Comparison of FOSS

Comparison of Free & Open Source Software

FOS Productivity Software[]

Name	Platform	type	Website	Description
GIMP	all	Rastor art, photo editor	http://www.gimp.org/	Photoshop Alternative
Darktable		photography workflow application, RAW developer	http://www.darktable.org/
Inkscape	all	Vector Art,	https://inkscape.org/	Illustrator Alternative
KTooN /Tupi	Linux, OSX	2D Animation	http://www.maefloresta.com/
Synfig Studio		2D vector Animation	http://www.synfig.org	Flash Alternative
LibreCAD		2D CAD	http://librecad.org	AutoSketch Alternative
Blender		3D Modeling & Animation	http://www.blender.org/	3DS Max / Maya alternative
OpenSCAD		3D CAD	http://www.openscad.org/	AutoCAD alternative
FreeCAD		3D CAD	http://www.freecadweb.org/	AutoCAD alternative
Sweet Home 3D	Windows, JavaWS for others	3D Home Design	http://www.sweethome3d.com	3D Computer Aided Home Design
Art of Illusion		3D modelling	http://www.artofillusion.org/
MakeHuman	all	3D Character Creation	http://www.makehumancommunity.org/
Ardour		Audio recorder, editor, re-mixer	http://ardour.org/
Audacity		Audio recorder & editor	http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Open Movie Editor	Linux	Movie Editor (in Development)	http://www.openmovieeditor.org/
Flowblade	Linux	video editor	https://code.google.com/p/flowblade/
KdenLive	Linux, OS X	video editor	http://www.kdenlive.org/
OpenShot	Linux	video editor	http://www.openshot.org
Lives	Linux, OS X	video editor	http://lives.sourceforge.net
Cinelerra	Linux	Video editor [in development]	http://www.heroinewarrior.com
VideoLan Movie Creator	all	movie editor [in development]	https://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/
Avidemux		simple video editor	http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
Handbrake		video format converter	http://handbrake.fr/
Miro Video Converter		video format converter	http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/
CamStudio		Computer screen and audio recorder	http://camstudio.org/
PDF Edit			http://pdfedit.cz
Scribus		Article Publishing	http://www.scribus.net
Kompozer	all	web design	http://www.kompozer.net	Dreamweaver / FrontPage Alternative
Open Office		Office suit Writer - word processor Calc - spreadsheet. Impress - Slide presentation. Draw - illustrations. Base - databases editor. Math - mathematical formula software with a GUI.	https://www.openoffice.org/	Microsoft Office Alternative
Libre Office		Office Suit Text Spreadsheet Presentation Drawing Database Formula	http://www.libreoffice.org/default/	Microsoft Office Alternative

FOS Consumption software[]

VLC Media Player - Video player - http://www.videolan.org
Media Player Classic - Media player for Windows systems - http://mpc-hc.org/
Gnash - Flash player for Open Source platforms (Adobe Flash player alternative) - http://gnashdev.org/

FOS Utility Software[]

Compatibility layers (System Libraries)[]

Libraries containing re-coded system files from a specific operating systems, to run Software native to that operating systems on another operating system.

Wine - Windows OS system library emulation for Linux & Mac - http://www.winehq.org/
Darling - OS X system library emulation for Linux - http://www.darlinghq.org/

FOS Game Engines[]

3D FOSS Engines:

Panda3D - 3D engine using Python and with web plug-ins. Good for fast development and used by Disney for various games.

Cube Engine - FPS Engine with in game Level Editing

Irrlicht Engine- Provides a set of tools and utilities for making 3d games

Blender Game Engine - Integrated into the Blender 3d modeler. Allows for fast building of games instantly using assets created in Blender. Games can be build using "logic blocks" or Python code.

Godot engine

Ogre3d - Powerful for game graphics, but not much else. Used in various commercial games.

ID Software Github
- ioQuake3 - Advanced version of Quake 3 engine
- ioDoom3 - Open source Doom 3 engine, supported by the guys behind ioQuake3

2D FOSS Engines:

HTML5 + CSS + Javascript frameworks like OpenGL, WebGL

FOS Games[]

PlaneShift - Open Source 3D MMORPG
Saga of Ryzom - Open Source 3D MMORPG
OpenRA(Open-RA.org) - Open Source Red Alert, 2d strategy game
Open Arena - Open Source First Person Shooter Arena
OpenClonk - Open Source Clonk, 2D game
OpenTDD -Open Source Transport Tycoon Deluxe, 2d simulation game
OpenTyrian - 2D scrolling shooter game
0AD
Unknown Horizons

See: Gaming on Linux

FOS Console emulators[]

OpenEmu - All-in-one game console emulator for Mac - http://openemu.org/