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Category  | Count | Description | Last Update |
| accessibility | 24 | Ports to help disabled users. | 03 Sep 2008 14:06:24 |
| afterstep* | 35 | Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. | 21 Aug 2008 07:18:49 |
| arabic | 9 | Ported software for the Arabic market. | 29 Aug 2008 12:30:04 |
| archivers | 169 | Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. | 08 Sep 2008 01:22:00 |
| astro | 90 | Applications related to astronomy. | 07 Sep 2008 11:41:07 |
| audio | 800 | Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. | 08 Sep 2008 03:25:15 |
| benchmarks | 61 | Utilities for measuring system performance. | 03 Sep 2008 03:57:44 |
| biology | 86 | Software related to biology. | 03 Sep 2008 03:57:44 |
| cad | 81 | Computer Aided Design utilities. | 03 Sep 2008 22:39:25 |
| chinese | 135 | Ported software for the Chinese market. | 06 Sep 2008 03:30:39 |
| comms | 152 | Communications utilities. | 06 Sep 2008 03:44:41 |
| converters | 109 | Format conversion utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 03:10:49 |
| databases | 602 | Database software. | 07 Sep 2008 22:56:48 |
| deskutils | 242 | Various Desktop utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 03:37:33 |
| devel | 2571 | Software development utilities and libraries. | 08 Sep 2008 08:39:23 |
| dns | 129 | DNS client and server utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 01:22:00 |
| editors | 192 | Common text editors. | 06 Sep 2008 01:04:43 |
| elisp* | 143 | Things related to Emacs Lisp. | 05 Sep 2008 20:40:46 |
| emulators | 199 | Utilities for emulating other OS types. | 06 Sep 2008 18:22:11 |
| finance | 80 | Monetary, financial and related applications. | 07 Sep 2008 06:59:36 |
| french | 26 | Ported software for French countries. | 03 Sep 2008 14:06:24 |
| ftp | 114 | FTP client and server utilities. | 07 Sep 2008 01:19:05 |
| games | 1015 | Various and sundry amusements. | 08 Sep 2008 01:22:00 |
| geography* | 68 | Geography related ports. | 08 Sep 2008 01:22:00 |
| german | 39 | Ported software for Germanic countries. | 03 Sep 2008 14:06:24 |
| gnome* | 568 | Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. | 08 Sep 2008 04:04:31 |
| gnustep* | 173 | Software for GNUstep desktop environment. | 26 Aug 2008 15:10:09 |
| graphics | 864 | Graphics libraries and utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 03:52:16 |
| hamradio* | 57 | Software for amateur radio. | 28 Aug 2008 13:09:58 |
| haskell* | 37 | Software related to the Haskell language. | 20 Aug 2008 01:57:32 |
| hebrew | 7 | Ported software for Hebrew language. | 29 Aug 2008 12:30:04 |
| hungarian | 10 | Ported software for the Hungarian market. | 07 Sep 2008 22:27:13 |
| ipv6* | 742 | IPv6 related software. | 08 Sep 2008 07:42:28 |
| irc | 138 | Internet Relay Chat utilities. | 07 Sep 2008 17:20:21 |
| japanese | 407 | Ported software for the Japanese market. | 07 Sep 2008 01:19:05 |
| java | 161 | Java language support. | 07 Sep 2008 09:37:19 |
| kde* | 498 | Software for the K Desktop Environment. | 06 Sep 2008 14:20:56 |
| kld* | 52 | Kernel loadable modules. | 15 Aug 2008 19:48:57 |
| korean | 59 | Ported software for the Korean market. | 03 Sep 2008 14:06:24 |
| lang | 350 | Computer languages. | 08 Sep 2008 06:17:46 |
| linux* | 230 | Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. | 07 Sep 2008 12:20:19 |
| lisp* | 31 | Things related to pure lisp. | 06 Sep 2008 00:44:02 |
| mail | 701 | Electronic mail packages and utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 07:42:28 |
| math | 482 | Mathematical computation software. | 08 Sep 2008 03:01:35 |
| mbone | 16 | Applications and utilities for the MBONE. | 31 Aug 2008 17:18:18 |
