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Category  | Count | Description | Last Update |
| accessibility | 23 | Ports to help disabled users. | 05 May 2008 20:22:06 |
| afterstep* | 35 | Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. | 19 Apr 2008 18:56:05 |
| arabic | 10 | Ported software for the Arabic market. | 19 Apr 2008 18:56:05 |
| archivers | 162 | Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. | 10 May 2008 17:28:11 |
| astro | 87 | Applications related to astronomy. | 03 May 2008 14:00:41 |
| audio | 777 | Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. | 07 May 2008 19:32:27 |
| benchmarks | 60 | Utilities for measuring system performance. | 08 May 2008 08:14:19 |
| biology | 80 | Software related to biology. | 04 May 2008 12:41:25 |
| cad | 80 | Computer Aided Design utilities. | 06 May 2008 09:22:55 |
| chinese | 138 | Ported software for the Chinese market. | 06 May 2008 22:50:00 |
| comms | 145 | Communications utilities. | 04 May 2008 08:45:24 |
| converters | 108 | Format conversion utilities. | 08 May 2008 09:32:34 |
| databases | 568 | Database software. | 09 May 2008 18:58:05 |
| deskutils | 225 | Various Desktop utilities. | 05 May 2008 21:01:14 |
| devel | 2446 | Software development utilities and libraries. | 09 May 2008 23:28:17 |
| dns | 124 | DNS client and server utilities. | 07 May 2008 13:45:23 |
| editors | 192 | Common text editors. | 07 May 2008 22:31:54 |
| elisp* | 141 | Things related to Emacs Lisp. | 06 May 2008 07:43:24 |
| emulators | 183 | Utilities for emulating other OS types. | 08 May 2008 21:45:10 |
| finance | 76 | Monetary, financial and related applications. | 23 Apr 2008 20:37:20 |
| french | 26 | Ported software for French countries. | 05 May 2008 08:35:09 |
| ftp | 113 | FTP client and server utilities. | 08 May 2008 13:10:02 |
| games | 996 | Various and sundry amusements. | 08 May 2008 13:12:07 |
| geography* | 64 | Geography related ports. | 04 May 2008 04:18:16 |
| german | 39 | Ported software for Germanic countries. | 04 May 2008 17:59:51 |
| gnome* | 554 | Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. | 10 May 2008 21:40:11 |
| gnustep* | 169 | Software for GNUstep desktop environment. | 07 May 2008 05:28:38 |
| graphics | 832 | Graphics libraries and utilities. | 09 May 2008 13:46:51 |
| hamradio* | 53 | Software for amateur radio. | 26 Apr 2008 13:48:30 |
| haskell* | 36 | Software related to the Haskell language. | 04 May 2008 20:25:37 |
| hebrew | 7 | Ported software for Hebrew language. | 19 Apr 2008 18:56:05 |
| hungarian | 10 | Ported software for the Hungarian market. | 23 Apr 2008 17:52:20 |
| ipv6* | 724 | IPv6 related software. | 10 May 2008 08:40:22 |
| irc | 128 | Internet Relay Chat utilities. | 09 May 2008 00:13:22 |
| japanese | 414 | Ported software for the Japanese market. | 06 May 2008 07:43:24 |
| java | 157 | Java language support. | 10 May 2008 04:51:44 |
| kde* | 409 | Software for the K Desktop Environment. | 06 May 2008 14:25:48 |
| kld* | 50 | Kernel loadable modules. | 04 May 2008 08:45:24 |
| korean | 58 | Ported software for the Korean market. | 22 Apr 2008 10:31:01 |
| lang | 341 | Computer languages. | 09 May 2008 18:11:13 |
| linux* | 241 | Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. | 10 May 2008 19:58:03 |
| lisp* | 31 | Things related to pure lisp. | 04 May 2008 05:47:35 |
| mail | 690 | Electronic mail packages and utilities. | 10 May 2008 13:02:07 |
| math | 404 | Mathematical computation software. | 08 May 2008 22:29:06 |
| mbone | 17 | Applications and utilities for the MBONE. | 29 Apr 2008 06:36:38 |
