List of free software project directories

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The following is a list of notable websites that list

) in the number of features they offer and the type of collaboration they are designed to promote.

General directories

Name	Description, focus
SourceForge	largest directory, >500K projects[1]
Apache Software Foundation	Mostly Java[2]
Free Software Directory[3]
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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

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
Planet	Racket
RubyGems	Ruby

See also

• Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities

References