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Alternative terms for free software, such as OSS, FOSS, and FLOSS, have been a recurring issue among free and open-source software users from the late
Alternative terms for free software
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Software licensed to be freely used, modified and distributed
Free software or libre software sometimes known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under free software licenses that allow
Free_software
definitions of terms and concepts used in computer science, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including terms relevant to software, data science
Glossary_of_computer_science
the term "open-source software", the FOSS ecosystem is divided in its terminology; see also Alternative terms for free software. For example, a 2002 FOSS
History of free and open-source software
History_of_free_and_open-source_software
Organization supporting the free software movement
organization supports the free software movement, with its preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own
Free_Software_Foundation
Social movement
The free software movement is a social movement with the goal of obtaining and guaranteeing certain freedoms for software users, namely the freedoms to
Free_software_movement
Open source web server and a reverse proxy server
software was created by Russian developer Igor Sysoev and publicly released in 2004. nginx is free and open-source software, released under the terms
Nginx
Software distributed and used at no cost, with other rights still reserved
prohibited by others. Unlike with free and open-source software, which are also often distributed free of charge, the source code for freeware is typically not
Freeware
Open-source computer program for subtitle editing
translated text. Comparison of subtitle editors List of free television software Free software portal "Aegisub 3.4.0 Released". 18 December 2024. "Aegisub 3.4
Aegisub
Acronym for a common web hosting solution
magazine, as he demonstrated that a bundle of free and open-source software "could be a feasible alternative to expensive commercial packages". Since then
LAMP_(software_bundle)
Freely licensed software with open code
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software available under a license that gives users the right to use, share, modify, and distribute the software
Free_and_open-source_software
1990s software development and book by Eric S. Raymond
The software essay contrasts two different free software development models: The cathedral model, in which source code is available with each software release
The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar
Kernelspace root solution for Android
is an alternative method for obtaining root privileges on Android devices. KernelSU implementations are developed as free and open-source software under
Kernel_Assisted_Superuser
Software with publicly available source code
term. Developers have used the alternative terms Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), or Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS), consequently, to describe
Open-source_software
Software released under a license restricting rights
FOSS acronym for Free and Open Source Software), is a subset of non-free software, a term defined in contrast to free and open-source software; non-commercial
Proprietary_software
Computer algebra system
version of SageMath was released on 24 February 2005 as free and open-source software under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, with the
SageMath
Hardware whose design source files are made available
circuit layout data), in addition to the software that drives the hardware, are all released under free/libre terms. The original sharer gains feedback and
Open-source_hardware
Type of license agreement
broadly covers free content licenses and open-source licenses, also known as free software licenses. The concepts originated in the free software movement and
Free_license
Products - Free Simulation Software". Ansys.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28. "Packages --QuickField FEA Software". "QuickField 7.0 --QuickField FEA Software". "QuickField
List of finite element software packages
List_of_finite_element_software_packages
Series of free software licenses
Public Licenses (GNU GPL or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses. The GPL is a copyleft license, which means that it guarantees
GNU_General_Public_License
Free licensed works in any field
of free content in regular use. Legally, however, free content is very similar to open content. An analogy is a use of the rival terms free software and
Free_content
Free and open-source anonymity network based on onion routing
Tor is a free overlay network for enabling anonymous communication. It is built on free and open-source software run by over seven thousand volunteer-operated
Tor_(network)
Software license allowing source code to be used, modified, and shared
development model rather than software freedoms. While the goals behind the terms are different, open-source licenses and free-software licenses describe the
Open-source_license
Network traffic analyzer
