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Category Count Description Last Update accessibility 33 Ports to help disabled users. 30 Aug 2013 00:47:20 afterstep * 31 Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. 14 Aug 2013 22:35:54 arabic 9 Ported software for the Arabic market. 22 Aug 2013 20:38:29 archivers 222 Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. 30 Aug 2013 01:02:57 astro 123 Applications related to astronomy. 31 Aug 2013 14:23:18 audio 880 Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. 30 Aug 2013 23:10:19 benchmarks 74 Utilities for measuring system performance. 30 Aug 2013 23:09:24 biology 94 Software related to biology. 29 Aug 2013 17:16:53 cad 103 Computer Aided Design utilities. 29 Aug 2013 07:30:12 chinese 138 Ported software for the Chinese market. 29 Aug 2013 17:16:53 comms 174 Communications utilities. 29 Aug 2013 15:01:46 converters 161 Format conversion utilities. 29 Aug 2013 23:00:01 databases 916 Database software. 31 Aug 2013 01:51:02 deskutils 272 Various Desktop utilities. 31 Aug 2013 14:02:08 devel 4479 Software development utilities and libraries. 31 Aug 2013 14:53:56 dns 165 DNS client and server utilities. 29 Aug 2013 17:16:53 docs * 20 no description supplied 03 Aug 2013 12:33:28 editors 298 Common text editors. 31 Aug 2013 02:00:00 elisp * 133 Things related to Emacs Lisp. 30 Aug 2013 23:01:06 emulators 191 Utilities for emulating other OS types. 30 Aug 2013 23:28:01 enlightenment * 107 no description supplied 31 Aug 2013 01:17:11 finance 162 Monetary, financial and related applications. 29 Aug 2013 15:01:46 french 28 Ported software for French countries. 23 Aug 2013 08:28:08 ftp 104 FTP client and server utilities. 29 Aug 2013 17:16:53 games 1148 Various and sundry amusements. 31 Aug 2013 14:45:10 geography * 99 Geography related ports. 30 Aug 2013 01:15:21 german 42 Ported software for Germanic countries. 23 Aug 2013 08:28:08 gnome * 532 Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. 30 Aug 2013 23:01:06 gnustep * 94 Software for GNUstep desktop environment. 30 Aug 2013 22:31:38 graphics 1091 Graphics libraries and utilities. 31 Aug 2013 13:14:25 hamradio * 69 Software for amateur radio. 30 Aug 2013 23:01:06 haskell * 415 Software related to the Haskell language. 17 Aug 2013 16:27:24 hebrew 8 Ported software for Hebrew language. 22 Aug 2013 20:38:29 hungarian 12 Ported software for the Hungarian market. 22 Aug 2013 20:38:29 ipv6 * 376 IPv6 related software. 31 Aug 2013 00:38:30 irc 138 Internet Relay Chat utilities. 30 Aug 2013 13:01:35 japanese 356 Ported software for the Japanese market. 31 Aug 2013 11:17:07 java 143 Java language support. 31 Aug 2013 10:38:58 kde * 483 Software for the K Desktop Environment. 30 Aug 2013 23:01:06 kld * 62 Kernel loadable modules. 29 Aug 2013 14:27:21 korean 43 Ported software for the Korean market. 30 Aug 2013 22:10:34 lang 380 Computer languages. 30 Aug 2013 15:50:42 linux * 208 Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. 31 Aug 2013 02:08:10 lisp * 56 Things related to pure lisp. 10 Jul 2013 11:28:32 mail 765 Electronic mail packages and utilities. 31 Aug 2013 11:53:57 math 662 Mathematical computation software. 31 Aug 2013 11:42:57 misc 501 Miscellaneous utilities. 31 Aug 2013 00:32:33 multimedia 402 Multimedia software. 31 Aug 2013 13:04:58 net 1292 Networking utilities. 31 Aug 2013 11:14:42 net-im 187 Instant messaging software. 31 Aug 2013 00:18:11 net-mgmt 335 Network management utilities. 31 Aug 2013 05:33:56 net-p2p 108 Peer to peer networking software. 30 Aug 2013 12:11:48 news 89 USENET News support software. 30 Aug 2013 13:01:33 palm 31 Software support for the Palm(tm) series. 14 Aug 2013 22:35:54 parallel * 34 Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. 31 Aug 2013 00:26:08 pear * 515 Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. 28 Aug 2013 14:44:55 perl5 * 4944 Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. 31 Aug 2013 14:23:18 plan9 * 4 Software from the Plan9 operating system. 25 Jun 2013 11:10:28 polish 23 Ported software for the Polish market. 29 Aug 2013 15:01:46 ports-mgmt 83 Utilities for managing ports and packages. 23 Aug 2013 17:39:55 portuguese 17 Ported software for the Portuguese market. 22 Aug 2013 20:38:29 print 325 Utilities for dealing with printing. 29 Aug 2013 18:06:48 python * 1700 Software related to the Python language. 31 Aug 2013 14:04:13 ruby * 257 Software related to the Ruby language. 31 Aug 2013 08:42:01 rubygems * 647 Packages for the RubyGems system. 31 Aug 2013 08:37:47 russian 50 Ported software for the Russian market. 23 Aug 2013 08:28:08 scheme * 42 Software related to the Scheme language. 17 Aug 2013 16:27:24 science 184 Scientific software. 31 Aug 2013 08:01:25 security 1018 System security software. 31 Aug 2013 01:51:02 shells 42 Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). 27 Aug 2013 15:04:37 spanish * 2 Ported software for the Spanish market. 27 Jan 2013 05:55:20 sysutils 1053 Various system utilities. 31 Aug 2013 10:54:56 tcl * 76 no description supplied 29 Aug 2013 14:16:03 textproc 1557 Text processing/search utilities. 31 Aug 2013 11:38:34 tk * 99 no description supplied 29 Aug 2013 14:16:03 ukrainian 12 Ported software for the Ukrainian market. 22 Aug 2013 20:38:29 vietnamese 21 Ported software for the Vietnamese market. 22 Aug 2013 20:38:29 windowmaker * 83 Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. 30 Aug 2013 23:01:06 www 2205 WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). 31 Aug 2013 14:12:05 x11 484 X Window System based utilities. 31 Aug 2013 01:17:11 x11-clocks 57 X Window System based clocks. 14 Aug 2013 22:35:54 x11-drivers 55 X Window System drivers. 14 Aug 2013 22:35:54 x11-fm 36 X Window System based file managers. 28 Aug 2013 07:40:26 x11-fonts 164 X Window System fonts and font utilities. 27 Aug 2013 16:51:01 x11-servers 9 X Window System servers. 14 Aug 2013 11:58:48 x11-themes 168 X Window System themes. 26 Aug 2013 17:50:37 x11-toolkits 289 X Window System based development toolkits. 30 Aug 2013 23:40:57 x11-wm 165 X Window System window managers. 31 Aug 2013 01:17:11 xfce * 71 Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. 30 Aug 2013 23:38:44 zope * 242 Software related to the Zope platform. 29 May 2013 04:46:28 port count: 24376 (62 categories) Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003
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