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Category  | Count | Description | Last Update |
| accessibility | 26 | Ports to help disabled users. | 20 Mar 2010 13:26:55 |
| afterstep* | 35 | Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. | 05 Feb 2010 11:46:55 |
| arabic | 10 | Ported software for the Arabic market. | 06 Feb 2010 21:52:30 |
| archivers | 189 | Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. | 17 Mar 2010 03:08:32 |
| astro | 109 | Applications related to astronomy. | 18 Mar 2010 18:55:15 |
| audio | 848 | Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. | 20 Mar 2010 13:14:52 |
| benchmarks | 66 | Utilities for measuring system performance. | 12 Feb 2010 14:19:55 |
| biology | 98 | Software related to biology. | 19 Mar 2010 08:32:48 |
| cad | 96 | Computer Aided Design utilities. | 04 Mar 2010 21:04:23 |
| chinese | 141 | Ported software for the Chinese market. | 20 Mar 2010 13:25:14 |
| comms | 163 | Communications utilities. | 07 Mar 2010 23:33:57 |
| converters | 136 | Format conversion utilities. | 09 Mar 2010 00:26:23 |
| databases | 714 | Database software. | 18 Mar 2010 15:42:33 |
| deskutils | 282 | Various Desktop utilities. | 11 Mar 2010 09:42:06 |
| devel | 3137 | Software development utilities and libraries. | 20 Mar 2010 10:24:28 |
| dns | 143 | DNS client and server utilities. | 17 Mar 2010 05:35:03 |
| docs* | 20 | no description supplied | 14 Feb 2010 07:58:45 |
| editors | 268 | Common text editors. | 20 Mar 2010 09:27:54 |
| elisp* | 152 | Things related to Emacs Lisp. | 02 Mar 2010 03:09:48 |
| emulators | 209 | Utilities for emulating other OS types. | 20 Mar 2010 02:12:01 |
| finance | 89 | Monetary, financial and related applications. | 18 Mar 2010 01:00:15 |
| french | 29 | Ported software for French countries. | 14 Mar 2010 14:03:26 |
| ftp | 119 | FTP client and server utilities. | 19 Mar 2010 16:11:24 |
| games | 1078 | Various and sundry amusements. | 18 Mar 2010 00:30:14 |
| geography* | 77 | Geography related ports. | 15 Mar 2010 08:58:25 |
| german | 42 | Ported software for Germanic countries. | 14 Mar 2010 14:03:26 |
| gnome* | 590 | Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. | 20 Mar 2010 13:25:14 |
| gnustep* | 194 | Software for GNUstep desktop environment. | 09 Mar 2010 14:35:18 |
| graphics | 985 | Graphics libraries and utilities. | 20 Mar 2010 10:06:12 |
| hamradio* | 61 | Software for amateur radio. | 15 Feb 2010 21:33:13 |
| haskell* | 120 | Software related to the Haskell language. | 05 Feb 2010 11:46:55 |
| hebrew | 8 | Ported software for Hebrew language. | 06 Feb 2010 21:52:30 |
| hungarian | 10 | Ported software for the Hungarian market. | 06 Feb 2010 21:52:30 |
| ipv6* | 758 | IPv6 related software. | 20 Mar 2010 13:28:50 |
| irc | 145 | Internet Relay Chat utilities. | 19 Mar 2010 23:09:10 |
| japanese | 390 | Ported software for the Japanese market. | 17 Mar 2010 06:49:59 |
| java | 166 | Java language support. | 10 Mar 2010 01:38:10 |
| kde* | 591 | Software for the K Desktop Environment. | 13 Mar 2010 20:11:03 |
| kld* | 68 | Kernel loadable modules. | 18 Mar 2010 15:06:13 |
| korean | 59 | Ported software for the Korean market. | 06 Feb 2010 21:52:30 |
| lang | 368 | Computer languages. | 20 Mar 2010 13:30:27 |
| linux* | 372 | Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. | 19 Mar 2010 09:32:29 |
| lisp* | 51 | Things related to pure lisp. | 05 Feb 2010 11:46:55 |
| mail | 748 | Electronic mail packages and utilities. | 19 Mar 2010 23:33:08 |
| math | 537 | Mathematical computation software. | 20 Mar 2010 13:16:39 |
| mbone | 13 | Applications and utilities for the MBONE. | 08 Mar 2010 19:20:44 |