| misc | 516 | Miscellaneous utilities. | 07 May 2008 05:56:00 |
| multimedia | 265 | Multimedia software. | 09 May 2008 22:30:53 |
| net | 1024 | Networking utilities. | 10 May 2008 10:00:09 |
| net-im | 141 | Instant messaging software. | 06 May 2008 14:23:52 |
| net-mgmt | 249 | Network management utilities. | 10 May 2008 13:25:48 |
| net-p2p | 129 | Peer to peer networking software. | 09 May 2008 23:39:29 |
| news | 103 | USENET News support software. | 04 May 2008 06:01:44 |
| palm | 40 | Software support for the Palm(tm) series. | 30 Apr 2008 13:50:15 |
| parallel* | 41 | Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. | 02 May 2008 12:44:37 |
| pear* | 280 | Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. | 10 May 2008 05:58:18 |
| perl5* | 3123 | Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. | 09 May 2008 18:58:05 |
| plan9* | 10 | Software from the Plan9 operating system. | 19 Apr 2008 18:56:05 |
| polish | 18 | Ported software for the Polish market. | 23 Apr 2008 22:49:02 |
| ports-mgmt | 55 | Utilities for managing ports and packages. | 01 May 2008 16:49:22 |
| portuguese | 14 | Ported software for the Portuguese market. | 19 Apr 2008 18:56:05 |
| print | 329 | Utilities for dealing with printing. | 10 May 2008 19:58:03 |
| python* | 727 | Software related to the Python language. | 08 May 2008 21:47:27 |
| ruby* | 301 | Software related to the Ruby language. | 07 May 2008 00:48:13 |
| rubygems* | 101 | Packages for the RubyGems system. | 03 May 2008 23:16:32 |
| russian | 39 | Ported software for the Russian market. | 04 May 2008 17:59:51 |
| scheme* | 44 | Software related to the Scheme language. | 28 Apr 2008 10:04:13 |
| science | 110 | Scientific software. | 07 May 2008 05:28:38 |
| security | 791 | System security software. | 10 May 2008 08:40:22 |
| shells | 38 | Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). | 06 May 2008 12:52:45 |
| spanish* | 7 | Ported software for the Spanish market. | 16 Apr 2008 23:06:05 |
| sysutils | 811 | Various system utilities. | 09 May 2008 17:52:13 |
| tcl* | 84 | no description supplied | 05 May 2008 15:54:25 |
| textproc | 1095 | Text processing/search utilities. | 10 May 2008 21:40:11 |
| tk* | 127 | no description supplied | 29 Apr 2008 06:36:38 |
| ukrainian | 8 | Ported software for the Ukrainian market. | 19 Apr 2008 18:56:05 |
| vietnamese | 21 | Ported software for the Vietnamese market. | 19 Apr 2008 18:56:05 |
| windowmaker* | 120 | Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. | 10 May 2008 10:00:09 |
| www | 1539 | WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). | 10 May 2008 05:48:07 |
| x11 | 466 | X Window System based utilities. | 07 May 2008 15:23:17 |
| x11-clocks | 57 | X Window System based clocks. | 01 May 2008 09:31:20 |
| x11-drivers | 64 | X Window System drivers. | 19 Apr 2008 21:57:04 |
| x11-fm | 39 | X Window System based file managers. | 29 Apr 2008 13:49:31 |
| x11-fonts | 134 | X Window System fonts and font utilities. | 29 Apr 2008 06:27:10 |
| x11-servers | 11 | X Window System servers. | 19 Apr 2008 18:56:05 |
| x11-themes | 199 | X Window System themes. | 29 Apr 2008 06:11:44 |
| x11-toolkits | 291 | X Window System based development toolkits. | 09 May 2008 08:52:55 |
| x11-wm | 143 | X Window System window managers. | 07 May 2008 18:41:21 |
| xfce* | 64 | Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. | 20 Apr 2008 23:27:05 |
| zope* | 53 | Software related to the Zope platform. | 06 May 2008 09:04:53 |
| port count: | 18455 | (63 categories) |
| Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003 |
