List of applications

This article is a general list of applications sorted by category, as a reference for those looking for packages. Many sections are split between console and graphical applications. Applications listed in "Console" sections can have graphical front-ends, official ones are currently omitted.

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The content is split into the following subpages for individual categories (also accessible via the navigation bar at the top of the page and each subpage):

Generic software lists

Wikipedia:Portal:Free and open-source software
Wikipedia:List of free and open-source software packages
Wikipedia:List of GNU packages
AlternativeTo — Linux alternatives to popular applications
Awesome Linux Software — Collection of Linux applications and tools
Linux Alternative Project — Linux equivalents to Windows software
Linux Links Directory — Linux applications directory
Open Source Alternative — Alternatives to commercial software

Software lists of other distributions

Specialized software lists

awesome-linuxaudio — Software for audio and video production
awesome-selfhosted — Network services and web applications
awesome-shell — Command-line frameworks, toolkits and guides
awesome-sysadmin — Software for system administrators
GNOME applications
awesome-gnome — All-things GNOME software list
awesome-gtk — All-things GTK software list
KDE applications
awesome-kde — All-things KDE software list
awesome-qt (archived) — All-things Qt software list
Inconsolation — Lightweight and minimalist applications reviews
K.Mandla's blog — Console applications screenshots and reviews
Libre Projects — Open-source hosted web services
LinApp — Commercial applications and games for Linux
PRISM Break — Software against mass surveillance
Privacy Guides — Ad-free articles and recommendations about privacy tools and services

Software forges

From Wikipedia:

a forge is a web-based collaborative software platform for both developing and sharing computer applications.

For a list of self-hostable software forges, see List of applications/Utilities#Code forges.