List of proprietary software for Linux

Short description: None

Linux is an open-source kernel and usually comes bundled with free and open-source software; however, proprietary software for Linux (software that isn't free and open-source) does exist and is available to end-users.

## Contents

* 1 Networking
* 1.1 Web browsers
* 1.2 FTP clients
* 1.3 Firewall (packet filtering)
* 1.4 Visual traceroute
* 1.5 P2P file sharing
* 1.6 "Hotline" P2P protocol clients/servers
* 1.7 Multifunction sound modem programs
* 1.8 Fax software
* 1.9 Network maintenance
* 1.10 Routing
* 1.11 Distributed computing
* 1.12 Instant messaging
* 1.13 P2P file synchronisation
* 1.14 VoIP software
* 2 Desktop/system software
* 2.1 Work with files
* 2.1.1 Console archivers
* 2.1.2 Desktop search
* 2.1.3 File splitters
* 2.2 PDF viewers
* 2.3 PDF authoring
* 2.4 Cryptography
* 2.5 Scanner utilities
* 2.6 Antivirus
* 2.7 Bootloader / Boot manager
* 2.8 Hard disk partitioning
* 2.9 Backup software
* 2.10 PIM / DB / hierarchical notebook with tree view
* 2.11 File hosting service clients
* 3 Drivers
* 3.1 Printer drivers
* 4 Multimedia
* 4.1 Audio/video
* 4.1.1 Digital audio workstations
* 4.1.2 MP3 encoding
* 4.1.3 Score writers
* 4.1.4 Multimedia players
* 4.1.5 Music
* 4.2 Graphics
* 4.2.1 Graphics viewers/editors
* 4.2.2 Professional graphics editors and photography
* 4.2.3 Digital imaging
* 4.2.4 2D bitmap animation and paint
* 4.2.5 Vector graphics editors
* 4.2.6 Flash players
* 4.2.7 3D graphics
* 4.3 Video, etc.
* 4.3.1 Simple/professional video production environments
* 4.3.2 Creation of 2D and 3D effects
* 4.3.3 Miscellaneous
* 5 Office/business
* 5.1 Office suites
* 5.2 Word processors
* 5.3 Spreadsheets
* 5.4 Presentations
* 5.5 Local databases
* 5.6 Desktop publishing
* 5.7 E-commerce and web business
* 5.8 Personal finance managers
* 5.9 Financial accounting
* 5.10 Enterprise automation (Russian)
* 5.11 Collaboration software
* 5.12 Project management
* 5.13 Mind mapping/diagramming software
* 5.14 Communications software
* 6 Games
* 6.1 Game distribution platforms
* 6.2 Action-adventure
* 6.3 Adventure
* 6.4 Business simulation
* 6.5 Card
* 6.6 City simulation
* 6.7 First-person shooter
* 6.8 Graphic adventure
* 6.9 MMORPG
* 6.10 Platformer
* 6.11 Puzzle
* 6.12 Racing
* 6.13 Real-time tactics
* 6.14 Role-playing game (RPG)
* 6.15 Shoot 'em up
* 6.16 Stealth
* 6.17 Strategy
* 6.18 Survival horror
* 6.19 Sports simulator
* 6.20 Third-person shooter
* 6.21 Visual novel
* 7 Programming and development
* 7.1 C++ IDEs
* 7.2 PHP IDE
* 7.3 CASE
* 7.3.1 CASE-facility for UML
* 7.3.2 Top-level CASE system
* 7.4 Compilers
* 7.5 Revision control
* 7.6 HTML/DHTML editors
* 7.7 InterBase/Firebird IDE
* 7.8 Java IDE
* 7.9 Memory leak tracing
* 7.10 Object Pascal IDE
* 7.11 Perl/Python/Tcl IDE
* 7.12 Prolog
* 7.13 WYSIWYG HTML editors
* 8 Servers
* 8.1 SSH Client/Server
* 8.2 Web Hosting Control Panel
* 8.3 WWW
* 8.4 DB engines
* 8.5 E-mail / personal information manager / groupware servers
* 8.6 Product data/product lifecycle management (PDM/PLM)
* 8.7 Proxy
* 8.8 Cluster filesystems
* 8.9 Managed file transfer
* 8.10 Streaming media servers
* 9 Miscellaneous applications
* 9.1 Mathematics
* 9.2 Statistical packages
* 9.3 3D modelling
* 9.4 CAD/CAM/CAE
* 9.5 Diagram and chart designing
* 9.6 Dictionaries
* 9.7 HDD testing/benchmarking
* 9.8 Game makers
* 9.9 Real property, Building Information Management & Asset management
* 9.10 SQL dataBases GUI admin tools
* 9.11 Remote Desktop
* 10 Emulators
* 10.1 Video game console emulators
* 10.2 Platform virtual machines
* 10.3 Windows compatibility layer
* 11 Notes
* 12 See also
* 13 References
* 14 External links

