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

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  SELECT C.id                   AS category_id,
         C.name                 AS category,
         C.element_id           AS element_id,
         C.description          AS description,
         C.is_primary           AS is_primary,
         C.element_id           AS element_id,
         to_char(CS.last_update - SystemTimeAdjust(), 'DD Mon YYYY HH24:MI:SS') AS lastupdate,
         CS.port_count          AS count
    FROM categories C LEFT OUTER JOIN category_stats CS ON (C.id = CS.category_id) ORDER BY 8,2

Category	Count	Description	Last Update
0 wayland*	3	no description supplied	09 Sep 2017 20:24:12
1 plan9*	4	Software from the Plan9 operating system.	17 Aug 2017 18:06:43
2 spanish*	7	Ported software for the Spanish market.	04 Nov 2017 22:57:12
3 hebrew	8	Ported software for Hebrew language.	02 Nov 2017 21:12:58
4 kde-applications*	8	no description supplied	01 Dec 2017 07:04:07
5 arabic	9	Ported software for the Arabic market.	02 Nov 2017 21:12:58
6 hungarian	10	Ported software for the Hungarian market.	02 Nov 2017 21:12:58
7 ukrainian	11	Ported software for the Ukrainian market.	02 Nov 2017 21:12:58
8 portuguese	15	Ported software for the Portuguese market.	04 Nov 2017 11:43:35
9 palm	16	Software support for the Palm(tm) series.	06 Oct 2017 11:18:36
10 x11-servers	16	X Window System servers.	30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
11 vietnamese	17	Ported software for the Vietnamese market.	08 Nov 2017 06:04:45
12 polish	21	Ported software for the Polish market.	30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
13 french	24	Ported software for French countries.	05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
14 afterstep*	25	Ports to support the AfterStep window manager.	30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
15 accessibility	27	Ports to help disabled users.	30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
16 enlightenment*	28	no description supplied	30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
17 german	33	Ported software for Germanic countries.	05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
18 scheme*	35	Software related to the Scheme language.	30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
19 lisp*	38	Things related to pure lisp.	30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
20 mate*	38	no description supplied	28 Oct 2017 01:32:24
21 korean	40	Ported software for the Korean market.	21 Nov 2017 08:36:27
22 russian	43	Ported software for the Russian market.	05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
23 x11-fm	45	X Window System based file managers.	01 Dec 2017 07:19:54
24 shells	51	Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc).	04 Dec 2017 16:59:20
25 parallel*	53	Applications dealing with parallelism in computing.	30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
26 x11-drivers	54	X Window System drivers.	30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
27 x11-clocks	55	X Window System based clocks.	03 Dec 2017 12:23:54
28 kld*	62	Kernel loadable modules.	30 Nov 2017 23:45:49
29 docs*	63	no description supplied	31 Oct 2017 14:57:54
30 windowmaker*	71	Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager.	05 Dec 2017 18:25:59
31 news	78	USENET News support software.	03 Dec 2017 12:23:54
32 xfce*	78	Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment.	30 Nov 2017 20:36:35
33 ports-mgmt	79	Utilities for managing ports and packages.	05 Dec 2017 20:35:45
34 tk*	79	no description supplied	30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
35 tcl*	82	no description supplied	16 Nov 2017 20:30:44
36 elisp*	87	Things related to Emacs Lisp.	30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
37 benchmarks	93	Utilities for measuring system performance.	02 Dec 2017 11:04:07
38 gnustep*	100	Software for GNUstep desktop environment.	03 Dec 2017 12:23:54
39 hamradio*	119	Software for amateur radio.	05 Dec 2017 09:00:27
40 chinese	124	Ported software for the Chinese market.	05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
41 cad	129	Computer Aided Design utilities.	03 Dec 2017 19:20:35
42 geography*	131	Geography related ports.	03 Dec 2017 20:34:57
43 biology	132	Software related to biology.	05 Dec 2017 03:03:38
44 ruby*	133	Software related to the Ruby language.	22 Nov 2017 23:35:56
45 astro	138	Applications related to astronomy.	03 Dec 2017 20:37:17
46 java	141	Java language support.	02 Dec 2017 13:48:41
