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Global Tech's List of Open / Source Software

This list comprised of mostly open source software packages. Several of us have reviewed the list below to be as complete as possible. Many people hear open source software and think of linux. Linux is a great example of the open source process, yet it is a small segment of the movement. Many open source applications are available for Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and mobile devices.

Take a look at the list of open source software by following some of the links below. You'll be surprised to learn more about how GTD can help you navigate the open source landscape, visit our Contact Us! page.

  • AntiVirus Tools

  • Application Servers

  • Asset Management

  • Backup Utilities

  • BioInformatics

  • Business Graphics

  • CD / DVD Burning

  • Configuration Management

  • Content Management

  • Content Management - Web

  • CRM Applications

  • Database Software & BI Tools

  • Desktop Publishing

  • Directory Servers

  • Disk Imaging

  • Document Management

  • Email Software

  • ERP and Financial Apps

  • File Compression

  • Flash Viewers

  • Forums, Blogs & Wikis

  • Graphics & Image Editors

  • Groupware

  • Help Desk

  • HTML Editors

  • Instant Messaging

  • Integrated Dev Environments

  • Learning

  • Modeling Tools

  • Music Playing / Editing

  • Network Diagrams & Monitoring

  • Network Management Tools

  • Office Productivity Suites

  • Operating Environments

  • PDF File Viewer & Creator

  • Personal Financial Managers

  • Personal Info Managers

  • Privacy

  • Photo Album Manager

  • Portal Servers

  • Presentation Software

  • Programming Languages

  • Project Mgt & Collaboration

  • Remote Access

  • Security

  • Shopping Cart

  • Spam Filters

  • Spreadsheets

  • Telephone Systems

  • Terminal Server

  • Test Tools

  • Text Editing & Merging

  • Video Players & Editors

  • Virtual Meetings

  • Web Browsers

  • Web & FTP Servers

  • Word Processors



Commercial Software Category Open-Source Equivalent
AntiVirus Tools (eg. Norton, Bitdefender, Viper)
  • clamAV
  • Use Grisoft AVG or AntiVir
  • Application Servers (eg. IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic)
  • Enhydra
  • Geronimo
  • JBoss
  • JOnAS
  • Tomcat (servlet container)
  • Zope
  • Asset Management (eg. Intuit, Peregrine, Remedy)
  • OCS Inventory
  • Backup Utilities (eg. CA ARCserve, Legato, Veritas)
  • Amanda
  • BackupPC
  • Bacula
  • Rsync
  • BioInformatics (multiple highly specialized vendors)
  • Open BioInformatics Foundation
  • OpenClinica
  • Business Graphics (eg. Microsoft Visio)
  • Dia
  • LibreOffice Draw
  • OpenOffice Draw
  • Xfig
  • CD / DVD Burning (eg. Adaptec RecordNow, Roxio CD Creator)
  • ECLiPt Roaster
  • X-CD-Roast
  • Configuration Management (eg. Rational ClearCase, Visual SourceSafe)
  • Arch
  • CVS
  • OpenCM
  • PRCS
  • RCS
  • Subversion
  • Content Management Systems (eg. Documentum, Interwoven, Vignette)
  • Alfresco
  • Bricolage
  • CPS
  • eZ publish CMS
  • KnowledgebasePublisher
  • Lenya
  • Magnolia
  • Phraseanet
  • TYPO3
  • Xaraya
  • Content Management Systems - Web
  • Bika LIMS
  • DotNetNuke
  • Drupal
  • Joomla!
  • Mambo
  • Midgard
  • OpenCMS
  • opensourceCMS