## Networking

### Web browsers

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary[lower-alpha 1] | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Google Chrome | Google Inc. | Active  | Yes  | Partial[lower-alpha 2] | Freeware
Edge (Chromium)  | Microsoft Inc.  | Active  | Yes  | Partial  | Freeware
Netscape | Netscape Communications  | Dropped  | Yes  | Yes  | Freeware
Opera | Opera Software  | Active  | Yes  | Yes  | Freeware
Maxthon Cloud Browser  | Maxthon | Active  | Yes  | Yes  | Freeware
Vivaldi | Vivaldi Technologies  | Active  | Yes  | Partial[lower-alpha 3] | Freeware
Insight WebClient | Bynari, Inc. | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  |
IBM Notes | IBM | Active  | N/A  | Yes  | $108 – 175 USD
Yandex Browser | Yandex | Active  | Yes  | Yes  | Freeware

### FTP clients

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

IglooFTP PRO  | IglooFTP.com  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
SFTPPlus  | Pro:Atria Ltd  | Active  | Yes  | Yes  | N/A
SynchronEX+  | Xellsoft Software Services  | Active  | Yes  | Yes  | $0.00 USD
CrossFTP Pro  | CrossFTP Software  | Active  | Yes  | Yes  | $24.99 USD
Beyond Compare (Not FTP : Diff tool)  | Scooter Software  | Active  | Yes  | Yes  | $30.00 USD
sFTP Client  | sFTP App Ltd  | Active  | Yes  | Yes  | $30.00 USD
SecureFX  | VanDyke Software  | Active  | Yes  | No  | $59.95 USD

### Firewall (packet filtering)

* Opendium Web Gateway – part of a content control system targeted at schools
* Opendium UTM – part of a content control system targeted at schools
* SmoothWall Corporate – a closed fork of SmoothWall, targeted at enterprise and corporate users

### Visual traceroute

* VisualRoute

### P2P file sharing

* Loophole (WinMX protocol) – WinMX servers down since 09.2005
* MetaMachine eDonkey2000 – latest release from 25.07.2005 (discontinued)
* μTorrent Server

### "Hotline" P2P protocol clients/servers

* GHX

### Multifunction sound modem programs

* PrimaFax

### Fax software

* Esker Fax
* Fax2Send
* FAXCOM
* Ictfax
* MessagePlus/Open
* U-Fax

### Network maintenance

* HP Openview agents

### Routing

* GateD

### Distributed computing

* Portable Batch System PBS Gridworks

### Instant messaging

* Discord
* Skype
* ICQ
* Viber
* Trillian

### P2P file synchronisation

* BitTorrent Sync

### VoIP software

* Skype
* Zoom client for Linux
* alfaview

## Desktop/system software

### Work with files

#### Console archivers

* RAR
* B1 Free Archiver

#### Desktop search

* Google Desktop (discontinued) 1.0, released June 27, 2007

#### File splitters

* HJSplit for Linux – freeware, also available on other platforms

### PDF viewers

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary[lower-alpha 4] | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Adobe Reader  | Adobe Systems | Dropped[lower-alpha 5] | Yes  | No  | Freeware
Foxit Reader | Foxit Software | Active  | Yes  | No  | Freeware
PDF Studio Pro | Qoppa Software  | Active  | No[lower-alpha 6] | No  | $129 USD
PDF Studio Standard | Qoppa Software  | Active  | No[lower-alpha 6] | No  | $89 USD

