Free Software Directory:Free software replacements
| Free program | GNU/Linux | GNU/Hurd | BSD | Android | macOS | iOS | Windows | Windows Mobile | Replacement for | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Visio | Graphics and Design | |||||
| Iridium |
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Chrome
Firefox |
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Internet | ||||
| GIMP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro | Graphics and Design | ||||
| Inkscape | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, CorelDraw, Xara Xtreme | Graphics and Design | ||||
| Claws Mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Outlook, Outlook Express | Internet | ||||
| GNUnet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Napster, etc. | Internet | ||||
| Pidgin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Trillian, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ chat clients | Internet | |||||
| GNU IceCat |
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Chrome
Firefox |
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Internet | ||||
| QupZilla |
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Chrome
Firefox |
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Internet | ||||
| qBittorrent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BitTorrent | Internet | ||||
| Tribler | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BitTorrent | Internet | ||||
| UNetbootin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Disk Utility (Mac OS X), Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, WinToFlash, Windows USB Installer Maker | Live USB Systems | |||||
| Blender | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maya, 3DSMax | Multimedia | |||||
| VLC media player (VLC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Windows Media Player, PowerDVD | Multimedia | |
| LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Office | Office and Productivity | ||||
| Evince | Yes | Yes | Adobe Reader, Reader (Windows 8), Nitro PDF Reader | Office and Productivity | ||||||
| Scribus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PageMaker, InDesign, QuarkXPress | Publishing | |||
| MinGW | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Visual C++ | Programming Utilities | ||||||
| Signal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | iMessage | Messaging | |||
| Vim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Notes | Office and Productivity | |||
| ownCloud (client only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive | Internet |
Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
- Added Iridium.
- Replaced "VideoLan Client" with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
- Replaced "Blender3D" with "Blender" (see menu bar Blender -> About).
- Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
- Removed Rufus because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed OnionBrowser because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed Orfox because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed LibreSignal because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed VimTouch because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Added Telegram (as a replacement for LibreSignal).
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