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List of proprietary software for Linux

Linux is an open-source kernel and usually comes bundled with free and open-source software; however, proprietary software for Linux does exist and is available to end-users.

The following is a list of proprietary software for Linux:

Networking

Web browsers

Application Publisher Support status Native binary[a] Source code Pricing
Google Chrome Google Inc. Active Yes Partial[b] Freeware
Edge (Chromium) Microsoft Inc. Active Yes Partial Freeware
Brave Browser Brave Software Inc. Active Yes Partial[c] Freeware
Netscape Netscape Communications Dropped Yes No Freeware
Opera Opera Software Active Yes No Freeware
Maxthon Cloud Browser Maxthon Active Yes No Freeware
Vivaldi Vivaldi Technologies Active Yes Partial[d] Freeware
Insight WebClient Bynari, Inc. N/A N/A N/A
IBM Notes IBM Active N/A No $108 – 175 USD
Yandex Browser Yandex Active Yes No Freeware

FTP clients

Application Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
IglooFTP PRO IglooFTP.com N/A N/A N/A N/A
SFTPPlus Pro:Atria Ltd Active Yes No N/A
SynchronEX+ Xellsoft Software Services Active Yes No $34.90 USD
CrossFTP Pro CrossFTP Software Active Yes No $24.99 USD
Beyond Compare (Not FTP : Diff tool) Scooter Software Active Yes No $30.00 USD
sFTP Client sFTP App Ltd Active Yes No $30.00 USD
SecureFX VanDyke Software Active Yes No $59.95 USD

Firewall (packet filtering)

  • Opendium Web Gateway – part of a content control system targeted at schools
  • Opendium UTM – part of a content control system targeted at schools
  • SmoothWall Corporate – a closed fork of SmoothWall, targeted at enterprise and corporate users

Visual traceroute

  • VisualRoute

P2P file sharing

  • Loophole (WinMX protocol) – WinMX servers down since 09.2005
  • MetaMachine eDonkey2000 – latest release from 25.07.2005 (discontinued)
  • μTorrent Server

"Hotline" P2P protocol clients/servers

  • GHX

Multifunction sound modem programs

  • PrimaFax

Fax software

Network maintenance

Routing

  • GateD

Distributed computing

Instant messaging

P2P file synchronisation

  • BitTorrent Sync

VoIP software

  • Skype
  • Zoom client for Linux
  • alfaview

Desktop/system software

Work with files

Console archivers

  • RAR
  • B1 Free Archiver

Desktop search

File splitters

  • HJSplit for Linux – freeware, also available on other platforms

PDF viewers

Application Publisher Support status Native binary[e] Source code Pricing
Adobe Reader Adobe Systems Dropped[f] Yes No Freeware
Foxit Reader Foxit Software Active Yes No Freeware
PDF Studio Pro Qoppa Software Active No[g] No $129 USD
PDF Studio Standard Qoppa Software Active No[g] No $89 USD
  1. ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
  2. ^ Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the Flash player is excluded.
  3. ^ Most of its source code is provided by the Chromium project.
  4. ^ Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the user interface is excluded.
  5. ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
  6. ^ Last Linux version is 9.5.5
  7. ^ a b Java

PDF authoring

  • Adobe Acrobat Distiller

Cryptography

Scanner utilities

Antivirus

Application Publisher Support status Native binary[a] Source code Pricing
AntiVir Workstation PersonalEdition Avira Dropped N/A N/A N/A
  1. ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
  • Avast! Antivirus
  • AVG Anti-Virus
  • Bitdefender GravityZone
  • Comodo Group Anti-Virus for Linux
  • Dr. Web
  • F-Prot (not to be confused with F-Secure)
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus
  • ESET NOD32
  • RAV Antivirus (discontinued)
  • Sophos Antivirus for Linux
  • Trend Micro ServerProtect for Linux
  • Vexira for Linux Fileserver
  • Vexira for Linux Samba Server

Bootloader / Boot manager

Application Publisher Support status Native binary[a] Source code Pricing
Acronis OS Selector
Plop Boot Manager Elmar Hanlhofer Active N/A No Freeware
  1. ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why