1. ↑ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
2. ↑ Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the Flash player is excluded.
3. ↑ Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the user interface is excluded.
4. ↑ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
5. ↑ Last Linux version is 9.5.5
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Java

### PDF authoring

* Adobe Acrobat Distiller (discontinued)

### Cryptography

* Pretty Good Privacy

### Scanner utilities

* VueScan
* Xvscan last updated in 2000[1]

### Antivirus

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary[lower-alpha 1] | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

AntiVir Workstation PersonalEdition  | Avira | Dropped  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A

1. ↑ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why

* Avast! Antivirus
* AVG Anti-Virus
* Bitdefender GravityZone
* Comodo Group Anti-Virus for Linux
* Dr. Web
* F-Prot (not to be confused with F-Secure)
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus
* ESET NOD32
* RAV Antivirus (discontinued)
* Sophos Antivirus for Linux
* Trend Micro ServerProtect for Linux
* Vexira for Linux Fileserver
* Vexira for Linux Samba Server

### Bootloader / Boot manager

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary[lower-alpha 1] | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Acronis OS Selector  |  |  |  |  |
Plop Boot Manager  | Elmar Hanlhofer  | Active  | N/A  | No  | Freeware

1. ↑ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why

### Hard disk partitioning

* Acronis PartitionExpert
* Paragon Partition Manager

### Backup software

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary[lower-alpha 1] | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

BRU Workstation/Desktop/Server  | TOLIS Group, Inc.  | Active  | N/A  | N/A  | $499 – 4,999 USD[lower-alpha 2]
EMC NetWorker | EMC Corporation  | Active  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
ImgBurn | Lightning UK  | Active  | No[lower-alpha 3] | No  | Freeware
Microlite BackupEDGE  | Microlite Corporation  | Active  | Yes  | N/A  | $400 – 500 USD[lower-alpha 4]
Nero Linux  | Nero AG  | Terminated  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
SpiderOak Backup  | SpiderOak, Inc.  | Active  | Yes  | No  | Freeware (paid plans available)
Lonetar  |  |  |  |  |
Handy Backup  | Novosoft LLC  |  |  |  |
Veeam  | Veeam Software  | Active  |  |  | Freeware

1. ↑ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
2. ↑ TOLIS Group Product Pricing
3. ↑ Developer officially supports running Windows binary with Wine
4. ↑ Microlite BackupEDGE Pricing

### PIM / DB / hierarchical notebook with tree view

* TreePad Lite

### File hosting service clients

* Dropbox
* Mega

## Drivers

### Printer drivers

* Brother Industries
* Hewlett-Packard (HP)
* Lexmark International
* TurboPrint

## Multimedia

### Audio/video

#### Digital audio workstations

* Bitwig Studio
* Mixbus
* ocenaudio
* REAPER (experimentally)
* Renoise
* Tracktion

#### MP3 encoding

* L3enc (discontinued)

#### Score writers

* Guitar Pro

#### Multimedia players

* Fluendo DVD Player
* LinDVD
* Moovida Pro
* Musictube
* PowerDVD for Linux (discontinued)
* JRiver Media Center
* RealPlayer (discontinued)

#### Music

* Dataplore
* Dataplore CMS
* energyXT
* Guitar Pro
* Loomer Aspect
* Loomer Manifold
* Loomer Resound
* Loomer Sequent
* Loomer Shift v2
* Loomer String
* MuSing
* Netease Cloud Music
* Pianoteq
* RecordPad
* Spotify
* Transcribe!

### Graphics

#### Graphics viewers/editors

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary[lower-alpha 1] | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

CompuPic  | Photodex | Dropped  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
iMeMiner  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Picasa | Google | Dropped  | No[lower-alpha 2] | No  | Freeware
Sketsa SVG Editor  | KIYUT Software  | Active  | No[lower-alpha 3] | No  | $89 USD
XnView MP  | Pierre-Emmanuel Gougelet  | Active  | Yes  | No  | Freeware
Xv | John Bradley  | Partial[lower-alpha 4] | Yes  | Yes  | $35 USD

1. ↑ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
2. ↑ Publisher bundled the application with Wine
3. ↑ Cross-platform Java application
4. ↑ Application is still available, but no longer actively developed

