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Get notified when packages are built

A new feature has been added. FreshPorts already tracks package built by the FreeBSD project. This information is displayed on each port page. You can now get an email when FreshPorts notices a new package is available for something on one of your watch lists. However, you must opt into that. Click on Report Subscriptions on the right, and New Package Notification box, and click on Update.

FInally, under Watch Lists, click on ABI Package Subscriptions to select your ABI (e.g. FreeBSD:14:amd64) & package set (latest/quarterly) combinatio for a given watch list. This is what FreshPorts will look for.

FreshPorts - list of categories

This page lists the categories and can be sorted by various criteria. Virtual categories are indicated by *.

You can sort each column by clicking on the header. e.g. click on Category to sort by category.

Category Ascending OrderCountDescriptionLast Update
tk*79no description supplied30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
accessibility27Ports to help disabled users.30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
afterstep*25Ports to support the AfterStep window manager.30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
arabic9Ported software for the Arabic market.02 Nov 2017 21:12:58
archivers317Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data.05 Dec 2017 15:56:04
astro138Applications related to astronomy.03 Dec 2017 20:37:17
audio1055Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card.05 Dec 2017 18:25:59
benchmarks93Utilities for measuring system performance.02 Dec 2017 11:04:07
biology132Software related to biology.05 Dec 2017 03:03:38
cad129Computer Aided Design utilities.03 Dec 2017 19:20:35
chinese124Ported software for the Chinese market.05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
comms237Communications utilities.05 Dec 2017 09:00:27
converters221Format conversion utilities.30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
databases1451Database software.05 Dec 2017 21:15:30
deskutils311Various Desktop utilities.05 Dec 2017 13:51:27
devel6680Software development utilities and libraries.05 Dec 2017 20:27:27
dns270DNS client and server utilities.04 Dec 2017 13:56:32
editors295Common text editors.02 Dec 2017 23:10:48
elisp*87Things related to Emacs Lisp.30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
emulators260Utilities for emulating other OS types.05 Dec 2017 21:00:21
finance185Monetary, financial and related applications.05 Dec 2017 21:04:59
french24Ported software for French countries.05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
ftp144FTP client and server utilities.03 Dec 2017 20:37:27
games1362Various and sundry amusements.05 Dec 2017 19:56:37
geography*131Geography related ports.03 Dec 2017 20:34:57
german33Ported software for Germanic countries.05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
gnome*533Components of the Gnome Desktop environment.02 Dec 2017 09:22:02
gnustep*100Software for GNUstep desktop environment.03 Dec 2017 12:23:54
graphics1394Graphics libraries and utilities.05 Dec 2017 20:52:58
hamradio*119Software for amateur radio.05 Dec 2017 09:00:27
haskell*556Software related to the Haskell language.30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
hebrew8Ported software for Hebrew language.02 Nov 2017 21:12:58
hungarian10Ported software for the Hungarian market.02 Nov 2017 21:12:58
ipv6*610IPv6 related software.05 Dec 2017 21:15:30
irc149Internet Relay Chat utilities.03 Dec 2017 19:39:23
japanese319Ported software for the Japanese market.05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
java141Java language support.02 Dec 2017 13:48:41
kde*662Software for the K Desktop Environment.01 Dec 2017 22:12:35
kld*62Kernel loadable modules.30 Nov 2017 23:45:49
korean40Ported software for the Korean market.21 Nov 2017 08:36:27
lang468Computer languages.05 Dec 2017 17:00:49
linux*240Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility.04 Dec 2017 09:00:26
lisp*38Things related to pure lisp.30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
mail847Electronic mail packages and utilities.04 Dec 2017 23:55:05
math1004Mathematical computation software.04 Dec 2017 21:00:33
misc591Miscellaneous utilities.04 Dec 2017 09:00:25
multimedia619Multimedia software.05 Dec 2017 18:53:42
net1684Networking utilities.05 Dec 2017 19:11:21
net-im228Instant messaging software.03 Dec 2017 08:25:32
net-mgmt454Network management utilities.04 Dec 2017 18:54:39
net-p2p165Peer to peer networking software.02 Dec 2017 11:08:42
news78USENET News support software.03 Dec 2017 12:23:54
palm16Software support for the Palm(tm) series.06 Oct 2017 11:18:36
parallel*53Applications dealing with parallelism in computing.30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
pear*758Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system.05 Dec 2017 19:53:55
perl5*5524Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language.04 Dec 2017 17:09:40
plan9*4Software from the Plan9 operating system.17 Aug 2017 18:06:43
polish21Ported software for the Polish market.30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
ports-mgmt79Utilities for managing ports and packages.05 Dec 2017 20:35:45
portuguese15Ported software for the Portuguese market.04 Nov 2017 11:43:35
print298Utilities for dealing with printing.03 Dec 2017 12:23:54
python*2846Software related to the Python language.05 Dec 2017 22:00:55
ruby*133Software related to the Ruby language.22 Nov 2017 23:35:56
rubygems*1544Packages for the RubyGems system.05 Dec 2017 16:44:09
russian43Ported software for the Russian market.05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
scheme*35Software related to the Scheme language.30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
science255Scientific software.05 Dec 2017 19:15:49
security1486System security software.05 Dec 2017 23:31:08
shells51Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc).04 Dec 2017 16:59:20
spanish*7Ported software for the Spanish market.04 Nov 2017 22:57:12
sysutils1494Various system utilities.05 Dec 2017 21:51:11
textproc1996Text processing/search utilities.05 Dec 2017 22:00:55
ukrainian11Ported software for the Ukrainian market.02 Nov 2017 21:12:58
vietnamese17Ported software for the Vietnamese market.08 Nov 2017 06:04:45
windowmaker*71Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager.05 Dec 2017 18:25:59
www2895WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc).05 Dec 2017 21:44:13
x11590X Window System based utilities.04 Dec 2017 20:25:18
x11-clocks55X Window System based clocks.03 Dec 2017 12:23:54
x11-drivers54X Window System drivers.30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
x11-fm45X Window System based file managers.01 Dec 2017 07:19:54
x11-fonts196X Window System fonts and font utilities.30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
x11-servers16X Window System servers.30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
x11-themes181X Window System themes.25 Nov 2017 20:34:37
x11-toolkits327X Window System based development toolkits.04 Dec 2017 20:45:56
x11-wm142X Window System window managers.30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
xfce*78Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment.30 Nov 2017 20:36:35
zope*253Software related to the Zope platform.30 Nov 2017 20:28:15
tcl*82no description supplied16 Nov 2017 20:30:44
docs*63no description supplied31 Oct 2017 14:57:54
enlightenment*28no description supplied30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
mate*38no description supplied28 Oct 2017 01:32:24
kde-kde4*182no description supplied01 Dec 2017 22:12:35
kde-frameworks*143no description supplied01 Dec 2017 07:19:54
wayland*3no description supplied09 Sep 2017 20:24:12
kde-applications*8no description supplied01 Dec 2017 07:04:07
port count:31979(62 categories)
Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003