So you want proprietary software on Linux?

May 12, 2022

Here’s a list of proprietary software products if you are not satisfied with the open source alternative and really want to stay on Linux. I actually use a couple of these. There are also more, like Oracle DB and some web browser apps. Just look around.

3DCoat3-Dhttps://3dcoat.com
AC3D3-Dhttp://www.inivis.com
Autodesk Maya3-Dhttps://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview
Houdini3-Dhttps://www.sidefx.com/products/houdini/
Realsoft 3-D3-Dhttp://www.realsoft.com
FlowScape3-D Landscapeshttps://pixelforest.itch.io/flowscape
Plasticity3-D Modelinghttps://www.plasticity.xyz/
Mari3-D Painthttps://www.foundry.com/products/mari
Mudbox3-D Sculptinghttps://www.autodesk.com/products/mudbox/overview
Atlas 2A.I./Drumhttps://algonaut.audio/
AtticusAuthoringhttps://www.atticus.io
SononymAudio Managerhttps://www.sononym.net
MoneydanceBusiness Financehttps://moneydance.com
BricsCADCADhttps://www.bricsys.com/en-us
TrillianChathttps://www.trillian.im
Bitwig StudioDAWhttps://www.bitwig.com
Harrison MixbusDAWhttps://harrisonconsoles.com/product/mixbus/
ReaperDAWhttps://www.reaper.fm
RenoiseDAWhttps://www.renoise.com
eDrawDiagramhttps://www.edrawsoft.com
BeeKeeper StudioDB Manager/IDEhttps://www.beekeeperstudio.io
DBeaverDB Manager/IDEhttps://dbeaver.com
R-StudioDisk Recoveryhttps://www.r-studio.com
PageStreamDTPhttps://www.pagestream.org
VivaDesignerDTPhttp://www.viva.us/
MoneydanceFinancehttps://infinitekind.com/moneydance
PentahoETL/Analyticshttps://hp.hitachivantara.com/
CrossFTPFTPhttp://www.crossftp.com/
Jetbrains (multi)IDEshttps://www.jetbrains.com/products/
ZendIDE/Toolshttps://www.zend.com
Softmaker OfficeOfficehttps://shop.softmaker.com/
WPS OfficeOfficehttps://www.wps.com
BitwardenPassword Mgrhttps://bitwarden.com
EnpassPassword Mgrhttps://www.enpass.io/
Master PDF EditorPDF Editorhttps://code-industry.net/masterpdfeditor/
PDF StudioPDF Editorhttps://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/
AfterShot ProPhoto Editorhttps://www.aftershotpro.com/
PaintSupreme 3DPhoto Editorhttps://snapcraft.io/paintsupreme-3d
PhotoflarePhoto Editorhttps://photoflare.io
PixeluvoPhoto Editorhttp://www.pixeluvo.com
MetashapePhotogrammetryhttps://www.agisoft.com
InkdropProductivityhttps://www.inkdrop.app
DelphiRAD IDEhttps://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi
QTRAD IDEhttps://www.qt.io
XojoRAD IDEhttps://www.xojo.com
AfterShot Pro 3RAW Photo Edithttps://www.aftershotpro.com/en/
UltraEditText Editorhttps://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultraedit/
SophosSecurityhttps://home.sophos.com/en-us
Boxy SVG EditorVectorhttps://boxy-svg.com
Gravit Designer ProVectorhttps://www.designer.io/en/
Autodesk FlameVFXhttps://www.autodesk.com/products/flame/overview
NukeVFXhttps://www.foundry.com/products/nuke-family/nuke-studio
Davinci ResolveVideo Editorhttps://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
LightworksVideo Editorhttps://lwks.com
VMWareVirtualhttps://www.vmware.com
LoomerVSTs/Effectshttps://www.loomer.co.uk/products.html
U-HeVSTs/Effectshttps://u-he.com
RadarOmegaWeather/Radarhttp://radaromega.com
PinegrowWeb Designerhttps://pinegrow.com
Crossover OfficeWinehttps://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/

Audio plug-ins only

Atlas 2https://algonaut.audio/
DSPhttps://www.discodsp.com/news/
Loomerhttps://www.loomer.co.uk
Talhttps://tal-software.com/products
ToneLabhttps://tonelib.net/
U-Hehttps://u-he.com
VCVhttps://vcvrack.com/Rack
Vitalhttps://vital.audio/#getvital