Type | Free program[1] | Replacement for |
---|---|---|
3D computer graphics software | Blender | Autodesk Maya ("Maya"), Autodesk 3ds Max |
Anonymous P2P | GNUnet | DC++ |
BitTorrent client | Tribler, qBittorrent | BitTorrent |
Compiler | Mingw-w64 | Microsoft Visual C++ |
Desktop publishing | Scribus | Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress |
Diagramming software | Dia | Microsoft Visio |
Document viewer | Evince | Adobe Reader, Microsoft Reader, Nitro PDF Reader |
Email client, news client, feed reader | Claws Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird | Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail (included) |
Instant messaging client, softphone, and videotelephone (all-in-one) |
GNU Ring, Linphone | Skype, Signal |
Instant messaging client | Pidgin, Telegram | ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger |
Live USB | Etcher | UNetbootin, Windows To Go (included) |
Media player | VLC media player (VLC) | PowerDVD, Windows Media Player, Apple QuickTime, RealPlayer Basic |
Office suite | LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org fork) | Microsoft Office |
Online storage | ownCloud (client only) | Apple iCloud, Dropbox |
Raster graphics editor | GIMP | PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint (included) |
Text editor | Gedit, Vim | |
Vector graphics editor | Inkscape, Xfig | CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Xara Photo & Graphic Designer |
Web browser[2][3] | Midori | Chromium, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer (included), Mozilla Firefox |