#### Professional graphics editors and photography

* AfterShot Pro
* Corel Photo-Paint 9 (discontinued)
* PaintSupreme
* Pixel32
* Pixeluvo[2]

#### Digital imaging

* Bibble
* FX Photo Effects

#### 2D bitmap animation and paint

* Harmony
* TVPaint

#### Vector graphics editors

* Corel Draw 9 (discontinued)
* Edraw Max 9.4
* Xara Xtreme (discontinued)

#### Flash players

* Adobe Flash Player – freeware

#### 3D graphics

* AC3D
* Chrono::R3D
* Houdini
* MASSIVE
* Maya
* Softimage
* MODO
* Substance Designer by Adobe
* Substance Painter by Adobe
* Mari by The Foundry Visionmongers
* VariCAD

### Video, etc.

#### Simple/professional video production environments

* Autodesk/Discreet Flint/Flame/Inferno
* Autodesk/Discreet Smoke
* IFX Piranha
* ifxAnt
* Lightworks
* DaVinci Resolve
* iMira Editing (discontinued)
* MainActor (discontinued)

#### Creation of 2D and 3D effects

* Fusion – Linux version is based upon the Windows version using wine.
* Nuke
* Shake (discontinued)

#### Miscellaneous

* Google Earth
* TrueCrypt – the source code is available, but the license is considered "unclear" and therefore not considered "free" by some of the major Linux distributions,[3][4][5][6][7] and even considered with "potential to be actively dangerous" by Fedora[8]

## Office/business

### Office suites

* ApplixWare Office (see Applixware Words)
* EIOffice
* HancomOffice
* SoftMaker Office
* ThinkFree Office
* WPS Office (previously known as Kingsoft Office)
* Yozo Office

### Word processors

* TextMaker
* UltraCompare
* UltraEdit
* WPS Writer

### Spreadsheets

* DataScene
* WPS Spreadsheet

### Presentations

* PageStream
* WPS Presentation

### Local databases

* InterBase 7
* Rekall
* StarOffice Adabas D (discontinued)

### Desktop publishing

* VivaDesigner

### E-commerce and web business

* IBM WebSphere Application Server
* Oracle Application Server (discontinued)
* WebLogic

### Personal finance managers

* Moneydance

### Financial accounting

* Hansa Business Solutions – global
* Kalculate – India and Asia
* LeftHand Mała Firma
* LeftHand Mała Ksiegowość
* LeftHand Pełna Księgowość
* LeftHand Sprzedaż i Magazyn
* LeftHand Stowarzyszenia i Fundacje
* Locbook

### Enterprise automation (Russian)

* Keeper
* Oblik

### Collaboration software

* Kerika
* Microsoft Teams
* TeamViewer
* Slack

### Project management

* Cando Projects Server

### Mind mapping/diagramming software

* Xmind (Pro Edition)
* yEd
* WireframeSketcher
* EdrawMax

### Communications software

* EasyIVR Call processing (IVR, CTI, ACD) – for Linux

## Games

### Game distribution platforms

* Steam

### Action-adventure

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Ark |  |  |  |  |
Heretic II |  |  |  |  |
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness  |  |  |  |  |

### Adventure

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb  |  |  |  |  |
Jack Keane |  |  |  |  |
Machinarium |  |  |  |  |

### Business simulation

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Airline Tycoon Deluxe  |  |  |  |  |

### Card

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Eric's Ultimate Solitaire |  |  |  |  |

### City simulation

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Mobility |  | last Linux version is 2.0  |  |  |

### First-person shooter

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Aliens versus Predator  |  |  |  |  |
America's Army |  | Dropped  |  |  |
Counter-Strike | Valve  | Active  |  |  |
Dark Horizons Lore |  |  |  |  |
Descent³  |  |  |  |  |
Doom 3 |  |  |  |  |
Duke Nukem 3D |  |  |  |  |
Enemy Territory |  |  |  |  |
Grappling Hook |  |  |  |  |
Medal of Honor |  | Unfinished beta  |  |  |
Postal²  |  |  |  |  |
Team Fortress 2[9] | Valve  | Active  |  |  |
Unreal Tournament | GT Interactive |  |  |  |
Unreal Tournament 2003 | Infogrames |  |  |  |
Unreal Tournament 2004 | Atari  |  |  |  |