  • PHP-Nuke
  • phpWebSite
  • Plone
  • PostNuke
  • CRM Applications (eg. Microsoft CRM, Siebel)
  • Anteil
  • Compiere
  • ConcourseSuite
  • openCRX
  • SugarCRM
  • vtiger CRM
  • Database Software (eg. Microsoft Access, SQL Server)
  • Firebird
  • Gaby
  • Kexi
  • Knoda
  • MySql
  • Novinyl
  • PostgreSQL
  • Qddb
  • Database (BI) Tools (eg. Crystal Reports, ERWin, Microsoft Access)
  • BIRT
  • DBDesigner 4
  • JasperReports
  • OpenI
  • OpenRPT
  • Pentaho
  • SpagoBI
  • Total Rekall
  • YALE
  • Desktop Publishing (eg. Microsoft Publisher, Quark Xpress)
  • Scribus
  • Directory Servers (eg. Microsoft Active Directory)
  • OpenLDAP
  • Disk Imaging (eg. Norton Ghost)
  • Mondo
  • Clonezilla
  • Partition Image
  • Document Management (eg. Open Text)
  • Contineo
  • OpenKM
  • Owl
  • Email Applications (eg. Microsoft Outlook Express)
  • KMail
  • Mozilla and Thunderbird
  • Spicebird
  • Ximian Evolution
  • Email List Manager
  • Mailman
  • MajorDomo
  • PHPlist
  • Email Servers - POP and SMTP (eg. Microsoft Exchange)
  • Exim
  • qmail
  • James
  • Postfix
  • SendMail
  • SquirrelMail
  • Zimbra
  • Email Servers - IMAP
  • Courier IMAP
  • Cyrus IMAP
  • Scalix
  • UW IMAP
  • ERP and Financial Software (eg. Oracle, SAP, Intuit QuickBooks)
  • Compiere
  • GNUCash
  • NOLA
  • Open for Business
  • Openbravo
  • SQL Ledger
  • webERP
  • xTuple
  • File Compression (eg. PKzip, WinZip)
  • 7-zip
  • bzip2
  • gzip
  • Flash Viewers (eg. Macromedia Flash)
  • Flash for other OS's
  • Forums, Blogs (Weblogs), Bulletin Boards and Wikis
  • DokuWiki
  • phpBB
  • Pivot
  • Roller
  • Thingamablog
  • WordPress
  • YaBB
  • Yet Another Forum.net
  • Graphics and Image Editors (eg. Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop)
  • CinePaint
  • GIMP
  • ImageMagick
  • Inkscape
  • K-3D
  • Groupware (eg. Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes)
  • dotProject
  • Horde
  • Kolab
  • Lucane
  • Mimerdesk
  • OpenGroupware
  • Open-Xchange
  • phpCollab
  • phpGroupWare
  • PHProjeckt
  • TUTOS
  • Help Desk (eg. BMC Remedy, FrontPage Heat, Intuit Track-It)
  • Bugzilla
  • Information Resource Manager
  • OneOrZero
  • phpSupport
  • php Support Tickets
  • RT: Request Tracker
  • SiT! Support Incident Tracker
  • HTML Editors (eg. DreamWeaver, FrontPage, HomeSite)
  • Bluefish
  • KompoZer
  • Instant Messaging (eg. AIM, MSN, Yahoo!)
  • Ayttm
  • GnomeICU
  • Kopete
  • Licq
  • Pidgin
  • Integrated Dev Environments (eg. Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Studio)
  • Anjuta
  • Eclipse
  • GLADE
  • GNU Compiler Collection
  • GNU Project Debugger
  • KDevelop
  • NetBeans
  • XEmacs
  • Learning (or Course) Management System
  • Moodle
  • Sakai
  • Modeling Tools (eg. IBM Rational Rose, CA AllFusion)
  • ArgoUML
  • StarUML
  • Music Playing / Editing (eg. iTunes, Sound Forge, Cool Edit)
  • Amarok
  • Audacious
  • Audacity
  • Banshee
  • GLAME
  • Helix
  • Network Diagramming and Monitoring
  • Cacti
  • Etherape
  • JFFNMS
  • Kaboodle
  • MRTG
  • ntop
  • RRDtool
  • Snort (intrusion detection)
  • Wireshark
  • Zenoss
  • Network Management Tools (eg. HP OpenView, Microsoft SMS)
  • BO2K
  • Hyperic HQ
  • Nagios
  • OpenNMS
  • OpenQRM
  • Webmin
  • Office Productivity Suites (eg. Microsoft Office)
  • GNOME Office
