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Category  | Count | Description | Last Update |
| accessibility | 34 | Ports to help disabled users. | 29 Apr 2013 22:27:05 |
| afterstep* | 31 | Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. | 03 May 2013 16:36:41 |
| arabic | 10 | Ported software for the Arabic market. | 11 May 2013 17:58:56 |
| archivers | 214 | Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. | 17 May 2013 17:09:06 |
| astro | 121 | Applications related to astronomy. | 14 May 2013 15:50:44 |
| audio | 910 | Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. | 16 May 2013 14:10:53 |
| benchmarks | 74 | Utilities for measuring system performance. | 16 May 2013 08:40:00 |
| biology | 96 | Software related to biology. | 06 May 2013 15:34:18 |
| cad | 106 | Computer Aided Design utilities. | 17 May 2013 12:39:04 |
| chinese | 141 | Ported software for the Chinese market. | 11 May 2013 17:58:56 |
| comms | 182 | Communications utilities. | 17 May 2013 13:10:11 |
| converters | 158 | Format conversion utilities. | 14 May 2013 16:30:02 |
| databases | 909 | Database software. | 17 May 2013 22:30:44 |
| deskutils | 296 | Various Desktop utilities. | 16 May 2013 20:13:20 |
| devel | 4401 | Software development utilities and libraries. | 17 May 2013 22:06:15 |
| dns | 160 | DNS client and server utilities. | 16 May 2013 22:43:05 |
| docs* | 20 | no description supplied | 08 Apr 2013 19:19:31 |
| editors | 305 | Common text editors. | 17 May 2013 23:49:02 |
| elisp* | 135 | Things related to Emacs Lisp. | 14 May 2013 19:46:21 |
| emulators | 197 | Utilities for emulating other OS types. | 16 May 2013 19:46:52 |
| enlightenment* | 108 | no description supplied | 15 May 2013 18:30:49 |
| finance | 164 | Monetary, financial and related applications. | 13 May 2013 09:59:52 |
| french | 29 | Ported software for French countries. | 09 May 2013 18:26:53 |
| ftp | 107 | FTP client and server utilities. | 17 May 2013 08:11:03 |
| games | 1172 | Various and sundry amusements. | 17 May 2013 01:02:37 |
| geography* | 97 | Geography related ports. | 15 May 2013 00:29:32 |
| german | 45 | Ported software for Germanic countries. | 09 May 2013 18:26:53 |
| gnome* | 534 | Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. | 17 May 2013 21:14:58 |
| gnustep* | 116 | Software for GNUstep desktop environment. | 10 May 2013 20:43:23 |
| graphics | 1122 | Graphics libraries and utilities. | 17 May 2013 07:52:46 |
| hamradio* | 73 | Software for amateur radio. | 17 May 2013 13:10:11 |
| haskell* | 405 | Software related to the Haskell language. | 12 May 2013 19:39:01 |
| hebrew | 9 | Ported software for Hebrew language. | 09 May 2013 18:26:53 |
| hungarian | 13 | Ported software for the Hungarian market. | 09 May 2013 18:26:53 |
| ipv6* | 666 | IPv6 related software. | 17 May 2013 22:30:44 |
| irc | 144 | Internet Relay Chat utilities. | 17 May 2013 12:27:05 |
| japanese | 357 | Ported software for the Japanese market. | 15 May 2013 18:19:49 |
| java | 144 | Java language support. | 15 May 2013 00:17:57 |
| kde* | 742 | Software for the K Desktop Environment. | 14 May 2013 18:09:22 |
| kld* | 65 | Kernel loadable modules. | 15 May 2013 21:22:22 |
| korean | 44 | Ported software for the Korean market. | 11 May 2013 17:58:56 |
| lang | 372 | Computer languages. | 17 May 2013 04:41:53 |
| linux* | 262 | Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. | 16 May 2013 04:14:31 |
| lisp* | 57 | Things related to pure lisp. | 07 May 2013 06:01:00 |
| mail | 760 | Electronic mail packages and utilities. | 17 May 2013 07:50:39 |
| math | 667 | Mathematical computation software. | 17 May 2013 09:49:32 |