Wireshark is free and open-source packet analyzer software. It is used for computer network analysis and troubleshooting, software and communications
Wireshark
Software development environment
an implementation of OSGi. The Eclipse SDK is free and open-source software, released under the terms of the Eclipse Public License, although it is incompatible
Eclipse_(software)
have a bus. Free and open-source software portal Alternative terms for free software GNU variants List of GNU packages History of free software Noyes, Katherine
GNU/Linux_naming_controversy
Open source software security toolkit library
open-source cross-platform software security toolkit library. It is distributed under the Sleepycat License, a free software license compatible with the
Cryptlib
for having such a structure are expressed in terms of trust, acceptance, teamwork and quality. A non-free license is used to limit what free software
Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
Comparison_of_open-source_and_closed-source_software
Legal instrument governing software
prefer to sell licenses rather than copies of the software because it enables them to enforce stricter terms on redistribution. Very few purchasers read any
Software_license
Open source Firefox-based web browser
Free and open-source software portal Internet portal Zen Browser is a free and open-source fork of Firefox introduced in 2024, with a focus on privacy
Zen_Browser
Free software instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol
of the software is maintained at Codeberg, and is subject to the terms of the GPL-3.0-only license. The application can be installed for free (or with
Conversations_(software)
Free and open-source media center application
remove autocomplete terms for modified, piracy-focused versions of Kodi (that, unlike Kodi, are illegal). Free and open-source software portal Television
Kodi_(software)
distributed subject to AT&T licenses. The bundled software from AT&T was then rewritten and released as free software under the BSD license. However, this resulted
History of the Berkeley Software Distribution
History_of_the_Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Desktop environment for X Window System
desktop environment for the X Window System. It is based on the ROX-Filer, a drag and drop spatial file manager. It is free software released under the
ROX_Desktop
Self-hosted social networking software
networking services for maintainers. Pleroma has received funding through the NLnet Foundation to aid development. Free and open-source software portal ActivityPub
Pleroma_(software)
Enterprise resource planning software
ERPNext is a free and open-source integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software developed by an Indian software company Frappe Technologies Pvt
ERPNext
CD and DVD writing program
under the terms of the GNU General Public License 3 and is free software. In November 2007, CNET rated InfraRecorder the best free alternative to commercial
InfraRecorder
1998 Open Source Initiative policy document
Derived from the Debian Free Software Guidelines written by Bruce Perens, the OSD is the predominant standard for open-source software. The definition has
The_Open_Source_Definition
Video game engine
Free and open-source software portal Video games portal Stride (formerly Xenko and Paradox) is a free and open-source 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine
Stride_(game_engine)
that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software. The API column is used to describe which versions of
List of free and open-source Android applications
List_of_free_and_open-source_Android_applications
CAD program for visualising Lego models
1997 under GPLv2 free and open source software license. It is written in C++ and uses Qt as GUI. At first it was a standalone CAD software with its own brick
LeoCAD
Open-source web browser project
code is also used by several app frameworks. Chromium is a free and open-source software project. Owing to its origins in the WebKit project, Chromium
Chromium_(web_browser)
GNU replacement for the Bourne shell
the Free Software Foundation and created in 1989 by Brian Fox for the GNU Project, it is designed as a completely free software alternative for the Bourne
Bash_(Unix_shell)
Chromium-based open-source web browser
Brave is a free and open-source web browser which was first released in 2016. It is developed by US-based Brave Software, Inc. and based on the Chromium
Brave_(web_browser)
Numerical analysis programming language
batch-oriented language. As part of the GNU Project, it is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. The project was conceived
GNU_Octave
Instant messaging and VoIP software
alternatives you can use instead". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2026-03-05. "fluxerapp/fluxer". April 24, 2026 – via GitHub. Team, Fluxer. "Fluxer | Terms of
Fluxer
Linux distribution for wireless routers and embedded systems
excludes non-free software or binary blobs, endorsed by the Free Software Foundation LibreMesh – Framework for creating OpenWrt-based firmwares for wireless
OpenWrt
Open-source rule-based machine translation platform
