The purpose of this table is to provide reference information about the provenance and history of notable commercial open-source applications, adopting Business models for open-source software, alphabetized by the product/service name. It is not to be used or interpreted as an advertisement for the vendors.
Product or service name | Commercial vendor | Description | Current version | Open source Project name | Ver 1.0 Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
389 Directory Server | Red Hat | LDAP-compliant directory server | 1.4.0 | Fedora Directory Server | 2005 |
Abiquo | Abiquo | Cloud management | 4.5 | Abiquo | 2008 |
AdaControl | Adalog | Source-code controller and coding standard checker for Ada | 1.13r8 | AdaControl | 2004 |
Anaconda Distribution | Anaconda | Package management tool and distribution | 4.12 | Conda (package manager) | 2022 |
Airflow | Astronomer [1] | Workflow management platform. | 1.10.5 | Apache Airflow | 2015 |
Alfresco | Alfresco | Enterprise content management, web content management | 2.2 | Alfresco | 2006 |
APISIX | API7.ai | Cloud-native API gateway | 3.0 | Apache APISIX | 2019 |
Asterisk | Digium | PBX server / telephony toolkit | 16.5 | Asterisk | 2004 [2] |
Bacula | Bacula | Data backup/recovery | 9.4.4 | Bacula | 2000 |
Berkeley DB | Oracle Corporation | DBMS engines | 18.1 | Berkeley DB Core | 1994 |
BIND 9 | Internet Systems Consortium | Authoritative/recursive DNS software | 9.16.10 | BIND 9 | 2000 |
Bonita BPM | Bonitasoft | Business process management suite | 7.9 | Bonita BPM | 2001 |
Cassandra | Datastax | NoSQL database | 3.11.4 | Apache Cassandra | 2008 |
Chef | Chef | Configuration management tool | 14.10.9 | Chef | 2009 |
Cloud Foundry | Pivotal | Multi-Cloud platform | 11.1.0 | Cloud Foundry | 2011 |
CockroachDB | Cockroach Labs | NewSQL DBMS | CockroachDB | 2015 | |
Collabora Online | Collabora Productivity | Online Office Suite and apps | 22.05.10.7 [3] ![]() | Collabora Online | 2016 |
Compiere | Compiere | ERP and CRM | 3.3 | Compiere | 2000? |
Consul | Hashicorp | Service discovery | 1.4.2 | Consul | 2014 |
CruiseControl | ThoughtWorks | Software development tools | 2.8.4 | CruiseControl | 2007 |
DaDaBIK | Eugenio Tacchini | Database front-end applications generator | 9.4 | DaDaBIK | 2001 |
db4o | db4o | ODBMS | 8.0 | db4o | ? |
Docker | Docker | Container | 19.3.1 | Docker | 2013 |
Dolibarr | Dolibarr Association | ERP and CRM | 10.0.0 | Dolibarr ERP CRM | 2003 |
Drupal | Acquia | Web Content Management System | 8.6.17 | Drupal | 2000 |
Entrance | dbEntrance Software | SQL-based data exploration tool | 1.3.34 | Entrance Community | 2007 |
EPESI BIM | TELAXUS LLC | Framework for building CRM/ERP web applications, Business Information Manager (BIM) | 1.8.2 | EPESI | 2006 |
Ext JS | Sencha | Cross-browser JavaScript framework | 6.7.0 | Ext JS | 2007 |
EyeOS | EyeOS | Cloud-computing operating system | 2.1beta | EyeOS | 2007 |
Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | Web Browser | 68.0.2 | Firefox | 2002 |
Fluentd | Treasure Data | Logging and data collection | 1.3 | 2011 | |
ForgeRock | ForgeRock | Identity and access management | 2.1.2 | ForgeRock | 2010 |
Fuse Message Broker | Progress Software | JMS platform | 6 | Apache ActiveMQ | 2006 |
FUSE ESB | Progress Software | Enterprise service bus | 7.4.0 | Apache ServiceMix | 2006 |
FUSE Mediation Router | Progress Software | Routing and process mediation engine | 2.6 | Apache Camel | 2006 |
FUSE Services Framework | Progress Software | JAX-WS 2.0 service-enablement framework | 2.3 | Apache CXF | 2006 |