| misc | 575 | Miscellaneous utilities. | 16 May 2013 20:20:19 |
| multimedia | 415 | Multimedia software. | 17 May 2013 21:53:51 |
| net | 1276 | Networking utilities. | 17 May 2013 13:47:11 |
| net-im | 194 | Instant messaging software. | 16 May 2013 20:07:39 |
| net-mgmt | 334 | Network management utilities. | 17 May 2013 07:30:49 |
| net-p2p | 112 | Peer to peer networking software. | 10 May 2013 19:39:58 |
| news | 91 | USENET News support software. | 15 May 2013 19:39:20 |
| palm | 32 | Software support for the Palm(tm) series. | 06 May 2013 10:22:41 |
| parallel* | 36 | Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. | 11 May 2013 17:58:56 |
| pear* | 502 | Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. | 14 May 2013 16:35:08 |
| perl5* | 4895 | Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. | 17 May 2013 13:16:36 |
| plan9* | 4 | Software from the Plan9 operating system. | 06 May 2013 15:34:18 |
| polish | 24 | Ported software for the Polish market. | 16 May 2013 20:07:39 |
| ports-mgmt | 83 | Utilities for managing ports and packages. | 17 May 2013 05:13:33 |
| portuguese | 19 | Ported software for the Portuguese market. | 09 May 2013 18:26:53 |
| print | 324 | Utilities for dealing with printing. | 17 May 2013 18:44:50 |
| python* | 1655 | Software related to the Python language. | 17 May 2013 14:05:34 |
| ruby* | 256 | Software related to the Ruby language. | 13 May 2013 15:39:33 |
| rubygems* | 558 | Packages for the RubyGems system. | 10 May 2013 13:38:05 |
| russian | 53 | Ported software for the Russian market. | 11 May 2013 17:58:56 |
| scheme* | 42 | Software related to the Scheme language. | 06 May 2013 15:34:18 |
| science | 185 | Scientific software. | 17 May 2013 14:05:34 |
| security | 1007 | System security software. | 17 May 2013 19:47:35 |
| shells | 42 | Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). | 10 May 2013 14:46:29 |
| spanish* | 3 | Ported software for the Spanish market. | 24 Apr 2013 13:36:19 |
| sysutils | 1077 | Various system utilities. | 17 May 2013 20:09:11 |
| tcl* | 77 | no description supplied | 14 May 2013 10:54:14 |
| textproc | 1541 | Text processing/search utilities. | 17 May 2013 18:47:09 |
| tk* | 100 | no description supplied | 17 May 2013 21:56:21 |
| ukrainian | 13 | Ported software for the Ukrainian market. | 09 May 2013 18:26:53 |
| vietnamese | 22 | Ported software for the Vietnamese market. | 11 May 2013 17:58:56 |
| windowmaker* | 83 | Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. | 04 May 2013 21:10:24 |
| www | 2179 | WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). | 17 May 2013 19:53:04 |
| x11 | 488 | X Window System based utilities. | 17 May 2013 19:28:04 |
| x11-clocks | 58 | X Window System based clocks. | 11 May 2013 19:52:08 |
| x11-drivers | 54 | X Window System drivers. | 28 Mar 2013 16:29:01 |
| x11-fm | 38 | X Window System based file managers. | 13 May 2013 16:41:53 |
| x11-fonts | 161 | X Window System fonts and font utilities. | 09 May 2013 22:40:50 |
| x11-servers | 9 | X Window System servers. | 11 Mar 2013 19:14:28 |
| x11-themes | 189 | X Window System themes. | 16 May 2013 20:07:39 |
| x11-toolkits | 290 | X Window System based development toolkits. | 17 May 2013 21:56:21 |
| x11-wm | 166 | X Window System window managers. | 16 May 2013 21:38:19 |
| xfce* | 68 | Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. | 17 May 2013 19:53:04 |
| zope* | 242 | Software related to the Zope platform. | 17 Apr 2013 18:01:53 |
| port count: | 24514 | (62 categories) |
| Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003 |
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