List Of Open-source Programs (LOOP) for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

What is the LOOP list?

Instructions:

Rules for adding programs to the LOOP list:

  1. Must be open-source.
  2. Must run natively on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
  3. Only include the best application for each specific purpose. In rare cases, up to three applications may be listed.
  4. Include the names of the top three proprietary applications that provide similar functionality, if known.

Desktop Applications

Communication

Engineering

Educational

Financial

Games

Productivity

Management

Misc

Multimedia

3D

Audio

Drawing

Other

Video

Security

Software Development

Utilities

Server Applications

Content Management

Database

File Server

Messaging

Security

Web

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

These applications are awesome! I can't believe that they are free! How can I help to support these applications?

Why do you only include open-source applications? Why not include applications that are free, but not open-source?

You keep talking about the advantages of the open-source software development model. What are they?

Some of these applications only run on Windows, and not Linux. Why do you include these?

Why don't you include applications that only run on Linux? These Linux applications are open-source, so they could be ported to Windows, right?

I disagree with the applications that were chosen for a particular category. How can I make my case for another application?

Why did you create a new list? There are other lists out there with similar information.

Links to similar projects

Note: These links are not part of the LOOP list. They do not follow the guidelines defined for the LOOP list. Links are included only as a reference to efforts similar to the LOOP list.

Windows

Open Source

Compilations on a CD

Gratis

Linux

Open Source Software

Mac OS X

Open Source Software

Compilations on a CD

General Directories

Free and Open Source


ListOfOpenSourcePrograms (last edited 2021-10-20 21:58:12 by sethh)