  • KOffice
  • LibreOffice
  • OpenOffice
  • Operating Environments (eg. Microsoft Windows, Linux, VMWare)
  • freeBSD
  • freeDOS
  • Linux
  • NetBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • OpenSolaris (Sun)
  • Samba (file/print services)
  • VirtualBox (virtual machine)
  • Wine (Windows emulator)
  • Xen (virtual machine)
  • PDF File Viewer and Creator (eg. Adobe Acrobat)
  • Evince
  • okular
  • GhostScript
  • PDFCreator
  • Personal Financial Managers (eg. Microsoft Money, Intuit Quicken)
  • GNUCash
  • Grisbi
  • jGnash
  • KMyMoney
  • Personal Information Managers (eg. Microsoft Outlook)
  • KDE-PIM
  • Linux Organizer
  • TreeLine
  • TuxCards
  • Ximian Evolution
  • Photo Album Manager (or Photo Organizer)
  • digiKam
  • Portal Servers (eg. Microsoft Sharepoint, Plumtree, Vignette)
  • Gluecode (built on open source)
  • GridSphere
  • Liferay Portal
  • Metadot
  • Presentation Software (eg. Microsoft Powerpoint)
  • LibreOffice Impress
  • OpenOffice Impress
  • Privacy (eg. Pretty Good Privacy)
  • AxCrypt
  • GnuPP
  • GPG
  • TrueCrypt
  • Programming Languages
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Project Management and Collaboration (eg. Microsoft Project)
  • Achievo
  • GanttProject
  • GanttPV
  • NetOffice
  • OpenProj
  • Outreach Project Tool
  • ProjectLibre
  • Planner
  • TUTOS
  • Remote Access (eg. Symantec pcAnywhere or VPN appliances)
  • OpenVPN
  • rdesktop
  • Stunnel
  • tinc
  • UltraVNC
  • VNC - Virtual Network Computing
  • Security (eg. firewalls, scanners)
  • Firestarter (firewall)
  • IPCop (firewall)
  • Nessus (scanner)
  • Nikto (scanner)
  • Nmap (scanner)
  • OpenSSH (secure communications)
  • Paros (proxy)
  • SmoothWall (firewall)
  • Shopping Cart (eg. AShop, Interspire)
  • PrestaShop
  • Spam Filters (eg. MailWasher, SpamEater)
  • Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy
  • MailScanner
  • POPFile
  • SpamAssassin
  • SpamBayes
  • Spreadsheets (eg. Microsoft Excel)
  • Gnumeric
  • LibreOffice Calc
  • OpenOffice Calc
  • Telephone Systems - VOIP / PBX / FAX Servers
  • Asterisk PBX
  • HylaFAX (fax server)
  • OpenPBX
  • SER PBX
  • SIPfoundry PBX
  • Yate
  • Terminal Server (eg. Microsoft Windows Terminal Server)
  • Linux Terminal Server Project
  • Test Tools (eg. IBM Rational, Mercury Interactive, Segue)
  • Ant
  • Apache JMeter Load Tester
  • JUnit Testing Framework
  • Open-Source Test Tools List
  • Text Editors & File Merging (eg. Microsoft Notepad)
  • Emacs
  • gedit
  • gnotepad+
  • JEdit
  • Vim
  • WinMerge
  • Video Editing
  • Avidemux
  • Blender
  • Jahshaka
  • Kaltura
  • Kino
  • LiVES
  • VirtualDub
  • Video Players (WinDVD, PowerDVD, Windows Media Player, VLC)
  • Kaffeine
  • MPlayer
  • VLC
  • Totem
  • Virtual Meetings (eg. Microsoft NetMeeting / Messenger)
  • GnomeMeeting
  • Web Browsers (eg. Microsoft Internet Explorer)
  • Galeon
  • Chrome
  • Konqueror
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Opera
  • Web and FTP Servers (eg. Microsoft IIS)
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • FileZilla
  • ProFTPD
  • Squid Proxy and Cache
  • squidGuard Access Controller
  • Word Processors (eg. Microsoft Word)
  • AbiWord
  • LibreOffice Writer
  • OpenOffice Writer










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