List of free software project directories

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A list of websites with their own Wikipedia articles that list free software projects. These directories and repositories of free software differ from software hosting facilities (or software forges) in the number of features they offer and they type of collaboration they are designed to promote. For a listing of free software hosting projects, see Comparison of open source software hosting facilities.

General directories

Name	Website	Description/focus
Apache Software Foundation	apache.org	Mostly Java
Nevon Projects	nevonprojects.com	C#,VB, Asp.net, Java, Android
Open Source Scripts	opensourcescripts.com
PROEXPLUS	www.proexplus.com
Free Software Directory	directory.fsf.org
Open Hub (Formerly: Ohloh)	www.openhub.net
Programmer2Programmer	www.programmer2programmer.net
Libre Projects	libreprojects.net	Web platforms & software as a service
jWork.Org	jwork.org/soft/	List of general software programs organized by categories
Open Source Software Directory	www.opensourcesoftwaredirectory.com	Provides a list of open source software organized by categories.
HTML Free Codes	www.htmlfreecodes.com	Provides many html codes for free.
SyntaxSeed	syntaxseed.com	Small collection of open source code, themes & plugins.
Bala Swecha	www.balaswecha.in	Free software initiative by the Swecha for the Indian government school education Provides a various free software education tools.

Programming language specific directories

Name	Website	Description/focus
CPAN	cpan.org	Perl
CTAN	ctan.org	TeX
CRAN	cran.r-project.org	R
OpenSymphony	www.opensymphony.com	Java
JBoss	jboss.com	Enterprise Java
PEAR	pear.php.net	PHP
Node Packaged Modules	npmjs.org	Node.js
Python Package Index	pypi.python.org	Python
JSAN	openjsan.org	JavaScript
Hackage	hackage.haskell.org	Haskell
Planet	planet.racket-lang.org	Racket
RubyGems	rubygems.org	Ruby

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General	Alternative terms for free software Comparison of open source and closed source Comparison of source code hosting facilities Free software Free software project directories Gratis versus libre Long-term support Open-source software Open-source software development Outline
Software packages	Audio Bioinformatics Codecs Collaboration Configuration management Geophysics Health Mathematics Operating systems Programming languages Routing Statistics Television Video games Web applications Content management systems E-commerce Wireless drivers Word processors Android apps iOS apps Commercial Trademarked Formerly proprietary
History	BSD GNU Haiku Linux Mozilla
Community	Free software movement Open-source movement Organizations Events
Licenses	Apache APSL Artistic Beerware Boost BSD CC0 CDDL EPL GNU GPL GNU LGPL ISC MIT MPL Ms-PL/RL WTFPL zlib
License types and standards	Comparison of free and open-source software licenses Contributor License Agreement Copyfree Copyleft Debian Free Software Guidelines Definition of Free Cultural Works Free license The Free Software Definition The Open Source Definition Open-source license Permissive free software licence Public domain Viral license
Challenges	Binary blob Digital rights management Free and open-source graphics device driver Lack of wireless driver support Hardware restrictions License proliferation Mozilla software rebranding Proprietary software SCO–Linux controversies Secure boot Software patents Software security Trusted Computing
Related topics	The Cathedral and the Bazaar Forking Microsoft Open Specification Promise Revolution OS
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