Hard disk partitioning

  • Acronis PartitionExpert
  • Paragon Partition Manager

Backup software

Application Publisher Support status Native binary[a] Source code Pricing
BRU Workstation/Desktop/Server TOLIS Group, Inc. Active N/A N/A $499 – 4,999 USD[b]
EMC NetWorker EMC Corporation Active N/A N/A N/A
ImgBurn Lightning UK Active No[c] No Freeware
Microlite BackupEDGE Microlite Corporation Active Yes N/A $400 – 500 USD[d]
Nero Linux Nero AG Terminated N/A N/A N/A
SpiderOak Backup SpiderOak, Inc. Active Yes No Freeware (paid plans available)
Lonetar
Handy Backup Novosoft LLC
Veeam Veeam Software Active Freeware
  1. ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
  2. ^ TOLIS Group Product Pricing
  3. ^ Developer officially supports running Windows binary with Wine
  4. ^ Microlite BackupEDGE Pricing

PIM / DB / hierarchical notebook with tree view

  • TreePad Lite

File hosting service clients

  • Dropbox
  • Mega

Drivers

Printer drivers

Multimedia

Audio/video

Digital audio workstations

MP3 encoding

Score writers

Multimedia players

Music

  • Dataplore
  • Dataplore CMS
  • energyXT
  • Guitar Pro
  • Loomer Aspect
  • Loomer Manifold
  • Loomer Resound
  • Loomer Sequent
  • Loomer Shift v2
  • Loomer String
  • MuSing
  • Netease Cloud Music
  • Pianoteq
  • RecordPad
  • Spotify
  • Transcribe!

Graphics

Graphics viewers/editors

Application Publisher Support status Native binary[a] Source code Pricing
CompuPic Photodex Dropped N/A N/A N/A
iMeMiner N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Picasa Google Dropped No[b] No Freeware
Sketsa SVG Editor KIYUT Software Active No[c] No $89 USD
XnView MP Pierre-Emmanuel Gougelet Active Yes No Freeware
Xv John Bradley Partial[d] Yes Yes $35 USD
  1. ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
  2. ^ Publisher bundled the application with Wine
  3. ^ Cross-platform Java application
  4. ^ Application is still available, but no longer actively developed

Professional graphics editors and photography

  • AfterShot Pro
  • Corel Photo-Paint 9 (discontinued)
  • PaintSupreme
  • Pixel32
  • Pixeluvo[2]

Digital imaging

  • Bibble
  • FX Photo Effects

2D bitmap animation and paint

Vector graphics editors

  • Corel Draw 9 (discontinued)
  • Edraw Max 9.4
  • Xara Xtreme (discontinued)

Flash players

  • Adobe Flash Player – freeware

3D graphics

Video, etc.

Simple/professional video production environments

  • Autodesk/Discreet Flint/Flame/Inferno
  • Autodesk/Discreet Smoke
  • IFX Piranha
  • ifxAnt
  • Lightworks
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • iMira Editing (discontinued)
  • MainActor (discontinued)

Creation of 2D and 3D effects

  • Fusion – Linux version is based upon the Windows version using wine.
  • Nuke
  • Shake (discontinued)

Miscellaneous

  • Google Earth
  • TrueCrypt – the source code is available, but the license is considered "unclear" and therefore not considered "free" by some of the major Linux distributions,[3][4][5][6][7] and even considered with "potential to be actively dangerous" by Fedora[8]

Office/business

Office suites

  • ApplixWare Office (see Applixware Words)
  • EIOffice
  • HancomOffice
  • SoftMaker Office
  • StarOffice (discontinued)
  • ThinkFree Office
  • WPS Office (previously known as Kingsoft office,Free and complete office suite, includes writer, spreadsheet, presentations, enjoys the features of small-size, easy-to-use and compatible, covering multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and Mac. )
  • Yozo Office

Word processors

Spreadsheets

  • DataScene
  • StarOffice Calc (discontinued)
  • WPS Spreadsheet

Presentations

Local databases


Desktop publishing

  • VivaDesigner

E-commerce and web business

Personal finance managers

  • Moneydance

Financial accounting

  • Hansa Business Solutions – global
  • Kalculate – India and Asia
  • LeftHand Mała Firma
  • LeftHand Mała Ksiegowość
  • LeftHand Pełna Księgowość
  • LeftHand Sprzedaż i Magazyn
  • LeftHand Stowarzyszenia i Fundacje
  • Locbook

