BSD alternatives, user-end applications

Revision as of 06:56, 28 October 2015

Here are common BSD, other non-proprietary, and select proprietary licensed equivalents for common user-end application needs. Many listed programs are for desktop applications.

PDF creation

• Print/scribus

Word Document

• Editors/abiword

Science and Math

• Math/sage (GPL) replaces Matlab, Mathematica, Magma, Maple

Database

• Databases/sqlitebrowser - graphical SQLite database

Desktop

BSD style desktops/window managers with BSD/MIT compatible licenses.

• ctwm - twm extension
• cwm - Calm Window Manager is OpenBSD's default window manager.
• dwm
• fluxbox is based on now abandoned blackbox which was developed for FreeBSD.
• golem - FreeBSD window manager
• hs-xmonad - haskell based tiling window manager
• i3 - tiling window manager
• lumina - desktop built for FreeBSD, it uses fluxbox and relies on the qt toolkit
• matwm2
• mcwm - based on ctwm, evilwm, tinywm
• spectrwm - tiling window manager
• wmfs - floating and tile window manager
• wmii

Ports management

Port management programs with minimal dependencies and MIT/BSD style licenses.

• pchecker - checks the ports tree for errors
• portfind - search for ports. portfind relies on perl.
• portmaster - upgrade ports. portmaster has no dependencies
• portsearch - search for ports. has no dependencies.