| misc | 562 | Miscellaneous utilities. | 19 Mar 2010 23:13:43 |
| multimedia | 332 | Multimedia software. | 19 Mar 2010 23:15:51 |
| net | 1127 | Networking utilities. | 20 Mar 2010 13:28:50 |
| net-im | 172 | Instant messaging software. | 10 Mar 2010 23:41:23 |
| net-mgmt | 284 | Network management utilities. | 14 Mar 2010 16:56:00 |
| net-p2p | 136 | Peer to peer networking software. | 17 Mar 2010 08:11:12 |
| news | 103 | USENET News support software. | 23 Feb 2010 18:06:02 |
| palm | 42 | Software support for the Palm(tm) series. | 10 Mar 2010 12:53:40 |
| parallel* | 41 | Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. | 15 Mar 2010 17:45:51 |
| pear* | 346 | Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. | 14 Mar 2010 10:33:08 |
| perl5* | 3947 | Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. | 20 Mar 2010 10:29:56 |
| plan9* | 7 | Software from the Plan9 operating system. | 11 Mar 2010 15:37:04 |
| polish | 21 | Ported software for the Polish market. | 18 Feb 2010 19:05:45 |
| ports-mgmt | 63 | Utilities for managing ports and packages. | 12 Mar 2010 09:06:45 |
| portuguese | 17 | Ported software for the Portuguese market. | 01 Mar 2010 20:57:17 |
| print | 350 | Utilities for dealing with printing. | 19 Mar 2010 23:28:52 |
| python* | 1028 | Software related to the Python language. | 19 Mar 2010 19:38:07 |
| ruby* | 313 | Software related to the Ruby language. | 17 Mar 2010 01:01:55 |
| rubygems* | 225 | Packages for the RubyGems system. | 10 Mar 2010 12:08:48 |
| russian | 47 | Ported software for the Russian market. | 14 Mar 2010 14:03:26 |
| scheme* | 46 | Software related to the Scheme language. | 14 Mar 2010 14:16:52 |
| science | 139 | Scientific software. | 16 Mar 2010 15:30:41 |
| security | 877 | System security software. | 19 Mar 2010 22:58:47 |
| shells | 42 | Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). | 17 Mar 2010 06:29:16 |
| spanish* | 4 | Ported software for the Spanish market. | 05 Feb 2010 11:46:55 |
| sysutils | 938 | Various system utilities. | 20 Mar 2010 13:38:17 |
| tcl* | 78 | no description supplied | 25 Feb 2010 03:55:54 |
| textproc | 1270 | Text processing/search utilities. | 17 Mar 2010 21:06:18 |
| tk* | 122 | no description supplied | 02 Mar 2010 13:08:08 |
| ukrainian | 10 | Ported software for the Ukrainian market. | 06 Feb 2010 21:52:30 |
| vietnamese | 21 | Ported software for the Vietnamese market. | 05 Feb 2010 11:46:55 |
| windowmaker* | 121 | Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. | 05 Feb 2010 11:46:55 |
| www | 1933 | WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). | 20 Mar 2010 10:29:56 |
| x11 | 499 | X Window System based utilities. | 20 Mar 2010 13:31:19 |
| x11-clocks | 63 | X Window System based clocks. | 06 Feb 2010 21:52:30 |
| x11-drivers | 67 | X Window System drivers. | 12 Mar 2010 04:01:38 |
| x11-fm | 43 | X Window System based file managers. | 07 Mar 2010 23:35:37 |
| x11-fonts | 145 | X Window System fonts and font utilities. | 26 Feb 2010 21:20:38 |
| x11-servers | 10 | X Window System servers. | 08 Feb 2010 00:20:09 |
| x11-themes | 216 | X Window System themes. | 08 Mar 2010 23:02:06 |
| x11-toolkits | 316 | X Window System based development toolkits. | 20 Mar 2010 13:27:59 |
| x11-wm | 143 | X Window System window managers. | 14 Mar 2010 12:59:32 |
| xfce* | 67 | Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. | 11 Mar 2010 22:49:38 |
| zope* | 53 | Software related to the Zope platform. | 05 Feb 2010 11:46:55 |
| port count: | 21409 | (63 categories) |
| Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003 |
