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Category  | Count | Description | Last Update |
| accessibility | 30 | Ports to help disabled users. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| afterstep* | 32 | Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. | 24 Oct 2011 09:11:38 |
| arabic | 10 | Ported software for the Arabic market. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| archivers | 204 | Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. | 08 Feb 2012 14:01:32 |
| astro | 116 | Applications related to astronomy. | 09 Feb 2012 14:07:43 |
| audio | 861 | Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. | 09 Feb 2012 08:57:38 |
| benchmarks | 67 | Utilities for measuring system performance. | 01 Feb 2012 18:57:02 |
| biology | 94 | Software related to biology. | 09 Feb 2012 03:28:51 |
| cad | 100 | Computer Aided Design utilities. | 09 Feb 2012 00:09:14 |
| chinese | 142 | Ported software for the Chinese market. | 09 Feb 2012 01:02:07 |
| comms | 165 | Communications utilities. | 10 Feb 2012 13:15:13 |
| converters | 151 | Format conversion utilities. | 09 Feb 2012 17:56:36 |
| databases | 830 | Database software. | 10 Feb 2012 13:16:49 |
| deskutils | 302 | Various Desktop utilities. | 10 Feb 2012 04:35:08 |
| devel | 3942 | Software development utilities and libraries. | 10 Feb 2012 12:55:39 |
| dns | 151 | DNS client and server utilities. | 06 Feb 2012 23:34:57 |
| docs* | 20 | no description supplied | 06 Feb 2012 20:36:52 |
| editors | 253 | Common text editors. | 10 Feb 2012 10:52:59 |
| elisp* | 142 | Things related to Emacs Lisp. | 29 Jan 2012 13:11:51 |
| emulators | 198 | Utilities for emulating other OS types. | 10 Feb 2012 00:33:53 |
| enlightenment* | 95 | no description supplied | 06 Feb 2012 15:33:14 |
| finance | 100 | Monetary, financial and related applications. | 05 Feb 2012 10:35:59 |
| french | 31 | Ported software for French countries. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| ftp | 112 | FTP client and server utilities. | 10 Feb 2012 13:09:54 |
| games | 1080 | Various and sundry amusements. | 09 Feb 2012 15:13:45 |
| geography* | 96 | Geography related ports. | 09 Feb 2012 14:07:43 |
| german | 45 | Ported software for Germanic countries. | 06 Feb 2012 02:59:36 |
| gnome* | 540 | Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. | 09 Feb 2012 18:47:03 |
| gnustep* | 195 | Software for GNUstep desktop environment. | 08 Feb 2012 06:47:02 |
| graphics | 1036 | Graphics libraries and utilities. | 10 Feb 2012 12:35:21 |
| hamradio* | 61 | Software for amateur radio. | 10 Feb 2012 13:15:13 |
| haskell* | 226 | Software related to the Haskell language. | 05 Feb 2012 14:21:27 |
| hebrew | 9 | Ported software for Hebrew language. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| hungarian | 13 | Ported software for the Hungarian market. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| ipv6* | 726 | IPv6 related software. | 09 Feb 2012 08:57:38 |
| irc | 143 | Internet Relay Chat utilities. | 07 Feb 2012 06:32:59 |
| japanese | 366 | Ported software for the Japanese market. | 08 Feb 2012 21:16:34 |
| java | 147 | Java language support. | 29 Jan 2012 13:19:47 |
| kde* | 670 | Software for the K Desktop Environment. | 09 Feb 2012 01:59:21 |
| kld* | 70 | Kernel loadable modules. | 07 Feb 2012 01:31:10 |
| korean | 43 | Ported software for the Korean market. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| lang | 373 | Computer languages. | 09 Feb 2012 16:36:20 |
| linux* | 272 | Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. | 07 Feb 2012 17:56:41 |
| lisp* | 57 | Things related to pure lisp. | 07 Feb 2012 01:10:34 |
| mail | 761 | Electronic mail packages and utilities. | 10 Feb 2012 13:29:21 |
