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Are you looking for cost-effective
state of the art software to launch your
new startup or to support your business, enterprise or organization?
Whether your goal involves saving some money, staying within a tight
budget, reducing your IT spending, reducing your total cost of software
ownership, maintaining your software
freedom or some combination of these or similar goals, this is a
good place
to get started. Please browse through the free open source and low cost
business software resources listed here. You may find just the solution
your looking for and at the right price.
Free Open Source and Low Cost Software
for Business
Apache is an open source HTTP Server
for modern operating systems. Apache has been
the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996.
Available for: windows mac linux
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PDFCreator is an open source software
that creates PDF files from
nearly any Windows application.
Available for: windows
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CompXpress Creator Studio is Creative
Thinking Software for Business. Creator Studio is designed to stimulate
thinking and provoke ideas. Creator Studio helps you and your team
apply focused creative thinking to business situations and to come
away with new thinking, new ideas, new solutions and innovations.
Available for: windows
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FreeMind is open source project
management software.
Available for: windows mac linux java
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QuickBooks Open source alternatives
PostBooks is open source software for
managing your business, including
accounting, CRM and ERP modules.
Available for: windows mac linux java
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Crystal Reports Open source
alternatives
JasperReports is open source reporting
software that delivers rich content to the screen, the printer or into
PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV, XML and flash (swf) files.
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
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DataVision is an open source reporting
software for most databases including
Access, Oracle, MySql, Information and more.
Available for: windows mac linux java
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Pentaho Report Designer is an open
source graphical front-end to the JFreeReport reporting library. Using
the Report Designer creating layouts for your reports is
a simple task.
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
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OpenRPT is an open source report
generator which includes OpenRPT and RPTrender.
Available for: windows mac linux
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Dynamics CRM Open source alternatives
SugarCRM is an open source CRM
(customer relation management) system, which helps you to track and
share opportunities, manage existing customers, keep track of
your pipeline and much more.
Available for: windows mac linux
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Excel Open source alternatives
OpenOffice Calc is an open source
spreadsheet application which includes standard spreadsheet features to
advanced features such as data mining and large complex
calculations.
Available for: windows mac linux unix
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Gnumeric is an open source spreadsheet
application which includes customization features and support for
import of spreadsheet files from other spreadsheet
applications.
Available for: windows linux
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Internet Explorer Open source
alternatives
Mozilla Firefox is an open source
Internet browser.
Available for: windows mac linux
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Amaya, developed by W3C, is an open
source web editor and browser that creates
and updates documents directly on your website.
Available for: windows mac linux
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SeaMonkey is open source software
which includes a web-browser, email client, IRC chat
client, newsgroup client and HTML authoring all in one package.
Available for: windows mac linux unix
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Chrome, by Google, uses refreshingly
minimal design and combines it with advanced technology to make surfing
the internet safer, faster and simpler than ever before.
Available for: windows
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Money Open source alternatives
GnuCash is open source personal and
small-business financial accounting software that allows you to track
bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses.
Available for: windows mac linux unix
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Outlook Open source alternatives
SeaMonkey is open source software
which includes a web-browser, email client, IRC chat client, newsgroup
client and HTML authoring all in one package.
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
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Thunderbird is an open source
full-featured email client which provides an excellent open source
alternative to all commercial email clients.
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
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Evolution is an e-mail client built
from scratch to be an alternative to Outlook on Linux. Today it has
evolved beyond that - and provides stable functionality through typical
e-mail features and more.
Available for: linux
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Outlook Express Open source
alternatives
Thunderbird is an open source
full-featured email client which provides an excellent open source
alternative to all commercial email clients.
Available for: windows mac linux
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SeaMonkey is open source software
which includes a web-browser, email client, IRC chat client, newsgroup
client and HTML authoring all in one package.
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
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Powerpoint Open source alternatives
KPresenter is open source software and
a member of the of the KOffice suite. KPresenter is excellent for
combining text and graphics into slides for on-screen presentation and
handouts.
Available for: linux unix
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Impress, with is capability to create
fantastic presentation and is a member of the OpenOffice suite. It
features 2D and 3D text rendering, special effects and animation.
Available for: windows mac linux unix
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Project Open source alternatives
OpenProj is open source software for
project management. Its simple user interface is very similar to that
of Microsoft Project. OpenProj even let's you import your existing
Microsoft Project.
Available for: windows mac linux
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GanttProject is an open source project
scheduling and management tool which also offers resource management
including importing and exporting Microsoft Project files.
Available for: windows mac linux java
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Open Workbench is open source software
aiming to be a direct alternative to Microsoft Project. Open Workbench
provides project planning and scheduling together with resource
management. Open Workbench even offers import of Microsoft.
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
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Visio Open source alternatives
StarUML is an open source UML
application, it supports UML and MDA (Model Driven Architecture) and
helps you work with all related diagrams. StarUML generates code for
Java, C++ and more.
Available for: windows
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ArgoUML is a open source UML (Unified
Modeling Language) application. Written in Java and using Java Web
Start makes it easy to install, work with and use on any platform.
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
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Dia is an open source application
which helps you draw many different kinds of diagrams.
Available for: windows linux unix
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Open Office Draw is open source
software and a member of the Open Office suite. Draw makes it easy to
create flowcharts.
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
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Windows Desktop and Server Open source
alternatives
CentOS is an open source
Enterprise-class Linux distribution derived from sources freely
provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux
vendor.
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Fedora Linux is an open source
operating system that offers the latest in free and open source
software.
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OpenSolaris is an open source unix
operating system providing innovative technologies like DTrace, ZFS and
IPS for the enterprise or the dorm room.
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openSUSE Linux an open source
operating system that delivers one of the best linux distributions
available.
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Ubuntu Linux is an open source
operating system and is one of the most widely used linux
distributions. Ubuntu, based on Debian Linux, provides many new and
useful features.
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