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Skip to content | | Skip to search | Translations of this page Skip to navigation Sign up for the Free Software Supporter A monthly update on GNU and the FSF The GNU Operating System History Philosophy Licenses Downloads Help GNU Join the FSF! Search: Richard Stallman announced in September 1983 the plan to develop a free software Unix-like operating system called GNU. GNU is the only operating system developed specifically for the sake of users' freedom. What is GNU? The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. GNU's kernel isn't finished, so GNU is used with the kernel Linux. The combination of GNU and Linux is the GNULinux operating system, now used by millions. Sometimes this combination is incorrectly called Linux. There are many variants or “distributions” of GNULinux. We recommend the GNULinux distributions that are 100% free software; in other words, entirely freedom-respecting. 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Skip list of GNU software GNU software 3DLDF — 3D drawing package ACM — Aerial combat simulation game Abdabi — Service discovery system for DotGNU Aetherspace — Project to produce a multiplayer game Anubis — Processes outgoing mail Archimedes — Software for designing and simulating submicron semiconductor devices Aspell — Spell checker Autoconf — Produces shell scripts which automatically configure source code Autogen — Automated program and text generation Automake — Generates Makefile.in files BPEL2oWFN — translates a web service expressed in BPEL into an oWFN Balsa — GNOME mail client Barcode — Converts text strings to printed bars Bash — Shell of the GNU operating system Bayonne — GNU telephony server Bazaar Version Control — distributed version control Bc — Interactive algebraic language Binutils — Collection of binary utilities Bison — Replacement for the parser generator 'yacc' Calendula — Fund-raisingcontact management software for non-profits Cfengine — Maintains configuration of a heterogenous UNIX network Chess — Chess game Common C++ — Highly portable C++ class library Cpio — Archiver that handles various types of cpio and tar archives DJGPP — GCC, G++, and GNU utilities for DOS DMD — Service manager that's a replacement for SysV-init Denemo — Graphical music notation program Dia — GTK-based diagram drawing program Diffutils — Finds differences between and among files Dominion — Multi-player role-playing simulation Double Choco Latte — System for tracking bugs, changes, enhancements, and requests for software EDMA — Modular development environment EPrints — Online information archiving system Ecc — Elliptical curve class library Ed — Line-oriented text editor Electric — CAD electrical circuit design system Emacs — Extensible, real-time editor Epsilon — Strongly-typed omega-order programming language Ffp — Free Film Project Findutils — Tools to find files and to operate on groups of files Forum — Web-based groupware system FreeDink — Free enhancement of the Dink Smallwood game engine Freefont — Free UCS outline fonts GCC — GNU Compiler Collection GCL — Compiler and interpreter for Common Lisp GIFT — Content based image retrieval system GIMP — GNU image manipulation program GLPK — GNU Linear Programming Kit GLUE — GNU Internet groupware project GLib — Core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and GNOME GNAT — A complete Ada95 compilation system GNOWSYS — Hybrid database server with a kernel for semantic computing GNU Alive — Automatic login and keep-alive utility for Internet connections. 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GNUs — Emacs newsreader GNUstep — A graphical, object oriented programming environment GNUtls — A library implementing TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 protocols GOOPS — Object-oriented extension to 'guile' GSL — Routines for numerical computing GTK+ — GNU toolkit for X windows development GTS — Functions for 3D surfaces meshed with interconnected triangles GUSS — Hardware simulator for debugging Gcal — Is a program for calculating and printing calendars, and is the GNU implementation of the universally known cal and calendar programs. Gcompris — Educational suite for children from 2 to 10 Gcron — Replacement for Vixie cron Gdb — GNU Debugger Gdbm — Replacement for the 'dbm' and 'ndbm' libraries Gengetopt — Generates a C function that parses and validates command line options Gettext — Tools to produce multi-lingual messages Ggradebook — Fully-featured GNU gradebook Gnats — Bug tracking system Gnatsweb — Web interface to the GNU bug management system Gnochive — GUI frontend for multiple archivers Gnome — The GNU desktop Gnotepad+ — HTML and text editor Gnumeric — Math program intended to replace commercial spreadsheets Gnutrition — Nutrition analysis software Gnuzilla IceCat — GNU version of popular web browser Goldwater — Middleware component of the DotGNU project Gorm — Graphic Object Relationship Modeler Gperf — Generates a hash function Greg — Software testing framework Grep — Finds lines that match entered patterns Gretl — Software for econometric analysis Gtick — Digital metronome Gtkeyboard — Graphical 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networked strategy game Mule — Multilingual text editor for Emacs Nana — Library for assertion checking and logging in GNU CC++ Nano — Pico clone for *NIX Nautilus — File manager and graphical shell Ncurses — Displays and updates text on text-only terminals Ninpaths — Paths Survey reporting program Ocrad — OCR program based on feature extraction Octave — High-level language for numerical computations Oleo — Lightweight spreadsheet program PCB — Designs printed circuit board layouts PHP Groupware — Groupware suite PIPS — Converts data between formats PSPP — Statistics package Panorama — Framework for 3D graphics production Paperclips — Webserver and dynamic content container Patch — Applies a patch to a file Patchwork — Utility for rapid patch development and submission Paxutils — Tool to manage file archives Plotutils — Plotting and graphics utilities Proto — Tools to find function prototypes Pth — GNU Portable Threads library Ptx — Index generator Qexo — XQuery to Java compiler Quagga — Back-end software for the FSF's Directory of Free Software Queue — Batch processing and local rsh replacement system RCS — Version control and project management software Radius — Remote authentication and accounting system Readline — Lets users edit command lines as they are typed in Recode — Front end to the 'recode' translation library