Software Packages on SDF by Category

This page is intended to present the many, many software packages & programs currently installed on SDF, sorted into categories for ease of reference. New users can refer to this file when trying to find programs, and even long-time SDFers can possibly discover something new here.

Note that this list is not expected to contain every single package currently installed. For a complete list of packages on SDF, see here. For a complete list of software that could be installed if only you were to bug smj, see here.

Programs marked “ARPA”, “MetaARPA”, “DBA”, or similar can only be run by users with the specified membership level.

Note: If you are planning on adding to this file, you are advised to follow the recommendations below.

Text Editors

Binary File Editors

E-mail Clients

Shells

Filesystem Utilities

File Processing & Filtering

Web Browsers

Newsreaders

File Transfer & Retrieval Programs

Network Utilities

Remote Networking

Chat-System Clients

Inter-user Communication Software

User Information

System Information

Process Information & Control

Compilers

Programming Language Interpreters & Virtual Machines

Version Control Systems

Miscellaneous Software Development Programs

Encryption & Cryptography Programs

File Format Converters (non-image)

File Archival & Compression Utilities

File Encoding

File Managers

Typesetting

XML Processing Programs

Text File Pagers

Games

Diversions

(Things otherwise classified as games but without a goal or in which the user doesn't really do anything)

Game Interpreters & Clients

Mathematical & Statistical Programs

Image Creation, Conversion, & Manipulation

Spellcheckers

Productivity & Reminder Software

X11 Programs

(MetaARPA membership required)

Database Programs

Feed Readers

Terminal Management Programs

Information & Help

Finding Files & Programs

Guidelines for Maintaining This File