### Graphic adventure

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Ankh |  |  |  |  |
Ankh |  |  |  |  |

### MMORPG

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

A Tale in the Desert |  |  |  |  |

### Platformer

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

And Yet It Moves |  |  |  |  |
Cave Story |  |  |  |  |
Inner Worlds |  |  |  |  |
Marble Blast Gold |  |  |  |  |
Portal |  |  |  |  |

### Puzzle

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Bubble Shooter |  |  |  |  |
Hyperspace Delivery Boy! |  |  |  |  |

### Racing

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Ballistics |  |  |  |  |
H-Craft Championship |  |  |  |  |

### Real-time tactics

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Myth II |  |  |  |  |

### Role-playing game (RPG)

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Bastion |  |  |  |  |
Cute Knight |  |  |  |  |
Eschalon |  |  |  |  |
Eschalon |  |  |  |  |
Exile III:Ruined World  |  |  |  |  |
Gorky 17 |  |  |  |  |
Neverwinter Nights |  |  |  |  |

### Shoot 'em up

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Astro Battle |  |  |  |  |
Jets'n'Guns |  |  |  |  |

### Stealth

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Cold War  |  |  |  |  |

### Strategy

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Civilization |  |  |  |  |
Conquest of Elysium II |  |  |  |  |
Crusader Kings II |  |  |  |  |
DEFCON  |  |  |  |  |
Darwinia  |  |  |  |  |
Dominions |  |  |  |  |
Dominions II |  |  |  |  |
Dominions 3 |  |  |  |  |
Europa Universalis IV |  |  |  |  |
Galcon |  |  |  |  |
Heroes of Might and Magic III |  |  |  |  |
Knights and Merchants  |  |  |  |  |
Kohan |  |  |  |  |
Lux |  |  |  |  |
Majesty Gold  |  |  |  |  |
Oil Rush |  |  |  |  |

### Survival horror

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Amnesia |  |  |  |  |
Penumbra |  |  |  |  |
Penumbra |  |  |  |  |

### Sports simulator

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Out of the Park Baseball |  |  |  |  |

### Third-person shooter

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²  |  |  |  |  |

### Visual novel

Game  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Bionic Heart  |  |  |  |  |
Digital |  |  |  |  |
Heileen 2: The Hands of Fate  |  |  |  |  |

* Dwarf Fortress
* Enter the Gungeon
* Factorio
* FizzBall (discontinued)
* Garry's Mod
* Heroes of Newerth
* MindRover
* Minecraft
* Prey
* Quake (all versions)
* Railroad Tycoon II
* Raptor (discontinued)
* Regnum Online
* Return to Castle Wolfenstein
* RimWorld
* Rise of the Triad
* Robin Hood
* Rune
* Savage 2
* Savage
* Serious Sam (all versions unfinished ports; beta)
* Shadowgrounds Survivor
* Shadowgrounds
* Shogo
* Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
* SimCity 3000
* SiN
* Sleepless Night
* Soldier of Fortune
* Space Combat
* Spheres of Chaos
* Stardew Valley
* Summer Session
* Tabletop Simulator
* Terminus
* Terraria
* The Labyrinth of Time
* Theocracy
* This Is Where I Want To Die
* Tibia
* Toribash
* Total War
* Total War
* Tribal Trouble
* Tribes II
* Ultima Online (discontinued)
* Uplink
* Vendetta Online
* World of Goo
* X-Plane
* X2
* Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates

## Programming and development

### C++ IDEs

* Code Crusader
* CodeWarrior
* KDE Studio Gold
* Kylix (discontinued)
* SlickEdit
* TimeStorm
* UEStudio
* Understand for C++
* JetBrains CLion

### PHP IDE

* Zend Studio
* JetBrains PHPStorm

### CASE

#### CASE-facility for UML

* Together ControlCenter

#### Top-level CASE system

* Rational Rose

### Compilers

* Intel C++ Compiler
* Intel Fortran Compiler
* Lahey/Fujitsu Fortran Compiler
* XL C/C++ Compiler, IBM
* XL Fortran Compiler, IBM