Apertium is a free/open-source rule-based machine translation platform. It is free software and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
Apertium
Preservation of legal rights in the reuse of a work
certain patents. Copyleft software licenses are considered protective or reciprocal (in contrast with permissive free software licenses): they require that
Copyleft
Music notation software
is available for several common operating systems; released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, LilyPond is free software and part of the
LilyPond
Software platform developed by Microsoft
mainly those in the free and open-source software communities, expressed their unease with the selected terms and the prospects of any free and open-source
.NET_Framework
Free and Open Source license applied to the Ruby programming language
explicit dual licensing clause, stating that software subject to its terms may be distributed under either the terms included in the Ruby License itself or
Ruby_License
Software no longer sold or maintained
abandonware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abandonware is software, typically computer or video games, that is no longer for sale (by conventional means)
Abandonware
Privacy-focused encrypted messaging app
cross-platform software. It is developed by the nonprofit Signal Foundation and its subsidiary Signal Messenger LLC. Signal's software is free and open-source
Signal_(software)
FOSS office suite fork of OnlyOffice
suite and collaborative software platform that provides editors for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and PDFs. The software includes web-based applications
Euro-Office
Permissive free software license
The WTFPL is a permissive free software license. As a public domain like license, the WTFPL is essentially the same as dedication to the public domain
WTFPL
Web-based email and groupware service
web-based email and groupware service, based completely on free and open-source software. It is owned and operated by Kolab Systems AG and was formerly
Kolab_Now
Utility software developed by Samsung
Odin is a utility software program developed and used by Samsung internally which is used to communicate with Samsung devices in Odin mode (also called
Odin (firmware flashing software)
Odin_(firmware_flashing_software)
Browser extension for OpenPGP encryption with webmail services
Mailvelope is free software for end-to-end encryption of email traffic inside of a web browser (Firefox, Chromium or Edge) that integrates itself into
Mailvelope
Collection of Unix commands in a single executable file
functions of more than 300 common commands. It is released as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2, having not been moved
BusyBox
Codec library implementing VP8 and VP9 encoders and decoders
a free software video codec library from Google and the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia). It serves as the reference software implementation for the
Libvpx
American activist and programmer (born 1953)
to use, modify, and distribute free software. He is the main author of free software licenses which describe those terms, most notably the GNU General
Richard_Stallman
Video game whose source code is open-source software
are free software; some open-source games contain proprietary non-free content. Open-source games that are free software and contain exclusively free content
Open-source_video_game
Canadian sesquicentennial in 2017. Free and open-source software portal List of typefaces Unicode font List of CJK fonts "Free UCS Outline Fonts - Summary [Savannah]"
Open-source_Unicode_typefaces
Software development tools for developing Java applications
Oracle considers useful for Java programmers. Oracle releases the current version of the software under the Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions (NFTC) license
Java_Development_Kit
File format family
the Free Software Foundation asserted the need for an open replacement for the DWG format, as neither RealDWG nor DWGdirect are licensed on terms that
.dwg
Copyleft license primarily for free software documentation
GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the
GNU Free Documentation License
GNU_Free_Documentation_License
Family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel
Linux (/ˈlɪnʊks/ LIN-uuks) is a family of free and open-source software Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, which was first released
Linux
2003 open source simulation game
FreeCol is a 4X video game, a clone of Sid Meier's Colonization. FreeCol is free and open source software released under the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later. In
FreeCol
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version was released in
FreeBSD
Media player for Microsoft Windows
developed as a closed-source application, but later relicensed as free software under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later license. MPC is hosted under the guliverkli
Media_Player_Classic
American multinational software company
piracy of Adobe products and/or purchase of alternatives with lower prices or using free and open-source software instead. Furthermore, there have been reports
Adobe_Inc.
