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Category  | Count | Description | Last Update |
| accessibility | 24 | Ports to help disabled users. | 03 Jul 2009 01:15:51 |
| afterstep* | 35 | Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. | 01 Apr 2009 17:14:41 |
| arabic | 10 | Ported software for the Arabic market. | 03 Jun 2009 12:02:11 |
| archivers | 187 | Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. | 03 Jul 2009 21:53:04 |
| astro | 103 | Applications related to astronomy. | 02 Jul 2009 20:24:30 |
| audio | 834 | Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. | 03 Jul 2009 21:46:15 |
| benchmarks | 62 | Utilities for measuring system performance. | 02 Jul 2009 08:37:09 |
| biology | 90 | Software related to biology. | 21 Jun 2009 07:18:51 |
| cad | 83 | Computer Aided Design utilities. | 29 Jun 2009 10:55:02 |
| chinese | 136 | Ported software for the Chinese market. | 29 Jun 2009 07:02:52 |
| comms | 154 | Communications utilities. | 02 Jul 2009 19:29:08 |
| converters | 119 | Format conversion utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 20:58:15 |
| databases | 666 | Database software. | 03 Jul 2009 15:32:48 |
| deskutils | 270 | Various Desktop utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 15:01:22 |
| devel | 2848 | Software development utilities and libraries. | 03 Jul 2009 21:55:17 |
| dns | 135 | DNS client and server utilities. | 01 Jul 2009 13:39:55 |
| docs* | 20 | no description supplied | 28 Jun 2009 20:06:25 |
| editors | 246 | Common text editors. | 03 Jul 2009 15:58:41 |
| elisp* | 143 | Things related to Emacs Lisp. | 24 Jun 2009 07:49:27 |
| emulators | 204 | Utilities for emulating other OS types. | 03 Jul 2009 14:52:00 |
| finance | 85 | Monetary, financial and related applications. | 03 Jul 2009 21:13:55 |
| french | 28 | Ported software for French countries. | 28 Jun 2009 14:08:07 |
| ftp | 119 | FTP client and server utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 21:58:54 |
| games | 1057 | Various and sundry amusements. | 03 Jul 2009 10:45:51 |
| geography* | 74 | Geography related ports. | 03 Jul 2009 20:55:32 |
| german | 41 | Ported software for Germanic countries. | 17 Jun 2009 17:56:15 |
| gnome* | 581 | Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. | 03 Jul 2009 16:16:54 |
| gnustep* | 194 | Software for GNUstep desktop environment. | 29 Jun 2009 18:06:36 |
| graphics | 947 | Graphics libraries and utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 20:55:32 |
| hamradio* | 57 | Software for amateur radio. | 30 Jun 2009 20:10:35 |
| haskell* | 50 | Software related to the Haskell language. | 20 Jun 2009 08:22:04 |
| hebrew | 9 | Ported software for Hebrew language. | 03 Jun 2009 12:02:11 |
| hungarian | 10 | Ported software for the Hungarian market. | 03 Jun 2009 12:02:11 |
| ipv6* | 747 | IPv6 related software. | 03 Jul 2009 15:29:55 |
| irc | 140 | Internet Relay Chat utilities. | 02 Jul 2009 23:29:22 |
| japanese | 380 | Ported software for the Japanese market. | 23 Jun 2009 17:51:57 |
| java | 161 | Java language support. | 02 Jul 2009 20:23:07 |
| kde* | 545 | Software for the K Desktop Environment. | 03 Jul 2009 15:23:32 |
| kld* | 56 | Kernel loadable modules. | 22 Jun 2009 23:46:10 |
| korean | 58 | Ported software for the Korean market. | 17 Jun 2009 17:56:15 |
| lang | 368 | Computer languages. | 03 Jul 2009 15:42:57 |
| linux* | 357 | Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. | 03 Jul 2009 23:57:02 |
| lisp* | 31 | Things related to pure lisp. | 10 Jun 2009 08:45:56 |
| mail | 717 | Electronic mail packages and utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 16:16:54 |
| math | 524 | Mathematical computation software. | 03 Jul 2009 11:29:28 |