### Revision control

### HTML/DHTML editors

* Microsoft Visual Studio Code
* JetBrains PyCharm

### InterBase/Firebird IDE

* IBAdmin

### Java IDE

* JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
* Sun ONE Studio

### Memory leak tracing

* Insure

### Object Pascal IDE

* Kylix

### Perl/Python/Tcl IDE

* ActiveState Komodo
* JetBrains PyCharm
* Sublime Text

### Prolog

* SICStus Prolog

### WYSIWYG HTML editors

* IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder
* IndexFinger
* BlueGriffon

## Servers

### SSH Client/Server

* SecureCRT/VShell Server
* Termius
* Tectia SSH

### Web Hosting Control Panel

* cPanel
* DirectAdmin
* Plesk

### WWW

* Abyss Web Server – original open source version is being developed as part of xmlrpc-c project
* Adobe JRun
* CGIProxy – source available for non-commercial use
* LiteSpeed Web Server
* Zeus Web Server (discontinued)

### DB engines

* IBM Db2
* Informix
* Microsoft SQL Server
* Oracle
* Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise

### E-mail / personal information manager / groupware servers

* Bynari
* CommuniGate Pro
* Lotus Domino
* NetMail
* Novell GroupWise
* Open-Xchange
* Scalix (based on HP OpenMail)
* SCOoffice Mail Server
* Teamware Office
* Zarafa
* Hiri
* InScribe

### Product data/product lifecycle management (PDM/PLM)

* Siemens Teamcenter[10]

### Proxy

* Opendium Web Gateway content control system targeted at schools
* Opendium UTM content control system targeted at schools

### Cluster filesystems

* Matrix Server

### Managed file transfer

* Serv-U File Server – managed file transfer server, supporting FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, and HTTPS file transfer methods

### Streaming media servers

* Emby
* Plex

## Miscellaneous applications

### Mathematics

* Magma
* Maple
* Mathematica
* MATLAB
* Xoctave Scientific Development Environment: Octave GUI

### Statistical packages

* R/Rstudio
* PSPP
* Stata
* TSP

### 3D modelling

* CityEngine
* PhotoScan by Agisoft
* Pro/ENGINEER Linux (discontinued)
* Parasolid
* Realsoft 3D
* Siemens NX[11]

### CAD/CAM/CAE

* Adina – by ADINA R&D
* ARCAD 3D
* ARES Commander
* BricsCAD – IntelliCAD-based commercial CAD solution
* CAM Expert Professional
* CATIA – by Dassault Systèmes
* CYCAS by Verlag Frese
* DraftSight – by Dassault Systèmes
* EAGLE
* MEDUSA
* Siemens NX
* QCAD – by RibbonSoft, professional is built on the QCAD opensource package
* RI-CAD
* Simcenter STAR-CCM+ by Siemens.
* Synergy by Weber Systems
* VariCAD – by VariCAD s.r.o.

### Diagram and chart designing

* DataScene
* Poseidon for UML
* Visual Paradigm

### Dictionaries

* Lunestar – an English-Turkish dictionary, freeware

### HDD testing/benchmarking

* SPEC SFS

### Game makers

* Maker3D – a 3D RPG creation software
* Tululoo Game Maker – a complex game creation system environment

### Real property, Building Information Management & Asset management

* Mapjects AssetFENCE – management of assets both commercial, industrial & federal properties for leased and purchased sites
* Mapjects RADAR – management of real property commercial and federal properties for leased and purchased sites
* MapjectsIMPORT for Linux – freeware, also available on other platforms, lets users import files across QuickBooks, Archibus, AutoDesk CAD and Map them to assets in excel

### SQL dataBases GUI admin tools

* Navicat – Linux version is based upon the Windows version using Wine.

