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There are a few major X11 programs (eg. Gimp, OpenOffice) which have Mac OS X packages that install and run pretty much like any typical Mac program. Most, however, you will have to tweak a bit to get running. Those who need more (scientists, network admins, assorted geeks), can install virtually any X11 program from source with Apple's Developer Tools or use the ports from MacPorts or Fink.


Ardour
FontForge
Freeciv
GIMP
Gimpshop
ImageMagick
Inkscape
OpenOffice
Wireshark
X11
XQuartx


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icon Ardour 2.3.1

Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. You can produce your own CDs, mix video soundtracks, or just experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-destructive editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a powerful mixer, unlimited tracks/busses/plugins, timecode synchronization, and hardware control from surfaces like the Mackie Control Universal. If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Pyramix, or Sequoia, you might have found it.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: Paul Davis
  • Modification Date: February 9, 2008
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and X11 and Jack OS X
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 36.5 MB
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icon Freeciv 2.1.3

Freeciv is an open-source, turn-based strategy game that originated from the Linux world.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: freeciv.org
  • Modification Date: February 4, 2008
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and X11
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 19.7 MB
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icon FontForge 20080203

An outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones. Also lets you convert one format to another. FontForge has support for many macintosh font formats.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: George Williams
  • Modification Date: February 2, 2008
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5 or higher and X11
DownloadIntel File Size: 4.7 MB - Intel version for Leopard
DownloadOS X PPC File Size: 4.7 MB - PPC version for Leopard
DownloadIntel File Size: 8.3 MB - Intel version for Tiger
DownloadOS X PPC File Size: 8.2 MB - PPC version for Tiger
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Icon GIMP.app 2.4rc3

The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: Gimp Project
  • Modification Date: September 29, 2007
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, X11
DownloadIntel File Size: 97.0 MB - version 2.4rc3 - Intel only
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 82.6 MB - version 2.2.11 - April 21, 2006
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icon Gimpshop 2.2.11

If you've never used Photoshop before, you may not appreciate my GIMPshop hack. What I've done is renamed and reorganized GIMP's tools, options, windows, and menus to closely resemble Adobe Photoshop's menu structure and naming conventions. Many of the menu options and even whole menus were recreated to faithfully reproduce a Photoshop-like experience. After running my GIMPshop hack, you'll find that Photoshop and the GIMP are strikingly similar.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: Plastic Bugs
  • Modification Date: May 23, 2006
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher with X11
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 84.9 MB
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Icon ImageMagick 6.4.1

ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a large variety of formats. Images can be cropped, colors can be changed, various effects can be applied, images can be rotated and combined, and text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bezier curves can be added to images and stretched and rotated.
Most of the functionality of ImageMagick can be used interactively from the command line; more often, however, the features are used from programs written in the programming languages C, Ch, C++, Java, Lisp, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Tcl/Tk, for which ready-made ImageMagick interfaces (MagickCore, MagickWand, PerlMagick, Magick++, PythonMagick, MagickWand for PHP, RMagick, TclMagick, L_Magick, and JMagick) are available. This makes it possible to modify or create images automatically and dynamically.
ImageMagick supports many image formats (over 95) including formats like GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, TIFF, and DPX.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: ImageMagick Studio
  • Modification Date: May 1, 2008
  • Requirements: Mac OS X
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 15.7 MB - Binary Distribution
DownloadNon-Specific Code File Size: 10.5 MB - Source Code
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Icon Inkscape 0.46.1

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.
Inkscape's main goal is to create a powerful and convenient drawing tool fully compliant with XML, SVG, and CSS standards. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development process, and by making sure Inkcape is easy to learn, to use, and to extend.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: Inkscape Developers
  • Modification Date: March 12, 2008
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and X11
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 47.7 MB - version 0.46.1 for Leopard
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 22.9 MB - version 0.45.1-2 for Panther/Tiger
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Icon OpenOffice 2.3

OpenOffice.org the product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office, and the vendor-neutral OpenDocument standard from OASIS.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: openoffice.org
  • Modification Date: September 30, 2007
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and X11
DownloadOS X PPCIntel File Size: 148 MB
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Icon Wireshark 0.99.5

Sniffing Problems A Mile Away
Same developers, same code, different name. The Ethereal network protocol analyzer has changed its name to Wireshark.
Wireshark's powerful features make it the tool of choice for network troubleshooting, protocol development, and education worldwide.
Wireshark was written by an international group of networking experts, and is an example of the power of open source. It runs on Windows, Linux, UNIX, and other platforms.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: wireshark.org
  • Modification Date: February 1, 2007
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher, X11
DownloadNon-Specific Code File Size: 13.3
DownloadIntel File Size: 62.1 - Mac OS X Package by Andreas Fink
DownloadOS X PPC File Size: 73.6 - Mac OS X Package by Andreas Fink
Download Page - Mac OS X Package by Andreas Fink
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Icon X11 2006 1.1.3

Prior to the introduction of Mac OS X, virtually the only way developers could create a graphical application in a UNIX-based operating system was with the X Window System, more commonly called X11. X11 for Mac OS X offers UNIX users the ability to run thousands of X11 applications concurrently with other Mac OS X applications.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: Apple
  • Modification Date: November 13, 2006
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher - Not Compatible with Leopard
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 49.7 MB - 2006 Update
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icon XQuartz 2.2.3

The Xquartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.org X Window System that runs on Mac OS X. Together with supporting libraries and applications, it forms the X11.app that Apple has shipped with OS X since version 10.5.
  • License: Freeware
  • Author/Publisher: Mac OS forge
  • Modification Date: June 17, 2008
  • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5.2 only
DownloadUniversal Binary File Size: 74.8 MB
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Intel Denotes Mac OS X Intel Native
Universal Binary Denotes Mac OS X Intel & PPC Native
OS X PPC Denotes Mac OS X PPC Native
Classic PPC Denotes Mac OS 8/9 PPC Native
680x0 Denotes Mac OS 680x0 Native
Non-Specific Code Denotes Non-OS Specific Code
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