Git | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket | Version control | 2.23.0 | Git | 2005 |
GNAT Pro | AdaCore | Ada compiler | 9.2 | GNAT | 1995 [4] |
Hadoop | Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR | Distributed system for big data management | 3.2.0 | Apache Hadoop | 2006 |
Hazelcast | Hazelcast | In-Memory Data Grid | 4.2 | Hazelcast | 2008 |
InfluxDB | InfluxData | Timeseries DBMS | 1.7.6 | InfluxDB | 2013 |
Ingres Database | Ingres | RDBMS | 11.0 | Ingres | ? |
IntelliJ | JetBrains | Software development tools | 2019.2 | IntelliJ | 2001 |
ISC DHCP | Internet Systems Consortium | DHCP client/server/relay software | 4.4.2 | ISC DHCP | 1999 |
Java Enterprise System | Oracle Corporation | Application server, middleware, LDAP, etc. | 8 | Java | 2003? |
JBoss Enterprise Middleware | Red Hat | Enterprise middleware based on Java Platform, Enterprise Edition | 7.2 | JBoss | 2001 |
Joget Workflow | Open Dynamics | Workflow, Business process management, RAD | 6.0.2 | Joget Workflow | 2009 |
Jumper 2.0 | Jumper Networks | Universal search tool powered by enterprise social bookmarking | 2.0.1.9 | Project Jumper | 2008 |
Kafka | Confluent | Data streaming processing | 2.3.0 | Apache Kafka | 2011 |
Kaltura | Kaltura | Video and rich media management platform and applications dual-licensed under AGPL, and commercial license, provided as self hosted and SaaS | 6.0 (Falcon) | Kaltura | 2012 |
Kea DHCP | Internet Systems Consortium | DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 server software | 1.8.2 | Kea DHCP | 2014 |
Liferay Portal | Liferay | Enterprise web portal | 5.0.1 | Liferay Portal | 2000? |
LogicalDOC | Logical Objects Srl | Document Management System | 8.3.2 | LogicalDOC document management – DMS | 2004 |
Lotus Symphony | IBM | Office productivity suite | 3.0.1 | Eclipse, OpenOffice | 2007 |
LucidWorks | Lucid Imagination | Open Source Search Platform | 8.2.0 | Apache Lucene / Solr | 1999 |
Magento Enterprise | Magento | eCommerce | 2.3.2 | Magento [5] | 2008 |
MapBox | MapBox | Mapping software | MapBox | 2010? | |
MariaDB | MariaDB Corporation | RDBMS | 10.4.7 | MariaDB | 2008 |
MongoDB | MongoDB Inc. | Document Store DBMS | 4.0.10 | MongoDB | 2009 |
Mono | Novell (now Xamarin) | Open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET application framework | 6.0.0 | Mono | 2004 |
Mule | MuleSoft | Enterprise service bus and integration platform | 3.9.0 | Mule | 2003 |
MySQL Enterprise | Oracle Corporation | RDBMS | 8.0.17 | MySQL Community | 1995 |
Neo4j | Neo4j | Graph DBMS | 3.5.8 | Neo4j | 2007 |
NetBeans | Oracle Corporation | Software development tools (Java, Ruby, Perl, PHP, etc.) | 11.1 | NetBeans | 2000 |
Odoo | OpenERP S.A. | ERP, CMS/Ecommerce | 12.0 | Odoo | 2005 |
Openbravo | Openbravo | ERP | 2.33 | Openbravo ERP | 2001 |
OpenSearchServer | OpenSearchServer | Enterprise Search | 1.2 | OpenSearchServer | 2009 |
Openshift | Red Hat | Multi-Cloud platform | 4.6 | OKD | 2012 |
Open vSwitch | Nicira | Software Defined Network | 2.11.1 | Open vSwitch | 2009 |
OpenStack | Mirantis | Infrastructure | OpenStack | 2010 | |
Open CASCADE Technology | Open Cascade SAS | Software library for 3D CAD / CAM / CAE applications | 7.3 | Open CASCADE Technology | 1999 |
Open Workbench | Computer Associates | Project management / governance tools | 1.1.6 | Open Workbench | 2004 |
OrangeHRM | OrangeHRM | HR management | 2.6.6 | Orange HRM | 2006 |
Palo Business Intelligence Suite | Jedox AG | Palo is an open-source BI solution for corporate performance management and OLAP-based planning, analysis, consolidation and reporting. | 2018.1 | Jedox AG | 2002 |
Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite | Pentaho | Business intelligence, data mining, data integration, analytics, reporting, and dashboards | 8.2 | Pentaho Open BI Suite | 2004 |
Poseidon for UML | Gentleware | Software modeling tool | 8.0 | ArgoUML | 1998 |
Project.net | Project.net | Project and portfolio management | 9.3 | projectnet | 2000 |
Puppet | Puppet Labs | Infrastructure configuration management | 6.0.4 | Puppet | 2005 |
Qt | Trolltech | GUI development toolkit | 5.13 | Qt | 1995 |
Rational Application Developer | IBM | Software development tools | 4.12 | Eclipse | 2001 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Red Hat | Enterprise server and client Linux distribution | 5.2.10 | Linux | 1991 |
Saleor | Saleor Commerce | Enterprise ecommerce | 3.0 | Saleor | 2012 |
Scylla | ScyllaDB | NoSQL database | 4.3 | Scylla Open Source | 2014 |
Sencha Touch | Sencha | HTML5 mobile app framework | 2.4.2 | Sencha Touch | 2010 |
SilverStripe | SilverStripe | Enterprise CMS and development framework | 4.4.3 | SilverStripe | 2008 |
Snare | InterSect Alliance | Log collection and analysis | 4.0 | Snare | 2001 |
Snort | Sourcefire | Network Intrusion Detection | 3.0 | Snort | 1998 |
Solaris | Oracle Corporation | Operating system | 11.4 | OpenSolaris | 1992 |
Spark | Databricks | Data analytics framework | 2.4.3 | Apache Spark | 2014 |
Spring Framework | SpringSource | Software development framework | 5.1.9 | Spring | 2002 |
Squiz | Squiz.net | Enterprise content management system | v4.8.2 (PHP5) | Squiz Matrix | 1998 |
StarOffice | Oracle Corporation | Office productivity suite | 8.0 | OpenOffice.org | 2000 |
Sun Studio | Oracle Corporation | Software development tools for C, C++ | 12.6 | NetBeans | 2000 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | SUSE | Enterprise server and client Linux distribution | 12 | openSUSE | 2005 |
Terraform | Hashicorp | Infrastructure orchestration and management | 0.12.7 | Terraform | 2014 |
TerminusDB | TerminusDB | Document store and graph database | 10.0.3 | TerminusDB | 2019 |
TiDB | PingCAP | NewSQL distributed database | 3.0 | TiDB | 2017 |
Websphere | IBM | Web server, application server, middleware | 1998 | ||
Ubuntu | Canonical | Linux distribution | 19.04 | Ubuntu | 2004 |
Univention Corporate Server | Univention GmbH | Server operating system | 5.0-0 | Univention Corporate Server | 2004 |
Unreal Engine | Epic Games | Open source game engine written in C++ | 4.22.3 | Unreal Engine | 1998 |
Varnish | Fastly | Web accelerator | 6.2.0 | Varnish cache | 2006 |
Vyatta | Vyatta | Router, firewall, VPN | VC3 | Vyatta Community | 2006 |
Webix | XB Software | Cross-platform JavaScript Framework | 6.4.0 | Webix | 2013 |
Wordpress | Automattic, WP Engine | Web content management system | 5.2.2 | Wordpress | 2003 |
Zarafa | Zarafa | Email and calendaring solution | 7.2.5 | Zarafa opensource edition | 2005 |
YugabyteDB | Yugabyte | NewSQL DBMS | 2.8 | YugabyteDB | 2019 |
Zenoss Core | Zenoss | Application, network, and systems management | 6.2.1 | Zenoss Core | 2006 |
Zmanda | Zmanda | File / dbms backup and recovery | 2.6.1 | Zmanda Community Edition | 2005 |
Zope | Zope | Content management system and web portal | 2.10.5 | zope.org | 1999 |
The MIT License is a permissive free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1980s. As a permissive license, it puts only very limited restriction on reuse and has, therefore, high license compatibility.
Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. Originally based on Softlanding Linux System, Slackware has been the basis for many other Linux distributions, most notably the first versions of SUSE Linux distributions, and is the oldest distribution that is still maintained.
In Unix computing, Blackbox is a free and open-source stacking window manager for the X Window System.
A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work". A CC license is used when an author wants to give other people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that the author has created. CC provides an author flexibility and protects the people who use or redistribute an author's work from concerns of copyright infringement as long as they abide by the conditions that are specified in the license by which the author distributes the work.
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in three editions: Desktop, Server, and Core for Internet of things devices and robots. All of the editions can run on a computer alone, or in a virtual machine. Ubuntu is a popular operating system for cloud computing, with support for OpenStack. Ubuntu's default desktop changed back from the in-house Unity to GNOME after nearly 6.5 years in 2017 upon the release of version 17.10.
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is a term used to refer to groups of software consisting of both free software and open-source software where anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source code is openly shared so that people are encouraged to voluntarily improve the design of the software. This is in contrast to proprietary software, where the software is under restrictive copyright licensing and the source code is usually hidden from the users.
Java is a set of computer software and specifications developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems, which was later acquired by the Oracle Corporation, that provides a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment. Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms from embedded devices and mobile phones to enterprise servers and supercomputers. Java applets, which are less common than standalone Java applications, were commonly run in secure, sandboxed environments to provide many features of native applications through being embedded in HTML pages.
Linux is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, which includes the kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name "GNU/Linux" to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
The following tables list notable software packages that are nominal IDEs; standalone tools such as source code editors and GUI builders are not included. These IDEs are listed in alphabetical order of the supported language.
The following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol.
Free content, libre content, libre information, or free information, is any kind of functional work, work of art, or other creative content that meets the definition of a free cultural work.
Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no official support is available.
The GNU General Public License is a series of widely used free software licenses that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software. The license was the first copyleft for general use and was originally written by the founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), Richard Stallman, for the GNU Project. The license grants the recipients of a computer program the rights of the Free Software Definition. These GPL series are all copyleft licenses, which means that any derivative work must be distributed under the same or equivalent license terms. It is more restrictive than the Lesser General Public License and even further distinct from the more widely used permissive software licenses BSD, MIT, and Apache.
MongoDB is a source-available cross-platform document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database program, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas. MongoDB is developed by MongoDB Inc. and licensed under the Server Side Public License (SSPL) which is deemed non-free by several distributions. MongoDB is a member of the MACH Alliance.
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity software suite, a project of The Document Foundation (TDF). It was forked in 2010 from OpenOffice.org, an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite consists of programs for word processing, creating and editing of spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, working with databases, and composing mathematical formulae. It is available in 115 languages. TDF doesn't provide support for LibreOffice, but enterprised-focused editions are available from companies in the ecosystem.
OpenZFS is a free and open-source storage platform licensed under CDDL, that encompasses the functionality of traditional filesystems and logical volume manager. It includes protection against data corruption, support for high storage capacities, efficient data compression, snapshots and copy-on-write clones, continuous integrity checking and automatic repair, encryption, remote replication with ZFS send and receive, and RAID-Z. The OpenZFS project brings together developers from the illumos, Linux, FreeBSD and macOS platforms, and a wide range of companies via the annual OpenZFS Developer Summit.
ZFS is a file system with volume management capabilities. It began as part of the Sun Microsystems Solaris operating system in 2001. Large parts of Solaris – including ZFS – were published under an open source license as OpenSolaris for around 5 years from 2005, before being placed under a closed source license when Oracle Corporation acquired Sun in 2009–2010. During 2005 to 2010, the open source version of ZFS was ported to Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. In 2010, the illumos project forked a recent version of OpenSolaris, to continue its development as an open source project, including ZFS. In 2013, OpenZFS was founded to coordinate the development of open source ZFS. OpenZFS maintains and manages the core ZFS code, while organizations using ZFS maintain the specific code and validation processes required for ZFS to integrate within their systems. OpenZFS is widely used in Unix-like systems.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)