User:Ringbang/sandbox/List of software comparisons

Application software

Article	Topic	Subject
Comparison of 3D computer graphics software	3D computer graphics software	Graphics software
Comparison of accounting software	Accounting software	Financial software
Comparison of Android e-book reader software	E-book reader software for the Android operating system	File viewers
Comparison of audio player software	Audio file players	Media players
Comparison of BitTorrent clients	BitTorrent	Client software
Comparison of brainwave entrainment software
Comparison of Canadian-tax preparation software for personal use	Tax compliance software	Financial software
Comparison of computer-aided design editors	Computer-aided design editors	Graphics software
Comparison of dental practice management software	Dental software	Medical practice management software
Comparison of desktop publishing software	Desktop publishing software	Page layout
Comparison of Direct Connect software	Direct Connect	Peer-to-peer file sharing
Comparison of feed aggregators
Comparison of free software for audio	Free and open-source software for composing, changing, playing, and streaming audio
Comparison of genealogy software	Genealogy software
Comparison of HTML editors	HTML editors	Page layout
Comparison of instant messaging clients	Instant messaging	Client software
Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients	Internet Relay Chat software	Client software
Comparison of iOS e-book reader software	E-book reader software for the iOS operating system	File viewers
Comparison of JavaScript-based source code editors		Text editors
Comparison of lightweight web browsers	Web browsers	Client software
Comparison of media players	Media players	Media players
Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers	Music sequencers	Music software
Comparison of notetaking software	Text editors and word processors for note-taking	Text editors
Comparison of raster graphics editors	Raster graphics editors	Graphics software
Comparison of scorewriters	Music notation software	Music software
Comparison of software calculators	Software calculators
Comparison of TeX editors	Typesetting software compatible with the TeX file format	Page layout
Comparison of text editors	Text editors
Comparison of vector graphics editors	Vector graphics editors	Graphics software
Comparison of video editing software
Comparison of video player software	Video file players	Media players
Comparison of web-based genealogy software	Genealogy software

System software

Article	Topic	Subject
Comparison of command shells	Shells for a command-line interface	Text-based user interfaces
Comparison of desktop application launchers
Comparison of file systems	File systems
Comparison of operating system kernels	Kernels
Comparison of Start menu replacements for Windows 8	Start menu alternatives for the Windows 8 operating system	Graphical user interfaces
Comparison of X window managers	Window managers	Graphical user interfaces

Utility software

Article	Topic	Subject
Comparison of antivirus software	Antivirus software / Anti-malware software	Computer security
Comparison of archive repair programs	Archive file repair software	Data recovery
Comparison of defragmentation software	File system defragmentation software	Computer performance
Comparison of file archivers	File archivers	Data compression
Comparison of file synchronization software	File synchronization software	Backup software
Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software	Graphics software for image tracing	Data conversion
Comparison of video converters	Video file format conversion	Data conversion
Comparison of wireless LAN clients

Operating systems

See also: List of operating systems

Article	Topic	Subject
Comparison of DOS operating systems	DOS
Comparison of Linux distributions	Linux distributions
Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions	Microsoft Windows
Comparison of OpenSolaris distributions	Operating systems derived from OpenSolaris and illumos
Comparison of operating systems	Operating systems
Comparison of real-time operating systems	Real-time operating systems

Software components

These articles compare software programs that are designed to be used inside other programs. Two examples of software components are software engines and libraries.

Article	Topic	Subject
Comparison of layout engines (graphics)
Comparison of MySQL database engines

File formats

See also: List of file formats

Article	Topic	Subject
Comparison of archive formats	Archive file formats
Comparison of executable file formats	Executable file types
Comparison of graphics file formats	Image file formats
Comparison of Office Open XML and OpenDocument	Document file formats

See also

• Outline of software
• Category:Lists of software
• Category:Software comparisons
• Utility software