| math | 622 | Mathematical computation software. | 10 Feb 2012 09:33:05 |
| misc | 575 | Miscellaneous utilities. | 09 Feb 2012 17:09:51 |
| multimedia | 384 | Multimedia software. | 08 Feb 2012 18:20:50 |
| net | 1217 | Networking utilities. | 10 Feb 2012 13:10:48 |
| net-im | 182 | Instant messaging software. | 09 Feb 2012 20:08:01 |
| net-mgmt | 308 | Network management utilities. | 09 Feb 2012 00:59:31 |
| net-p2p | 117 | Peer to peer networking software. | 06 Feb 2012 08:03:27 |
| news | 90 | USENET News support software. | 24 Jan 2012 12:05:45 |
| palm | 35 | Software support for the Palm(tm) series. | 21 Jan 2012 17:40:15 |
| parallel* | 39 | Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. | 10 Feb 2012 09:33:05 |
| pear* | 465 | Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. | 10 Feb 2012 11:04:08 |
| perl5* | 4675 | Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. | 10 Feb 2012 13:29:21 |
| plan9* | 5 | Software from the Plan9 operating system. | 10 Nov 2011 05:38:32 |
| polish | 24 | Ported software for the Polish market. | 06 Feb 2012 02:59:55 |
| ports-mgmt | 78 | Utilities for managing ports and packages. | 09 Feb 2012 17:09:51 |
| portuguese | 19 | Ported software for the Portuguese market. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| print | 349 | Utilities for dealing with printing. | 09 Feb 2012 01:59:21 |
| python* | 1458 | Software related to the Python language. | 10 Feb 2012 04:35:08 |
| ruby* | 252 | Software related to the Ruby language. | 08 Feb 2012 18:54:33 |
| rubygems* | 483 | Packages for the RubyGems system. | 09 Feb 2012 07:48:42 |
| russian | 54 | Ported software for the Russian market. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| scheme* | 42 | Software related to the Scheme language. | 21 Jan 2012 17:40:15 |
| science | 187 | Scientific software. | 10 Feb 2012 09:33:05 |
| security | 929 | System security software. | 10 Feb 2012 10:26:07 |
| shells | 41 | Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). | 10 Feb 2012 03:07:34 |
| spanish* | 4 | Ported software for the Spanish market. | 28 Nov 2011 16:06:00 |
| sysutils | 1013 | Various system utilities. | 10 Feb 2012 02:34:56 |
| tcl* | 74 | no description supplied | 21 Jan 2012 17:40:15 |
| textproc | 1474 | Text processing/search utilities. | 10 Feb 2012 03:41:36 |
| tk* | 110 | no description supplied | 30 Jan 2012 04:48:57 |
| ukrainian | 13 | Ported software for the Ukrainian market. | 25 Jan 2012 10:21:01 |
| vietnamese | 22 | Ported software for the Vietnamese market. | 24 Oct 2011 09:11:38 |
| windowmaker* | 89 | Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. | 01 Feb 2012 01:33:53 |
| www | 2058 | WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). | 10 Feb 2012 13:22:22 |
| x11 | 476 | X Window System based utilities. | 08 Feb 2012 05:56:35 |
| x11-clocks | 59 | X Window System based clocks. | 08 Feb 2012 22:32:05 |
| x11-drivers | 57 | X Window System drivers. | 08 Feb 2012 14:01:32 |
| x11-fm | 39 | X Window System based file managers. | 28 Jan 2012 17:49:46 |
| x11-fonts | 157 | X Window System fonts and font utilities. | 09 Feb 2012 17:09:51 |
| x11-servers | 10 | X Window System servers. | 08 Jan 2012 07:01:25 |
| x11-themes | 197 | X Window System themes. | 30 Jan 2012 19:47:51 |
| x11-toolkits | 302 | X Window System based development toolkits. | 08 Feb 2012 06:54:54 |
| x11-wm | 181 | X Window System window managers. | 10 Feb 2012 08:16:33 |
| xfce* | 69 | Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. | 08 Feb 2012 22:32:05 |
| zope* | 239 | Software related to the Zope platform. | 05 Feb 2012 18:59:57 |
| port count: | 23144 | (62 categories) |
| Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003 |
