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[lower-alpha 1] | Source code | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | Google Inc. | Active | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 2] | Freeware |
| Edge (Chromium) | Microsoft Inc. | Active | Yes | Partial | Freeware |
| Brave Browser | Brave Software Inc. | Active | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 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
- Esker Fax
- Fax2Send
- FAXCOM
- Ictfax
- MessagePlus/Open
- U-Fax
Network maintenance
- HP Openview agents
Routing
- GateD
Distributed computing
- Portable Batch System PBS Gridworks
P2P file synchronisation
VoIP software
Desktop/system software
Console archivers
Desktop search
- Google Desktop (discontinued) 1.0, released June 27, 2007
File splitters
- HJSplit for Linux – freeware, also available on other platforms
PDF viewers
| Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[lower-alpha 5] | Source code | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Reader | Adobe Systems | Dropped[lower-alpha 6] | Yes | No | Freeware |
| Foxit Reader | Foxit Software | Active | Yes | No | Freeware |
| PDF Studio Pro | Qoppa Software | Active | No[lower-alpha 7] | No | $129 USD |
| PDF Studio Standard | Qoppa Software | Active | No[lower-alpha 7] | No | $89 USD |
- 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
- Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the Flash player is excluded.
- Most of its source code is provided by the Chromium project.
- Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the user interface is excluded.
- 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
- Last Linux version is 9.5.5
- Java
PDF authoring
- Adobe Acrobat Distiller
Cryptography
Antivirus
| Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[lower-alpha 1] | Source code | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AntiVir Workstation PersonalEdition | Avira | Dropped | N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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[lower-alpha 1] | Source code | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acronis OS Selector | |||||
| Plop Boot Manager | Elmar Hanlhofer | Active | N/A | No | Freeware |
- 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[lower-alpha 1] | Source code | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRU Workstation/Desktop/Server | TOLIS Group, Inc. | Active | N/A | N/A | $499 – 4,999 USD[lower-alpha 2] |
| EMC NetWorker | EMC Corporation | Active | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ImgBurn | Lightning UK | Active | No[lower-alpha 3] | No | Freeware |
| Microlite BackupEDGE | Microlite Corporation | Active | Yes | N/A | $400 – 500 USD[lower-alpha 4] |
| 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 |
- 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
- TOLIS Group Product Pricing
- Developer officially supports running Windows binary with Wine
- Microlite BackupEDGE Pricing
PIM / DB / hierarchical notebook with tree view
- TreePad Lite
Drivers
Printer drivers
Multimedia
Digital audio workstations
- Bitwig Studio
- Mixbus
- ocenaudio
- REAPER (experimentally)
- Renoise
- Tracktion
Score writers
Multimedia players
- Fluendo DVD Player
- LinDVD
- Moovida Pro
- Musictube
- PowerDVD for Linux (discontinued)
- JRiver Media Center
- RealPlayer (discontinued)
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 viewers/editors
| Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[lower-alpha 1] | Source code | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CompuPic | Photodex | Dropped | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| iMeMiner | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Picasa | Dropped | No[lower-alpha 2] | No | Freeware | |
| Sketsa SVG Editor | KIYUT Software | Active | No[lower-alpha 3] | No | $89 USD |
| XnView MP | Pierre-Emmanuel Gougelet | Active | Yes | No | Freeware |
| Xv | John Bradley | Partial[lower-alpha 4] | Yes | Yes | $35 USD |
- 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
- Publisher bundled the application with Wine
- Cross-platform Java application
- 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
Vector graphics editors
- Corel Draw 9 (discontinued)
- Edraw Max 9.4
- Xara Xtreme (discontinued)
Flash players
- Adobe Flash Player – freeware
3D graphics
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
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
- StarOffice Writer (discontinued)
- TextMaker
- UltraCompare
- UltraEdit
- WPS Writer
Spreadsheets
- DataScene
- StarOffice Calc (discontinued)
- WPS Spreadsheet
Presentations
- PageStream
- StarOffice Presentation (discontinued)
- WPS Presentation
Desktop publishing
- VivaDesigner
E-commerce and web business
- IBM WebSphere Application Server
- Oracle Application Server (discontinued)
- WebLogic
Personal finance managers
