operating systems

We have a separate list for each operating system because some free replacements don't run on all the operating system. After you replace the nonfree apps, how about replacing the nonfree system with a free GNU/Linux distribution next? For your freedom's sake.

Free operating systems

Non-FSDG compliant distributions

Distros that don't follow the free system distribution guidelines (FSDG).

Nonfree operating systems

Hardware replacement

Computer and video game console emulators

See Computer and video game console emulators.

Games for video game consoles

Collection:Game ROM images

Misc



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