List of free software project directories

The following is a list of notable websites 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 the type of collaboration they are designed to promote.

General directories

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Name ! Description, focus
SourceForge \|largest directory, >500K projects{{cite web \|last1=Hoffman \|first1=Chris \|title=Yes, You Can Download Software From SourceForge Again \|url=https://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning-dont-download-software-from-sourceforge-if-you-can-help-it/ \|website=HowToGeek \|access-date=12 April 2024}}
Apache Software Foundation \| Mostly Java{{cite web \|title=Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 25 Years \|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apache-software-foundation-celebrates-25-160000000.html \|website=Yahoo News \|access-date=12 April 2024}}
Free Software Directory{{cite web \|last1=Noyes \|first1=Katherine \|title=Looking for Free Software? A New Directory Can Help \|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/476990/looking_for_free_software_a_new_directory_can_help.html \|website=PCWorld \|access-date=13 April 2024}} \| About 17000 packages with 386 GNU-packages and 97 High Priority Projects{{Cite web \|title=Free Software Directory \|url=https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page \|access-date=2024-11-08 \|website=directory.fsf.org}}
Open Hub (Formerly Ohloh) \|
Libraries.io \| Open source libraries, frameworks and tools
ibiblio \| Open source software
List of free and open-source software packages \|
AlternativeTo \|General: can filter by license type "Open Source"

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Name

! Description, focus

SourceForge

|largest directory, >500K projects{{cite web |last1=Hoffman |first1=Chris |title=Yes, You Can Download Software From SourceForge Again |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning-dont-download-software-from-sourceforge-if-you-can-help-it/ |website=HowToGeek |access-date=12 April 2024}}

Apache Software Foundation

| Mostly Java{{cite web |title=Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 25 Years |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apache-software-foundation-celebrates-25-160000000.html |website=Yahoo News |access-date=12 April 2024}}

Free Software Directory{{cite web |last1=Noyes |first1=Katherine |title=Looking for Free Software? A New Directory Can Help |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/476990/looking_for_free_software_a_new_directory_can_help.html |website=PCWorld |access-date=13 April 2024}}

| About 17000 packages with 386 GNU-packages and 97 High Priority Projects{{Cite web |title=Free Software Directory |url=https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=directory.fsf.org}}

Open Hub (Formerly Ohloh)

Libraries.io

| Open source libraries, frameworks and tools

ibiblio

| Open source software

List of free and open-source software packages

AlternativeTo

|General: can filter by license type "Open Source"

Programming language specific directories

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Name ! Description, focus
CPAN \| Perl
CTAN \| TeX
CRAN \| R
Gambas Software Farm \| Gambas
JBoss \| Enterprise Java
LuaRocks \| Lua
PEAR \| PHP
Node Package Manager \| Node.js
Python Package Index \| Python
Hackage \| Haskell
RubyGems \| Ruby

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Name

! Description, focus

| Perl

| TeX

| R

| Gambas