Enterprise automation (Russian)

  • Keeper
  • Oblik

Collaboration software

  • Kerika
  • Microsoft Teams
  • TeamViewer – TeamViewer for Linux is based upon the Windows version using Wine.
  • Slack

Project management

  • 2-plan Desktop – free project management software
  • Cando Projects Server

Mind mapping/diagramming software

  • Xmind (Pro Edition)
  • yEd
  • WireframeSketcher
  • EdrawMax

Communications software

  • EasyIVR Call processing (IVR, CTI, ACD) – for Linux

Games

Game distribution platforms

  • Steam

Action-adventure

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Ark: Survival Evolved
Heretic II
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness

Adventure

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb
Jack Keane
Machinarium

Business simulation

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Airline Tycoon Deluxe

Card

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Eric's Ultimate Solitaire

City simulation

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Mobility last Linux version is 2.0

First-person shooter

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Aliens versus Predator
America's Army Dropped
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion
Descent³
Doom 3
Duke Nukem 3D
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Grappling Hook
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Unfinished beta
Postal²

Graphic adventure

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Ankh
Ankh: Heart of Osiris

MMORPG

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
A Tale in the Desert

Platformer

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
And Yet It Moves
Cave Story
Inner Worlds
Marble Blast Gold
Portal

Puzzle

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Bubble Shooter
Hyperspace Delivery Boy!

Racing

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Ballistics
H-Craft Championship

Real-time tactics

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Myth II: Soulblighter

Role-playing game (RPG)

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Bastion
Cute Knight
Eschalon: Book I
Eschalon: Book II
Exile III:Ruined World
Gorky 17
Neverwinter Nights

Shoot 'em up

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Astro Battle
Jets'n'Guns

Stealth

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Cold War

Strategy

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Civilization: Call to Power
Conquest of Elysium II
Crusader Kings II
DEFCON
Darwinia
Dominions: Priests, Prophets and Pretenders
Dominions II: The Ascension Wars
Dominions 3: The Awakening
Europa Universalis IV
Galcon
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Knights and Merchants
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
Lux
Majesty Gold
Oil Rush

Survival horror

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Overture

Sports simulator

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Out of the Park Baseball

Third-person shooter

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²

Visual novel

Game Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Bionic Heart
Digital: A Love Story
Heileen 2: The Hands of Fate

Programming and development

C++ IDEs

  • Code Crusader
  • CodeWarrior
  • KDE Studio Gold
  • Kylix (discontinued)
  • SlickEdit
  • TimeStorm
  • UEStudio
  • Understand for C++
  • JetBrains CLion

PHP IDE

CASE

CASE-facility for UML

  • Together ControlCenter

Top-level CASE system

  • Rational Rose

Compilers

Revision control

HTML/DHTML editors

  • Microsoft Visual Studio Code
  • JetBrains PyCharm

InterBase/Firebird IDE

  • IBAdmin

Java IDE

Memory leak tracing

  • Insure

Object Pascal IDE

  • Kylix

Perl/Python/Tcl IDE

Prolog

  • SICStus Prolog

WYSIWYG HTML editors

  • IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder
  • IndexFinger
  • BlueGriffon

Servers

SSH Client/Server

  • SecureCRT/VShell Server
  • Termius
  • Tectia SSH

Web Hosting Control Panel

WWW

  • Abyss Web Server – original open source version is being developed as part of xmlrpc-c project
  • Adobe JRun
  • CGIProxy – source available for non-commercial use
  • LiteSpeed Web Server
  • Zeus Web Server (discontinued)

DB engines

E-mail / personal information manager / groupware servers

  • Bynari
  • CommuniGate Pro
  • Lotus Domino
  • NetMail
  • Novell GroupWise
  • Open-Xchange
  • Scalix (based on HP OpenMail)
  • SCOoffice Mail Server
  • Teamware Office
  • Zarafa
  • Mailspring
  • Hiri
  • InScribe

Product data/product lifecycle management (PDM/PLM)

  • Siemens Teamcenter[10]

