Best Free & Open Source GPL-2.0 Tools
Category | License | Alternatives To | Links | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Media | GPL-2.0 | Camtasia, StreamYard | 75,367 | ||
Media | GPL-2.0 | Emby, Plex | 56,109 | ||
Communication | GPL-2.0 | vBulletin, Circle | 47,715 | ||
Productivity | GPL-2.0 | uTorrent, BitTorrent | 39,663 | ||
Developer Tools+1 | GPL-2.0 | Invicti, Burp Suite, Acunetix | 33,000 | ||
Media+1 | GPL-2.0 | Adobe Media Encoder, Bandicut, QuickTime Pro | 27,500 | ||
Developer Tools+1 | GPL-2.0 | Zsh, Bash, PowerShell | 25,500 | ||
Developer Tools+1 | GPL-2.0 | VLC, QuickTime, Windows Media Player | 25,500 | ||
Developer Tools+1 | GPL-2.0 | ShareMouse, Logitech Flow, Synergy | 25,500 | ||
Security | GPL-2.0 | Datadog Security, Splunk | 16,651 | ||
Security+1 | GPL-2.0 | DD-WRT, Cisco IOS, pfSense | 16,500 | ||
Media+1 | GPL-2.0 | KMPlayer, QuickTime, Windows Media Player | 14,500 |
GPL-2.0 License FAQs
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