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Category Count Description Last Update accessibility 33 Ports to help disabled users. 31 Jul 2013 11:57:46 afterstep * 31 Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. 03 Aug 2013 13:44:01 arabic 9 Ported software for the Arabic market. 10 Jul 2013 06:33:41 archivers 219 Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. 06 Aug 2013 01:13:53 astro 123 Applications related to astronomy. 05 Aug 2013 12:09:08 audio 882 Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. 04 Aug 2013 14:11:47 benchmarks 74 Utilities for measuring system performance. 04 Aug 2013 12:30:54 biology 95 Software related to biology. 03 Aug 2013 13:44:01 cad 102 Computer Aided Design utilities. 04 Aug 2013 22:27:56 chinese 138 Ported software for the Chinese market. 04 Aug 2013 02:56:42 comms 174 Communications utilities. 05 Aug 2013 09:06:32 converters 160 Format conversion utilities. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 databases 913 Database software. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 deskutils 274 Various Desktop utilities. 05 Aug 2013 21:14:48 devel 4471 Software development utilities and libraries. 06 Aug 2013 01:57:26 dns 165 DNS client and server utilities. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 docs * 20 no description supplied 03 Aug 2013 12:33:28 editors 298 Common text editors. 05 Aug 2013 15:55:37 elisp * 133 Things related to Emacs Lisp. 03 Aug 2013 08:45:52 emulators 191 Utilities for emulating other OS types. 04 Aug 2013 16:04:00 enlightenment * 108 no description supplied 26 Jul 2013 23:20:18 finance 162 Monetary, financial and related applications. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 french 28 Ported software for French countries. 31 Jul 2013 11:56:18 ftp 104 FTP client and server utilities. 31 Jul 2013 22:17:28 games 1149 Various and sundry amusements. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 geography * 99 Geography related ports. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 german 43 Ported software for Germanic countries. 04 Aug 2013 12:47:44 gnome * 533 Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. 04 Aug 2013 07:26:20 gnustep * 115 Software for GNUstep desktop environment. 20 Jun 2013 13:43:03 graphics 1093 Graphics libraries and utilities. 05 Aug 2013 21:24:19 hamradio * 68 Software for amateur radio. 01 Aug 2013 14:52:58 haskell * 415 Software related to the Haskell language. 26 Jul 2013 15:09:13 hebrew 8 Ported software for Hebrew language. 04 Aug 2013 12:47:44 hungarian 12 Ported software for the Hungarian market. 10 Jul 2013 06:33:41 ipv6 * 375 IPv6 related software. 06 Aug 2013 06:12:21 irc 140 Internet Relay Chat utilities. 06 Aug 2013 06:12:21 japanese 357 Ported software for the Japanese market. 03 Aug 2013 13:44:01 java 144 Java language support. 03 Aug 2013 08:45:52 kde * 484 Software for the K Desktop Environment. 03 Aug 2013 13:44:01 kld * 64 Kernel loadable modules. 28 Jul 2013 20:00:51 korean 43 Ported software for the Korean market. 31 Jul 2013 14:36:21 lang 376 Computer languages. 05 Aug 2013 20:37:36 linux * 208 Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. 29 Jul 2013 19:38:37 lisp * 57 Things related to pure lisp. 26 Jul 2013 23:20:18 mail 764 Electronic mail packages and utilities. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 math 663 Mathematical computation software. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 misc 501 Miscellaneous utilities. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 multimedia 401 Multimedia software. 04 Aug 2013 12:49:59 net 1290 Networking utilities. 06 Aug 2013 00:32:08 net-im 186 Instant messaging software. 05 Aug 2013 20:21:58 net-mgmt 336 Network management utilities. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 net-p2p 108 Peer to peer networking software. 03 Aug 2013 08:45:52 news 90 USENET News support software. 31 Jul 2013 11:56:18 palm 32 Software support for the Palm(tm) series. 03 Aug 2013 08:45:52 parallel * 34 Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. 03 Aug 2013 13:44:01 pear * 514 Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. 24 Jul 2013 21:04:41 perl5 * 4929 Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 plan9 * 4 Software from the Plan9 operating system. 25 Jun 2013 11:10:28 polish 23 Ported software for the Polish market. 03 Aug 2013 08:45:52 ports-mgmt 82 Utilities for managing ports and packages. 02 Aug 2013 18:52:11 portuguese 17 Ported software for the Portuguese market. 10 Jul 2013 15:23:03 print 325 Utilities for dealing with printing. 05 Aug 2013 16:03:37 python * 1690 Software related to the Python language. 05 Aug 2013 22:29:37 ruby * 257 Software related to the Ruby language. 05 Aug 2013 20:21:58 rubygems * 646 Packages for the RubyGems system. 31 Jul 2013 16:52:45 russian 51 Ported software for the Russian market. 03 Aug 2013 13:52:53 scheme * 42 Software related to the Scheme language. 05 Aug 2013 19:05:48 science 184 Scientific software. 04 Aug 2013 07:13:08 security 1018 System security software. 05 Aug 2013 21:56:57 shells 42 Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). 02 Aug 2013 16:55:05 spanish * 2 Ported software for the Spanish market. 27 Jan 2013 05:55:20 sysutils 1054 Various system utilities. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 tcl * 76 no description supplied 03 Aug 2013 22:28:37 textproc 1555 Text processing/search utilities. 05 Aug 2013 21:04:53 tk * 99 no description supplied 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 ukrainian 12 Ported software for the Ukrainian market. 04 Aug 2013 12:47:44 vietnamese 21 Ported software for the Vietnamese market. 10 Jul 2013 06:33:41 windowmaker * 83 Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. 03 Aug 2013 13:44:01 www 2207 WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). 05 Aug 2013 21:56:57 x11 481 X Window System based utilities. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 x11-clocks 57 X Window System based clocks. 04 Aug 2013 19:27:55 x11-drivers 55 X Window System drivers. 26 Jun 2013 15:35:13 x11-fm 36 X Window System based file managers. 04 Aug 2013 07:26:20 x11-fonts 164 X Window System fonts and font utilities. 05 Aug 2013 20:56:17 x11-servers 9 X Window System servers. 04 Aug 2013 15:01:34 x11-themes 169 X Window System themes. 03 Aug 2013 08:45:52 x11-toolkits 294 X Window System based development toolkits. 05 Aug 2013 15:05:30 x11-wm 165 X Window System window managers. 05 Aug 2013 14:15:32 xfce * 70 Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. 02 Aug 2013 17:34:39 zope * 242 Software related to the Zope platform. 29 May 2013 04:46:28 port count: 24372 (62 categories) Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003
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