Proxy

Cluster filesystems

  • Matrix Server

Managed file transfer

  • Serv-U File Server – managed file transfer server, supporting FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, and HTTPS file transfer methods

Streaming media servers

  • Emby
  • Plex

Miscellaneous applications

Mathematics

Statistical packages

3D modelling

  • CityEngine
  • PhotoScan by Agisoft
  • Pro/ENGINEER Linux (discontinued)
  • Realsoft 3D
  • Siemens NX[11]

CAD/CAM/CAE

  • Adina – by ADINA R&D
  • ARCAD 3D
  • ARES Commander
  • BricsCAD – IntelliCAD-based commercial CAD solution
  • CAM Expert Professional
  • CATIA – by Dassault Systèmes
  • CYCAS by Verlag Frese
  • DraftSight – by Dassault Systèmes
  • EAGLE
  • MEDUSA
  • Siemens NX
  • QCAD – by RibbonSoft, professional is built on the QCAD opensource package
  • RI-CAD
  • Synergy by Weber Systems
  • VariCAD – by VariCAD s.r.o.

Diagram and chart designing

Dictionaries

  • Lunestar – an English-Turkish dictionary, freeware

HDD testing/benchmarking

Game makers

  • Maker3D – a 3D RPG creation software
  • Tululoo Game Maker – a complex game creation system environment

Real property, Building Information Management & Asset management

  • Mapjects AssetFENCE – management of assets both commercial, industrial & federal properties for leased and purchased sites
  • Mapjects RADAR – management of real property commercial and federal properties for leased and purchased sites
  • MapjectsIMPORT for Linux – freeware, also available on other platforms, lets users import files across QuickBooks, Archibus, AutoDesk CAD and Map them to assets in excel

SQL dataBases GUI admin tools

  • Navicat – Linux version is based upon the Windows version using Wine.

Emulators

Video game console emulators

Application Publisher Support status Native binary[a] Source code Pricing
BoycottAdvance[b] • Julien Frelat
• Richard Bannister
• Niels Wagenaar 		Dropped[c] Yes No Freeware
ePSXe[d] ePSXe Team Active Yes No Freeware
Regen[e] AamirM Active Yes No Freeware
  1. ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
  2. ^ Game Boy Advance emulator
  3. ^ Last Linux-compatible version was 0.2.6; current version is 0.2.8
  4. ^ Sony PlayStation emulator
  5. ^ Sega Genesis / Mega Drive emulator

Platform virtual machines

Application Publisher Support status Native binary Source code Pricing
Parallels Workstation Parallels, Inc. Terminated[a] N/A No No longer sold
QuickTransit
VMware Player
VMware vCenter Converter
VMware Workstation
Oracle VM VirtualBox Enterprise
Win4Lin
Discontinued
  1. ^ Product is no longer supported on any platform

Windows compatibility layer

  • Bordeaux
  • Cedega – Windows games compatibility layer; based on the free compatibility layer Wine (discontinued)
  • CrossOver – based on the free compatibility layer Wine.

Notes

A.^A Open-source drivers are available through HP Linux Imaging and Printing [12]

See also

  • Wine, a "compatibility layer" that allows many windows software to run on Linux (both proprietary and free)

References

  1. ^ ltd., tummy.com. "Solutions – tummy.com, ltd". www.tummy.com.
  2. ^ "Pixeluvo – Beautiful Images Made Easy". www.pixeluvo.com.
  3. ^ Debian Bug report logs – #364034. Accessed on: January 12, 2009.
  4. ^ TrueCrypt licensing concern Accessed on: April 20, 2009
  5. ^ Bug #109701 in Ubuntu. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
  6. ^ non-OSI compliant packages in the openSUSE Build Service. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
  7. ^ Gentoo bug 241650. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
  8. ^ "Forbidden items - Fedora Project Wiki". fedoraproject.org.
  9. ^ "Steam Community :: Steam for Linux". Valve. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  10. ^ "Teamcenter 2005 Delivers Comprehensive PLM Offering". Siemens PLM Software. 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  11. ^ "UGS Ships NX 4 and Delivers Industry's First Complete Digital Product Development Solution on Linux". 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  12. ^ https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing

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