### Remote Desktop

* TeamViewer
* AnyDesk
* NoMachine
* Splashtop

## Emulators

### Video game console emulators

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary[lower-alpha 1] | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

BoycottAdvance[lower-alpha 2] | • Julien Frelat
• Richard Bannister
• Niels Wagenaar  | Dropped[lower-alpha 3] | Yes  | No  | Freeware
ePSXe[lower-alpha 4] | ePSXe Team  | Active  | Yes  | No  | Freeware
Regen[lower-alpha 5] | AamirM  | Active  | Yes  | No  | Freeware

1. ↑ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
2. ↑ Game Boy Advance emulator
3. ↑ Last Linux-compatible version was 0.2.6; current version is 0.2.8
4. ↑ Sony PlayStation emulator
5. ↑ Sega Genesis / Mega Drive emulator

### Platform virtual machines

Application  | Publisher  | Support status  | Native binary  | Source code  | Pricing

|
|
|
|
|

Parallels Workstation | Parallels, Inc.  | Terminated[lower-alpha 1] | N/A  | No  | No longer sold
QuickTransit |  |  |  |  |
VMware Player  |  |  |  |  |
VMware vCenter Converter  |  |  |  |  |
VMware Workstation |  |  |  |  |
Oracle VM VirtualBox Enterprise  |  |  |  |  |
Win4Lin |  |

Discontinued

|  |  |

1. ↑ Product is no longer supported on any platform

### Windows compatibility layer

* Bordeaux
* Cedega – Windows games compatibility layer; based on the free compatibility layer Wine (discontinued)
* CrossOver – based on the free compatibility layer Wine.

## Notes

A.^A Open-source drivers are available through HP Linux Imaging and Printing [12]

## See also

* Wine, a "compatibility layer" that allows many windows software to run on Linux (both proprietary and free)

## References

1. ↑ ltd., tummy.com. "Solutions – tummy.com, ltd.". http://www.tummy.com/xvscan/.
2. ↑ "Pixeluvo – Beautiful Images Made Easy". http://www.pixeluvo.com/.
3. ↑ Debian Bug report logs – #364034. Accessed on: January 12, 2009.
4. ↑ TrueCrypt licensing concern Accessed on: April 20, 2009
5. ↑ Bug #109701 in Ubuntu. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
6. ↑ non-OSI compliant packages in the openSUSE Build Service. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
7. ↑ Gentoo bug 241650. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
8. ↑ "Forbidden items - Fedora Project Wiki". http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems#TrueCrypt.
9. ↑ "Team Fortress 2". Valve. https://store.steampowered.com/app/440/Team_Fortress_2/.
10. ↑ "Teamcenter 2005 Delivers Comprehensive PLM Offering". Siemens PLM Software. 2006-06-20. http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/press_release.cfm?Component=25352&ComponentTemplate=822.
11. ↑ "UGS Ships NX 4 and Delivers Industry's First Complete Digital Product Development Solution on Linux". 2009-04-04. http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/press_release.cfm?Component=25399&ComponentTemplate=822.
12. ↑ "HP Developers Portal | HP Linux Imaging and Printing". https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing.

## External links

* This list is based on The Table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux, which is licensed under GNU FDL.

* v
* t
* e

Linux

Linux kernel|

* History
* Kernel
* Linus's law
* Linux-libre
* Linux startup process
* Linux kernel oops
* Tux
* more…

Controversies|

* Criticism of Linux
* Criticism of desktop Linux
* GNU/Linux naming controversy
* Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate
* SCO and Linux

Distributions|

* General comparison
* Distributions list
* Netbook-specific comparison
* Distributions that run from RAM
* Lightweight
* Security-focused operating system
* Proprietary software for Linux
* Package manager
* Package format
* List of software package managers

Organizations|

* LinuxChix
* Linux Counter
* Linux Documentation Project
* Linux Foundation
* Linux Mark Institute
* Linux User Group (LUG)

Adoption|

* Adopters
* Desktop
* Embedded
* Gaming
* Mobile
* Range of use

Media|

* DistroWatch
* Free Software Magazine
* Full Circle
* Linux.com
* Linux Format
* Linux Gazette
* Linux Journal
* Linux Magazine
* LinuxUser
* Ubuntu User
* Linux Outlaws
* Linux Voice
* LugRadio
* LWN.net
* Open Source For You
* Phoronix
* Revolution OS
* The Code

* Linux
* Linux kernel features
* Portal
* WikiProject

0.00

(0 votes)

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Software:List_of_proprietary_software_for_Linux&oldid=708629"
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template