Difference between revisions of "Essential Free and Open Source Software"

Latest revision as of 15:07, 23 March 2017

Meaning of Free and Open Source

Free Software and Open Source are principles that encourage creators to make creative works available to all people, regardless of income, political affiliation, location, etc..

Free Software and Open Source Software allow us the freedoms to

access the tools for any reason (commercial, political, creative, etc.)
share the tools with a wider community,
modify the tools to meet our specific needs, and
study or view the sourcecode to learn how the tools work.

These are essential freedoms; not simply in terms of cost, but liberty.

Please review Freedom Defined for more information.

Animation and Simulation

Blender 3D - Game design, physics simulation, animation, 3D modeling, architecture, video editing, compositing, etc..

Audio

Audacity - audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

Creative Coding

openFrameworks - C++ toolkit for creative coding.
Processing - create images, animations, and interactions.

Design

GIMP - image manipulation, design, web development, and layered graphics.
Inkscape - vector illustration, design, layout, web development. Using the SVG standard.
Scribus - page layout, design, publishing.

Geospatial

Wikipedia list of GIS software
Wikipedia comparison of GIS software
GRASS GIS - data management, analysis, image processing, modeling.
Quantum GIS - integrated toolkit for geospatial analysis, data management, etc.
SAGA GIS - collection of geospatial tools featuring a simple UI.
SEXTANTE GIS - GIS graphical modeling tool and collection of geospatial libraries.

NOTE: Quantum GIS has plugins to integrate GRASS, SAGA, and SEXTANTE into a unified interface!

Mathematics

Python SAGE - Sage Notebook is a math worksheet, graphing, and publishing tool.

Software Development

Qt Project - cross-platform application and UI framework for developers using C++ or QML, a CSS & JavaScript like language. Qt Creator is the supporting Qt IDE.

Statistics and Data Visualization

Gephi Graph visualization, analysis, manipulation.
Orange - Open source data visualization and analysis for novice and experts. Data mining through visual programming or Python scripting. Components for machine learning. Add-ons for bioinformatics and text mining. Packed with features for data analytics.
R Studio - development environment for the R Language for statistical computing.
SOFA - Statistics Open For All is a user-friendly statistics, analysis, and reporting program.

Video

VideoLAN Client - video playback, streaming, download, and conversion tool. Swiss-army knife for video processing.

@@ Line 46: / Line 46: @@
 * [http://gephi.org Gephi] Graph visualization, analysis, manipulation.
 * [http://orange.biolab.si Orange] - Open source data visualization and analysis for novice and experts. Data mining through visual programming or Python scripting. Components for machine learning. Add-ons for bioinformatics and text mining. Packed with features for data analytics.
-* [http://rstudio.com R Studio] - development environment for the [http://r-project.org R Language for stistical computing].
+* [http://rstudio.com R Studio] - development environment for the [http://r-project.org R Language for statistical computing].
+* [http://www.sofastatistics.com/home.php SOFA] - Statistics Open For All is a user-friendly statistics, analysis, and reporting program.
 ==Video==
@@ Line 52: / Line 53: @@
 [[Category:Free and Open Source]]
-[[Category: List of Software | Free (libre) Software]]
+[[Category: Software Help]]
 [[Category:Design]]
 [[Category:Statistics]]