Useful free applications
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Open source Visio alternatives
Dia 0.95
Available for: windows, linux, unix. Dia is designed to be much like the commercial Windows program 'Visio'. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship.
OpenOffice Draw 2.1
http://www.osalt.com/openoffice-draw
Available for: windows, mac, linux, unix. As part of the OpenOffice - Draw takes care of all of you drawing and graphing needs. With ease connectors can be added between objects making network, flow and even organization charting easy.
Kivio 1.6.1
Available for: linux, unix. Kivio is part of the KOffice open source office suite. For flowcharting, network diagrams and all other graphing need Kivio solves them with an easy to user interface.
StarUML 5.0
Available for: windows. StarUML is a great open source UML application. Supporting UML 2.0 and MDA (Model Driven Architecture) StarUML let's you work with all related diagrams. Code generation can be done for Java, C++.
ArgoUML 0.24
Available for: windows mac linux unix java ArgoUML is a great UML (Unified Modeling Language) tool. Written in Java and using Java Web Start makes it easy to work with (install) and use on any platform. It has full support for the UML 1.4.
Open source Norton Ghost alternatives
Ghost for Unix (G4U) 2.2
Available for: windows, unix. G4U is an operating systems independent application that can be used for disk cloning. It boots either of disks or LiveCD - and then allows you to copy all of the content from a harddisk to a remote...
Partition Image 0.6.4
http://www.osalt.com/partition-image
Available for: linux. Partition Image is an open source disk cloner. It will create a complete image of the partitions you wish to backup that can be spilt into multiple files for storing on removable media.
gParted
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
Available for: linux, all (via LiveCD)
gParted is used for creating, deleting, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems (works with Vista System & Data partitions), reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging).
Open source Photoshop alternatives
Gimp 2.2.13
Available for: windows, mac, linux, unix. Probably the oldest and most well-known open source graphic application - GNU Image Manipulation Program or Gimp was started in 1995 and has since then grown to the status it has today.
CinePaint 0.21
http://www.osalt.com/cinepaint
Available for: windows, mac, linux, unix. Started as a fork of the Gimp project, the goal is to create a more professionel graphical editing application aimed at the movie industry. One of the major differences from Gimp is that CinePaint... Read more
Krita 1.6.1
Available for: linux, unix. Krita is open source bitmap editing and drawing with the following advanced features: 16-bit image support, High dynamic resolution images, CMYK and even color management.
Paint.NET 2.72
http://www.osalt.com/paint.net
Available for: windows. Paint.NET is a .NET open source bitmap drawing and editing application. One of the main goals of the project is to provide a simple and easy to use application with an intuitive user interface.
Gimpshop 2.2.11
Available for: windows, mac, linux. If you feel at home in Photoshop, but need an open source alternative - Gimpshop is the way to go. Gimpshop is a hack made on top of the original Gimp project which changes all menues, dialogs, etc.
Open source Nero Burning Rom alternatives
CDRDAO 1.2.2
Available for: windows, linux, unix. CDRDAO (CD recording Disk At Once) is an open source CD burner which performs basic CD burning as well as more advanced features for audio CD creation. These features include full control of pre-gaps.
K3b 0.12.17
Available for: linux. K3b is an open source application for creating/burning CDs and DVDs. Features include CD and DVD ripping with DivX/XviD encoding, DVD copy, ISO burning, Video CD (VCD) creation, Audio CD creation.
Burn 1.62u
Available for: mac. Burn is a CD and DVD burning application. With Burn you can create audio, data and video disks in many different formats - burning iso images is also supported. Standard audio CDs as well as mp3 CD.
ImgBurn
ImgBurn is a freeware program that allows the recording of many types of CD/DVD images to recordable media (.cue files are supported as of version 2.4.0.0).[2] Starting with version 2.0.0.0, ImgBurn can also burn files and data directly to CD/DVD.
Open source Dreamweaver alternatives
Nvu 1.0
Available for: windows, mac, linux. Nvu is a web development system primarily developed for Linux but is now also available for windows and mac. The project aims to be an open source alternative for the major commercial web authoring.
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1
http://www.osalt.com/seamonkey
Available for: windows, mac, linux, unix. SeaMonkey settles all of your internet application needs in own package. Its a web-browser, email and newsgroup client, HTML authoring program and IRC chat client all-in-one.
Bluefish 1.0.5
Available for: mac, linux, unix. Eventhough Bluefish is not a WYSIWYG editor - it is still considered a strong tool, however, mainly for experienced web developers/designers. Has support for unicode - and provides wizards.
Quanta Plus 3.5.6
Available for: mac, linux, unix. For quick and effortless web development - Quanta Plus is steadily becoming a worthwhile competitor to the commercial web editors on the market. Quanta Plus's features include multi-document.