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
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 | |||||
- Dwarf Fortress
- Enter the Gungeon
- Factorio
- FizzBall (discontinued)
- Garry's Mod
- Heroes of Newerth
- MindRover
- Minecraft
- Prey
- Quake (all versions)
- Railroad Tycoon II
- Raptor: Call of the Shadows (discontinued)
- Regnum Online
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- RimWorld
- Rise of the Triad
- Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
- Rune
- Savage 2
- Savage: The Battle for Newerth
- Serious Sam (all versions unfinished ports; beta)
- Shadowgrounds Survivor
- Shadowgrounds
- Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- SimCity 3000
- SiN
- Sleepless Night
- Soldier of Fortune
- Space Combat
- Spheres of Chaos
- Stardew Valley
- Summer Session
- Tabletop Simulator
- Team Fortress 2[9]
- Terminus
- Terraria
- The Labyrinth of Time
- Theocracy
- This Is Where I Want To Die
- Tibia
- Toribash
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Total War: Warhammer II
- Tribal Trouble
- Tribes II
- Ultima Online (discontinued)
- Unreal Tournament 2003
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Unreal Tournament
- Uplink
- Vendetta Online
- World of Goo
- X-Plane
- X2: The Threat
- Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
Programming and development
C++ IDEs
- Code Crusader
- CodeWarrior
- KDE Studio Gold
- Kylix (discontinued)
- SlickEdit
- TimeStorm
- UEStudio
- Understand for C++
- JetBrains CLion
PHP IDE
- Zend Studio
- JetBrains PHPStorm
CASE-facility for UML
- Together ControlCenter
Top-level CASE system
- Rational Rose
Compilers
- Intel C++ Compiler
- Intel Fortran Compiler
- Lahey/Fujitsu Fortran Compiler
- XL C/C++ Compiler, IBM
- XL Fortran Compiler, IBM
HTML/DHTML editors
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
- JetBrains PyCharm
Java IDE
- JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
- Sun ONE Studio
Memory leak tracing
- Insure
Object Pascal IDE
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
- IBM DB2
- Informix
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle
- Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
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
Proxy
- Opendium Web Gateway content control system targeted at schools
- Opendium UTM content control system targeted at schools
Cluster filesystems
- Matrix Server
Miscellaneous applications
Mathematics
- Magma
- Maple
- Mathematica
- MATLAB
- Xoctave Scientific Development Environment: Octave GUI
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
- SPEC SFS
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[lower-alpha 1] | Source code | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoycottAdvance[lower-alpha 2] | • Julien Frelat • Richard Bannister • Niels Wagenaar |
Dropped[lower-alpha 3] | Yes | No | Freeware |
| ePSXe[lower-alpha 4] | ePSXe Team | Active | Yes | No | Freeware |
| Regen[lower-alpha 5] | AamirM | Active | Yes | No | Freeware |
- 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
- Game Boy Advance emulator
- Last Linux-compatible version was 0.2.6; current version is 0.2.8
- Sony PlayStation emulator
- Sega Genesis / Mega Drive emulator
Platform virtual machines
| Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parallels Workstation | Parallels, Inc. | Terminated[lower-alpha 1] | N/A | No | No longer sold |
| QuickTransit | |||||
| VMware Player | |||||
| VMware vCenter Converter | |||||
| VMware Workstation | |||||
| Oracle VM VirtualBox Enterprise | |||||
| Win4Lin |
- Product is no longer supported on any platform
See also
- Wine, a "compatibility layer" that allows many windows software to run on Linux (both proprietary and free)
References
- ltd., tummy.com. "Solutions – tummy.com, ltd". www.tummy.com.
- "Pixeluvo – Beautiful Images Made Easy". www.pixeluvo.com.
- Debian Bug report logs – #364034. Accessed on: January 12, 2009.
- TrueCrypt licensing concern Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- Bug #109701 in Ubuntu. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- non-OSI compliant packages in the openSUSE Build Service. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- Gentoo bug 241650. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- "Forbidden items - Fedora Project Wiki". fedoraproject.org.
- "Steam Community :: Steam for Linux". Valve. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
- "Teamcenter 2005 Delivers Comprehensive PLM Offering". Siemens PLM Software. 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- "UGS Ships NX 4 and Delivers Industry's First Complete Digital Product Development Solution on Linux". 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
External links
- This list is based on The Table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux, which is licensed under GNU FDL.
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