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BSD alternatives, user-end applications

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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.

Contents

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

Category x11-wm by license.

BSD

  • bspwm
  • cwm - Calm Window Manager is OpenBSD's default window manager.
  • enlightenment
  • euclid-wm
  • golem - FreeBSD window manager
  • herbstluftwm
  • hs-xmonad
  • i3 - tiling window manager
  • lumina - desktop built for FreeBSD, it uses fluxbox and relies on the qt toolkit
  • wmfs

MIT

  • fluxbox is based on now abandoned blackbox which was developed for FreeBSD.
  • compton
  • ctwm
  • dwm
  • e16
  • matwm2
  • qtile
  • vtwm
  • wmii

Ports management

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

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