SXML — Defines and implements a mark-up language Screen — Runs separate screens on a single terminal Sed — A stream-oriented non-interactive text editor Serveez — Server framework Shared Memory Manager — access all shared memory Sharutils — Creates and helps unpack shell archives Shtool — The GNU portable shell tool SmartEiffel — Eiffel compiler Snug — Project to develop a free version of Java Swing Sovix — PHP-based, semantic website revision system SpeedX — Racing game Termutils — Programs for controlling terminals Texinfo — Produces manuals, ASCII text, and on-line documentation Thales — IRC to MySQL gateway The GNU Objective C Class Library — 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matching boolean queries in text ccaudio — Library and software for manipulating audio data ccrtp — RTP stack ccscript — C++ class framework for creating a virtual machine execution system cflow — Charts control flow within source code cgicc — C++ class library for writing CGI applications cim — Compiler for the programming language Simula classpath — Free core class libraries for the Java programming language clisp — ANSI Common Lisp compiler, debugger, and interpreter combine — Extensible file matching and filtering cons — 'Make' replacement coreutils — Collection of basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities cssc — Free clone of SCCS dap — Statistics and graphics package ddd — Graphical front end for command line debuggers ddrescue — Data recovery tool dejaGnu — Framework to test programs diction — Checks text for readability and bad usage dr. geo — Builds geometric figures emms — Emacs multimedia system enscript — Converts ASCII files to PostScript ferret — GNU data modeller fhp — m4 macro for creating Web pages fontutils — Converts between font formats and creates fonts freeipmi — Intelligent platform management system fribidi — Free implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional (BiDi) Algorithm g++ — C++ compiler gama — Geodetic network adjustment program gawk — String manipulation language gcjwebplugin — Browser plugin that executes Java applets gengen — A parameterized-text-generator generator based on a template gforth — Free implementation of the ANS Forth language gfortran — Fortran compiler gleem — Library of 3D widgets gmp — The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library gnotary — Project to produce a digital notary service gnu-arch — Revision control system gnu-crypto — Project to produce a full set of Java cryptographic tools gnubg — Plays and analyzes backgammon games and matches gnubiff — Mail notification program gnucomm — GNU telecommunications project gnuit — Tools for simple, daily file and system management tasks gnulib — GNU portability library gnumach — Microkernel of the GNU system gnunet — Anonymous peer-to-peer file-sharing gnupg (GPG) — Complete implementation of the OpenPGP Internet standard gnupod — Lets you use an iPod under GNULinux gnuradio — Software to create digital radio signals gnuschool — Is a web application for educators, students, and school administrators. gnushogi — Japanese version of chess gnuskies — Project to create a free version of the xephem program gnusound — Multitrack sound editor for Gnome gnusysutils — Planned group of utilities for system administrators gpaint — GNOME paint program gprolog — Prolog compiler groff — Document formatting system gss — Implementation of the Generic Security Service API guile-dbi — Guile database abstraction layer guile-gtk — Guile language bindings for Gtk+ version 1.2 gurgle — Formerly the GNU Report Generator gv — Frontend for ghostscript gvpe — Secure vpn network among multiple nodes over an untrusted network gzip — Compresses and decompresses files hOpla — Link between XML files and SQL databases halifax — Client applications suite for fax applications hello — GNU version of "Hello, world!" hp2xx — Reads and converts HP-GL files to various formats hurd — Project GNU's replacement for the Unix kernel intlfonts — Fonts for all characters Emacs 20 can handle java2html — Translates Java files to HTML jel — Compiler for simple expressions into Java byte code jwhois — Internet whois client libc — Library for use with GNUHurd and GNULinux libcdio — Encapsulates CD-ROM reading and control libextractor — Extracts metadata information from files libmicrohttpd — GNU library libopts — AutoOpts option parser library that supports stand alone config files libsigsegv — Library for handling page faults libtool — Generic library support script libxmi — Library for rasterizing 2-D vector graphics liquidwar6 — Liquid War 6 is a unique multiplayer wargame. lsh — Free implementation of the SSH protocol m4 — Macro processor make — Generates executables and other non-source programs marst — Algol to C translator maverik — Virtual reality micro kernel mcron — Vixie cron replacement mcsim — Simulation software for designing, analyzing and calibrating mathematical models mdk — Emulator and development environment for Knuth's MIX computer miscfiles — Collection of various files mit-scheme — MITGNU Scheme programming language moe — A powerful and user-friendly text editor muse — Emacs mode for publishing in various modes octal — Free digital sound workstation for Unix-like systems orgadoc — Helps organize documentation osip — Library supporting the Session Initiation Protocol p2c — Translates Pascal programs into C parted — Manipulates disk partitions phantom security — Home security system phantom_home — Home automation system phpgrabcomics — Retrieves and saves comics from the Web polyxmass — Mass spectrometric framework for simulation and analysis of mass spectrometric data of (bio-)polymers protoize — Creates or removes prototypes from C code rottlog — Replacement for Red Hat's 'logrotate.' sather — Object-oriented language shishi — Free implementation of the Kerberos 5 network security system slib — Portable scheme library sourceinstaller — Graphical tool for source package configuration, installation, tracking and removal spacechart — Displays the stars in space in 3D speex — Speech compression format spell — Spell checker src-highlite — Turns source code into a file with syntax highlighting stow — Manages installation process superopt — Finds the shortest instruction sequence for a given function swbis — Extensions to the POSIX packaging standard talkfilters — Translates English text into dialects tramp — Remote file editing software unrtf — Converts from RTF to other formats a href="...

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