| mbone | 13 | Applications and utilities for the MBONE. | 29 May 2009 04:19:51 |
| misc | 558 | Miscellaneous utilities. | 02 Jul 2009 21:06:22 |
| multimedia | 302 | Multimedia software. | 03 Jul 2009 13:11:02 |
| net | 1076 | Networking utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 21:37:43 |
| net-im | 157 | Instant messaging software. | 30 Jun 2009 15:56:40 |
| net-mgmt | 265 | Network management utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 02:36:09 |
| net-p2p | 135 | Peer to peer networking software. | 26 Jun 2009 15:41:13 |
| news | 103 | USENET News support software. | 16 Jun 2009 15:55:02 |
| palm | 42 | Software support for the Palm(tm) series. | 28 May 2009 21:44:16 |
| parallel* | 41 | Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. | 01 Jul 2009 15:58:04 |
| pear* | 334 | Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. | 19 Jun 2009 06:33:13 |
| perl5* | 3678 | Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. | 03 Jul 2009 22:32:57 |
| plan9* | 7 | Software from the Plan9 operating system. | 13 Jun 2009 21:37:14 |
| polish | 20 | Ported software for the Polish market. | 03 Jun 2009 12:02:11 |
| ports-mgmt | 62 | Utilities for managing ports and packages. | 21 Jun 2009 16:45:18 |
| portuguese | 15 | Ported software for the Portuguese market. | 17 Jun 2009 17:56:15 |
| print | 345 | Utilities for dealing with printing. | 01 Jul 2009 13:36:35 |
| python* | 925 | Software related to the Python language. | 03 Jul 2009 16:17:42 |
| ruby* | 307 | Software related to the Ruby language. | 29 Jun 2009 22:29:30 |
| rubygems* | 190 | Packages for the RubyGems system. | 03 Jul 2009 22:02:36 |
| russian | 43 | Ported software for the Russian market. | 13 Jun 2009 11:38:20 |
| scheme* | 46 | Software related to the Scheme language. | 25 Jun 2009 19:57:10 |
| science | 128 | Scientific software. | 24 Jun 2009 21:57:37 |
| security | 857 | System security software. | 03 Jul 2009 22:32:57 |
| shells | 40 | Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). | 30 Jun 2009 23:46:59 |
| spanish* | 4 | Ported software for the Spanish market. | 29 Jun 2009 12:59:57 |
| sysutils | 896 | Various system utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 23:57:02 |
| tcl* | 82 | no description supplied | 26 Jun 2009 07:31:27 |
| textproc | 1202 | Text processing/search utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 21:57:23 |
| tk* | 124 | no description supplied | 30 Jun 2009 15:39:29 |
| ukrainian | 9 | Ported software for the Ukrainian market. | 03 Jun 2009 12:02:11 |
| vietnamese | 21 | Ported software for the Vietnamese market. | 09 Jun 2009 16:33:28 |
| windowmaker* | 120 | Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. | 23 Jun 2009 02:36:38 |
| www | 1798 | WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). | 03 Jul 2009 22:52:50 |
| x11 | 490 | X Window System based utilities. | 03 Jul 2009 13:08:55 |
| x11-clocks | 62 | X Window System based clocks. | 28 Jun 2009 14:46:53 |
| x11-drivers | 68 | X Window System drivers. | 30 Jun 2009 17:55:13 |
| x11-fm | 42 | X Window System based file managers. | 21 Jun 2009 23:11:42 |
| x11-fonts | 143 | X Window System fonts and font utilities. | 25 Jun 2009 14:41:50 |
| x11-servers | 10 | X Window System servers. | 20 Jun 2009 00:19:01 |
| x11-themes | 209 | X Window System themes. | 03 Jul 2009 09:40:29 |
| x11-toolkits | 310 | X Window System based development toolkits. | 03 Jul 2009 13:13:02 |
| x11-wm | 139 | X Window System window managers. | 30 Jun 2009 17:51:25 |
| xfce* | 64 | Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. | 01 Jul 2009 13:33:11 |
| zope* | 54 | Software related to the Zope platform. | 22 Jun 2009 19:09:48 |
| port count: | 20375 | (63 categories) |
| Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003 |
