List of free software project directories

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The following is a list of notable websites that list free software projects. These directories and repositories of free software differ from software hosting facilities (or software forges) in the number of features they offer and the type of collaboration they are designed to promote.

## Contents

* 1 General directories
* 2 Programming language specific directories
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## General directories

Name  | Description, focus

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SourceForge | largest directory, >500K projects[1]
Apache Software Foundation  | Mostly Java[2]
Free Software Directory[3] | About 17000 packages with 386 GNU-packages and 97 High Priority Projects[4]
Open Hub (Formerly Ohloh)  |
Libraries.io | Open source libraries, frameworks and tools
ibiblio | Open source software
List of free and open-source software packages |
AlternativeTo | General: can filter by license type "Open Source"
sourcehut[5] |

## Programming language specific directories

Name  | Description, focus

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CPAN | Perl
CTAN | TeX
CRAN  | R
Gambas Software Farm | Gambas
JBoss  | Enterprise Java
LuaRocks | Lua
PEAR  | PHP
Node Package Manager | Node.js
Python Package Index | Python
Hackage | Haskell
RubyGems | Ruby

## See also

* Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities

## References

1. ↑ Hoffman, Chris. "Yes, You Can Download Software From SourceForge Again". https://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning-dont-download-software-from-sourceforge-if-you-can-help-it/.
2. ↑ "Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 25 Years". https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apache-software-foundation-celebrates-25-160000000.html.
3. ↑ Noyes, Katherine. "Looking for Free Software? A New Directory Can Help". https://www.pcworld.com/article/476990/looking_for_free_software_a_new_directory_can_help.html.
4. ↑ "Free Software Directory". https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page.
5. ↑ "sourcehut hub". https://sr.ht/.

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Free and open-source software

General|

* Alternative terms for free software
* Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
* Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities
* Free software
* Free software project directories
* Gratis versus libre
* Long-term support
* Open-source software
* Open-source software development
* Outline

Software
packages|

* Audio
* Bioinformatics
* Codecs
* Collaboration
* Configuration management
* Device drivers
* Graphics
* Wireless
* Geophysics
* Health
* Mathematics
* Operating systems
* Programming languages
* Routing
* Statistics
* Television
* Video games
* Web applications
* Content management systems
* E-commerce
* Word processors
* Android apps
* iOS apps
* Commercial
* Trademarked
* Formerly proprietary

Community|

* Free software movement
* History
* Open-source-software movement
* Organizations
* Events

Licenses|

* AFL
* Apache
* APSL
* Artistic
* Beerware
* Boost
* BSD
* CC0
* CDDL
* EPL
* Free Software Foundation
* GNU GPL
* GNU LGPL
* ISC
* MIT
* MPL
* Ms-PL/RL
* Python
* Python Software Foundation License
* Sleepycat
* Unlicense
* WTFPL
* zlib

| Types and
standards|

* Comparison of free and open-source software licenses
* Contributor License Agreement
* Copyleft
* Debian Free Software Guidelines
* Definition of Free Cultural Works
* Free license
* The Free Software Definition
* The Open Source Definition
* Open-source license
* Permissive software license
* Public domain
* Viral license

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Challenges|

* Digital rights management
* Firmware security
* Hardware restrictions
* License proliferation
* Mozilla software rebranding
* Proprietary device drivers
* Proprietary firmware
* Proprietary software
* SCO/Linux controversies
* Secure boot
* Software patents
* Software security
* Trusted Computing

Related topics|

* Forking
* GNU Manifesto
* Microsoft Open Specification Promise
* Open-core model
* Open-source hardware
* Shared Source Initiative
* Source-available software
* The Cathedral and the Bazaar
* Revolution OS

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