Topics referred to by the same term
the free dictionary. Default may refer to: Default (law), the failure to do something required by law Default (finance), failure to satisfy the terms of
Default
Unix operating system
could be determined. The lawsuit slowed development of the free-software descendants of BSD for nearly two years while their legal status was in question
Berkeley Software Distribution
Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Desktop environment for Linux and BSD
environment and suite of software for Linux and BSD developed by the GNOME Project and released as free and open source software. The primary components
GNOME
American online message board service
Patrick Clinger, who developed the ProBoards software to empower online community creation. The ProBoards software was written by its founder, Patrick Clinger
ProBoards
Free and open-source implementation of Java SE
the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation. OpenJDK is free and open-source software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version
OpenJDK
Open-source software development services organization
2022, the Software Freedom Conservancy started its "Give up GitHub"-campaign, which included Codeberg as one of the suggested alternatives. In December
Codeberg
Real-time operating system
scheduler. FreeRTOS provides methods for multiple threads or tasks, mutexes, semaphores and software timers. A tickless mode is provided for low power
FreeRTOS
Open standard for audio plugins
digital audio and CV, events such as MIDI and OSC, and provides a free alternative to audio plug-in standards such as Virtual Studio Technology (VST)
LV2
Implementation of SSL and TLS protocols
OpenSSL is a software library for applications that provide secure communications over computer networks against eavesdropping, and identify the party
OpenSSL
ANUGA Hydro is a free and open source software tool for hydrodynamic modelling, suitable for predicting the consequences of hydrological disasters such
ANUGA_Hydro
Free-software license
a free-software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The license allows developers and companies to use and integrate a software component
GNU Lesser General Public License
GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License
Network of federated social media platforms
platforms are based on free and open-source software, and create connections between servers using the ActivityPub protocol. Some software still supports older
Fediverse
Business models that can be compatible with open source software projects
economy is not without alternatives. Apple's App Stores have proven very popular with both users and developers. The Free Software Foundation considers
Business models for open-source software
Business_models_for_open-source_software
VoIP application
communication is encrypted. Mumble is free and open-source software, is cross-platform, and is released under the terms of the BSD-3-Clause license. A Mumble
Mumble_(software)
Mesh-networking and messaging app
installed. Briar's source code is published as free software and the Android app is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL-3.0-or-later license, while the
Briar_(software)
Software product
wrapper that can be built with Cygwin and MinGW. Dokan is free software released under the terms of the LGPL and MIT License. The Dokan project was originally
Dokan_Library
Software licensed to ensure access to source code
for a software to be both source-available software and proprietary software (e.g. id Software's Doom). In contrast, the definitions of free software
Source-available_software
Media hosting software
MediaGoblin (also shortened to MediaGoblin or GMG) is a free, decentralized Web platform (server software) for hosting and sharing many forms of digital media
MediaGoblin
Digital recording of computer screen output
from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013. "Top 3 Free Screencast Software To Create High-Quality Videos You Must Know". eLearning Industry
Screencast
Alternative extension registry for Visual Studio Code
Foundation and provides a vendor-neutral alternative to Microsoft's Visual Studio Marketplace, whose licensing terms restrict usage to Microsoft products
Open_VSX
Suite of system components for Linux
systemd is a software suite for system and service management on Linux built to unify service configuration and behavior across Linux distributions. Its
Systemd
Free and open-source cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces
desktop environments). It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it. The GTK team releases new versions
GTK
Any computer program for end-user use
decays or expiring dates to the license terms of use. Public-domain software is a type of FOSS that is royalty-free and can be run, distributed, modified
Application_software
Unique identification of incremental software updates
and other characters, such as Lotus 1-2-3 Release 1a. Most free and open-source software packages, including MediaWiki, treat versions as a series of
Software_versioning
Dutch journalist and computer scientist
of Free/Libre and Open Source Software at UNU-MERIT. Ghosh has undertaken several studies on free software, which he terms "FLOSS" - an alternative term
Rishab_Aiyer_Ghosh
Operating system based on the Linux kernel
the included software is free and open-source software – made available both as binary for convenience and as source code to allow for modifying it.
Linux_distribution
Set of computer programs providing encrypted communication sessions
developers as an alternative to the original SSH software by Tatu Ylönen, which is now proprietary software. Although source code is available for the original
OpenSSH
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