KompoZer 0.7.7
Available for: windows, mac, linux. Kompozer is an open source web development tool built on NVU. The project strives to fix bugs in the NVU project and added new features to it.
Aptana 0.2.7
Available for: windows, mac, linux. Aptana is an html/javascript editor, however, it does not provide any wysiwyg feature - but it is still an amazing editor with many advanced features. Aptana is intended for people developing dynamic...
Open source Access alternatives
OpenOffice Base 2.1
http://www.osalt.com/openoffice-base
Available for: windows, mac, linux, unix. Maintain your databases or create new ones. Base either connects to your existing database engine - or your can use its built-in HSQL database. For beginners Base offers wizards to help create forms...
Kexi 1.1.2
Available for: windows, linux, unix. Kexi strives to be a rapid application development (rad) tool for database driven development. Use Kexi to quick design forms to access and create your data - just as any full features application...
Open source Illustrator alternatives
Inkscape 0.45
Available for: windows, mac, linux, unix. Inkscape is an open source 2d vector graphics editor. Supports all of the standard drawing features your will find in similar commercial product. Curves (bezier), lines, freehand drawing including...
Skencil 0.6.17
Available for: linux, unix. Skencil is an open source interactive vector drawing application. It is a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes. If you are migrating from Adobe Illustrator - or...
Xara LX 0.7
Available for: linux. Xara LX is an open source version of the impressive Xara Xtreme, which has set a performance standard when is come to vector drawing applications. And eventhough Xara LX is not yet a fully...
Open source Outlook alternatives
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
http://www.osalt.com/thunderbird
Available for: windows, mac, linux. This full-featured open source email client provides an excellent open source alternative to all commercial email clients. Thunderbird has a wide list of features of which some are: support for POP...
Evolution 2.6.1
http://www.osalt.com/evolution
Available for: linux. Evolution is an e-mail client built from scratch to be an alternative to Outlook on Linux. Today it has evolved beyond that - and provides stable functionaly through typical e-mail features.
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1
http://www.osalt.com/seamonkey
Available for: windows, mac, linux, unix. SeaMonkey settles all of your internet application needs in own package. Its a web-browser, email and newsgroup client, HTML authoring program and IRC chat client all-in-one.
Open source MSN Messenger alternatives
Gaim 1.5.0
Available for: windows, mac, linux, unix. Gaim is an instant messenger (IM) application that cover multiple protocols - including (but not limited to) AIM, ICQ, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Novell GroupWise Messenger and Lotus Sametime. These protocols...
Miranda IM 0.6.7
http://www.osalt.com/miranda-im
Available for: windows. Small and fast are only two positive things that come to mind when trying to descript Miranda IM. Like many of its open source "competitors" it is an multi-protocol instant messenger capable of...
Adium 1.0
Available for: mac. Adium is open source instant messaging for Mac OS X. All of the most widely use protocols are supported such as AIM, ICQ, .MAC, MSN, Jabber and more - even Novell Groupwise and Lotus Sametime are...
PlanetaMessenger.org 0.2
http://www.osalt.com/planetamessenger.org
Available for: windows mac linux unix java PlanetaMessenger.org is an open source universal Instant Messenger (IM) developed fully in Java. PlanetaMessenger.org has plug-in based support for the different IM networks.
aMSN 0.96
Available for: windows mac linux unix. aMSN is an open source clone of MSN Messenger. It aims to implement as many features as possible from the original, and to provide even more features on top of that. Alot of the extra features are...
Psi 0.10
Available for: windows, mac, linux. Psi is an open source instant messenger client built for Jabber (the open source instant messaging protocol). However, to ensure that you don't loose touch we your friends who have not yet switched...
Open source Premiere Pro alternatives
Kino 0.9.5
Available for: linux. Kino is open source non-linear video editing at it's best. Easily imports DV video through IEEE-1394 (firewire) and allow detailed editing and transition effect for both video and audio.
Avidemux 2.3 beta
Available for: windows, mac, linux. Avidemux offers simple video editing for your PC, but packs many more features than that. This open source project is greate for DVD/DivX converting and editing. Avidemux also has scription support...
VirtualDub 1.6.16
http://www.osalt.com/virtualdub
Available for: windows. VirtualDub is an open source video processor/editor. Eventhough it may not be able to do avanced editing like non-linear video editors - it has powerfull features for processing your video clips.
Cinelerra 2.1
http://www.osalt.com/cinelerra
Available for: linux. Cinelerra is a highly advanced and professional video editing, but still remains open source. Cinelerra solves three main tasks: capturing, editing and compositing. There is virtually no limit to the...
Super!
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
Available for: Windows If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need. It is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.
Open source MS Word / Office alternatives
Abiword
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.
Open Office
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
Google Docs
Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and form application offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. A Google account (Offered free) is required to use Google Docs. [1]