| misc | 569 | Miscellaneous utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 01:22:00 |
| multimedia | 274 | Multimedia software. | 07 Sep 2008 20:27:27 |
| net | 1045 | Networking utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 04:08:31 |
| net-im | 147 | Instant messaging software. | 07 Sep 2008 10:01:17 |
| net-mgmt | 259 | Network management utilities. | 07 Sep 2008 11:10:13 |
| net-p2p | 130 | Peer to peer networking software. | 07 Sep 2008 01:19:05 |
| news | 103 | USENET News support software. | 07 Sep 2008 14:51:23 |
| palm | 45 | Software support for the Palm(tm) series. | 07 Sep 2008 23:06:11 |
| parallel* | 42 | Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. | 06 Sep 2008 21:45:13 |
| pear* | 305 | Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. | 08 Sep 2008 01:22:00 |
| perl5* | 3335 | Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. | 08 Sep 2008 06:17:46 |
| plan9* | 9 | Software from the Plan9 operating system. | 24 Jun 2008 21:55:01 |
| polish | 20 | Ported software for the Polish market. | 05 Sep 2008 01:45:49 |
| ports-mgmt | 55 | Utilities for managing ports and packages. | 08 Sep 2008 08:58:23 |
| portuguese | 15 | Ported software for the Portuguese market. | 03 Sep 2008 14:06:24 |
| print | 328 | Utilities for dealing with printing. | 07 Sep 2008 15:01:42 |
| python* | 765 | Software related to the Python language. | 08 Sep 2008 09:04:11 |
| ruby* | 305 | Software related to the Ruby language. | 07 Sep 2008 08:47:03 |
| rubygems* | 108 | Packages for the RubyGems system. | 07 Sep 2008 23:43:38 |
| russian | 41 | Ported software for the Russian market. | 05 Sep 2008 15:15:29 |
| scheme* | 45 | Software related to the Scheme language. | 28 Aug 2008 20:56:54 |
| science | 116 | Scientific software. | 06 Sep 2008 22:10:26 |
| security | 814 | System security software. | 08 Sep 2008 06:12:24 |
| shells | 38 | Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). | 07 Sep 2008 01:54:46 |
| spanish* | 7 | Ported software for the Spanish market. | 29 Aug 2008 12:30:04 |
| sysutils | 839 | Various system utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 03:46:25 |
| tcl* | 85 | no description supplied | 07 Sep 2008 11:41:07 |
| textproc | 1122 | Text processing/search utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 01:22:00 |
| tk* | 131 | no description supplied | 07 Sep 2008 11:41:07 |
| ukrainian | 9 | Ported software for the Ukrainian market. | 03 Sep 2008 14:06:24 |
| vietnamese | 21 | Ported software for the Vietnamese market. | 29 Aug 2008 12:30:04 |
| windowmaker* | 120 | Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. | 21 Aug 2008 07:18:49 |
| www | 1629 | WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). | 08 Sep 2008 09:04:11 |
| x11 | 478 | X Window System based utilities. | 08 Sep 2008 04:04:31 |
| x11-clocks | 60 | X Window System based clocks. | 07 Sep 2008 01:19:05 |
| x11-drivers | 67 | X Window System drivers. | 05 Sep 2008 14:39:41 |
| x11-fm | 40 | X Window System based file managers. | 04 Sep 2008 20:15:37 |
| x11-fonts | 138 | X Window System fonts and font utilities. | 07 Sep 2008 01:19:05 |
| x11-servers | 10 | X Window System servers. | 21 Aug 2008 07:18:49 |
| x11-themes | 203 | X Window System themes. | 03 Sep 2008 14:06:24 |
| x11-toolkits | 301 | X Window System based development toolkits. | 07 Sep 2008 01:19:05 |
| x11-wm | 135 | X Window System window managers. | 05 Sep 2008 16:59:30 |
| xfce* | 64 | Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. | 05 Sep 2008 15:15:37 |
| zope* | 53 | Software related to the Zope platform. | 01 Sep 2008 02:51:43 |
| port count: | 19171 | (63 categories) |
| Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003 |
