Portal:Free and open-source software/categories

Types of software

The following types are the sub-categories of Category:Free software:

• Antivirus software
• Application servers
• Astronomy software
• Audio software
• Backup software
• BitTorrent clients
• Business software
• Compilers and interpreters
• Computer-aided design software
• Content management systems
• Cross-platform software
• Data compression software
• Database management systems
• Desktop environments
• Development toolkits and libraries
• Educational software
• Email software
• File managers
• File transfer software

• Games
• GIS software
• 2D graphics software
• 3D graphics software
• Groupware
• HTML editors
• Image galleries
• Instant messengers
• Internet forum software
• IRC clients
• Learning support software
• Mathematics software
• Media players
• Multimedia codecs, containers, and splitters
• Network management software
• Note-taking software
• Office suites
• Operating systems
• Optical disc authoring software

• PDF software
• Personal information managers
• Project management software
• Science software
• Search engine software
• Special purpose file systems
• Spreadsheets
• System software
• Television software
• TeX software
• Text editors
• Usenet clients
• Version control software
• Video software
• VoIP software
• Web browsers
• Windowing systems
• Word processors
• X window managers

People, projects, and groupings

• Apache Software Foundation projects
• Free software programmers
• Free and open-source software organizations
• Members of the Free Software Foundation board of directors
• Free Software Foundation
• GNU project and GNU project software
• Free software companies

Non-software materials

• Free and open-source software licenses
• Free software websites
• Free-software awards
• Free-software events
• Copyleft
• Free software culture and documents