47 x11-wm	142	X Window System window managers.	30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
48 kde-frameworks*	143	no description supplied	01 Dec 2017 07:19:54
49 ftp	144	FTP client and server utilities.	03 Dec 2017 20:37:27
50 irc	149	Internet Relay Chat utilities.	03 Dec 2017 19:39:23
51 net-p2p	165	Peer to peer networking software.	02 Dec 2017 11:08:42
52 x11-themes	181	X Window System themes.	25 Nov 2017 20:34:37
53 kde-kde4*	182	no description supplied	01 Dec 2017 22:12:35
54 finance	185	Monetary, financial and related applications.	05 Dec 2017 21:04:59
55 x11-fonts	196	X Window System fonts and font utilities.	30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
56 converters	221	Format conversion utilities.	30 Nov 2017 15:50:34
57 net-im	228	Instant messaging software.	03 Dec 2017 08:25:32
58 comms	237	Communications utilities.	05 Dec 2017 09:00:27
59 linux*	240	Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility.	04 Dec 2017 09:00:26
60 zope*	253	Software related to the Zope platform.	30 Nov 2017 20:28:15
61 science	255	Scientific software.	05 Dec 2017 19:15:49
62 emulators	260	Utilities for emulating other OS types.	05 Dec 2017 21:00:21
63 dns	270	DNS client and server utilities.	04 Dec 2017 13:56:32
64 editors	295	Common text editors.	02 Dec 2017 23:10:48
65 print	298	Utilities for dealing with printing.	03 Dec 2017 12:23:54
66 deskutils	311	Various Desktop utilities.	05 Dec 2017 13:51:27
67 archivers	317	Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data.	05 Dec 2017 15:56:04
68 japanese	319	Ported software for the Japanese market.	05 Dec 2017 19:01:54
69 x11-toolkits	327	X Window System based development toolkits.	04 Dec 2017 20:45:56
70 net-mgmt	454	Network management utilities.	04 Dec 2017 18:54:39
71 lang	468	Computer languages.	05 Dec 2017 17:00:49
72 gnome*	533	Components of the Gnome Desktop environment.	02 Dec 2017 09:22:02
73 haskell*	556	Software related to the Haskell language.	30 Nov 2017 06:13:35
74 x11	590	X Window System based utilities.	04 Dec 2017 20:25:18
75 misc	591	Miscellaneous utilities.	04 Dec 2017 09:00:25
76 ipv6*	610	IPv6 related software.	05 Dec 2017 21:15:30
77 multimedia	619	Multimedia software.	05 Dec 2017 18:53:42
78 kde*	662	Software for the K Desktop Environment.	01 Dec 2017 22:12:35
79 pear*	758	Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system.	05 Dec 2017 19:53:55
80 mail	847	Electronic mail packages and utilities.	04 Dec 2017 23:55:05
81 math	1004	Mathematical computation software.	04 Dec 2017 21:00:33
82 audio	1055	Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card.	05 Dec 2017 18:25:59
83 games	1362	Various and sundry amusements.	05 Dec 2017 19:56:37
84 graphics	1394	Graphics libraries and utilities.	05 Dec 2017 20:52:58
85 databases	1451	Database software.	05 Dec 2017 21:15:30
86 security	1486	System security software.	05 Dec 2017 23:31:08
87 sysutils	1494	Various system utilities.	05 Dec 2017 21:51:11
88 rubygems*	1544	Packages for the RubyGems system.	05 Dec 2017 16:44:09
89 net	1684	Networking utilities.	05 Dec 2017 19:11:21
90 textproc	1996	Text processing/search utilities.	05 Dec 2017 22:00:55
91 python*	2846	Software related to the Python language.	05 Dec 2017 22:00:55
92 www	2895	WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc).	05 Dec 2017 21:44:13
93 perl5*	5524	Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language.	04 Dec 2017 17:09:40
94 devel	6680	Software development utilities and libraries.	05 Dec 2017 20:27:27
95 budgie*		no description supplied
96 education*		no description supplied
97 erlang*		no description supplied
98 filesystems		File systems and related utilities
99 kde-devel*		no description supplied
100 kde-plasma*		no description supplied
101 mbone		Applications and utilities for the MBONE.
102 net-vpn*		no description supplied
103 offix*		This is a virtual category. No description is available.
104 paralell*		This is a virtual category. No description is available.
105 perl*		This is a virtual category. No description is available.
106 php*		This is a virtual category. No description is available.
107 picobsd		Software support for the 3Com Palm(tm) series
108 python:2.7*		no description supplied
109 tcl80*		TCL v8.0 and packages which depend on it.
110 tcl81*		This is a virtual category. No description is available.
111 tcl82*		TCL v8.2 and packages which depend on it.
112 tcl83*		TCL v8.3 and packages which depend on it.
113 tcl84*		TCL v8.4 and packages which depend on it.
114 tk42*		This is a virtual category. No description is available.
115 tk80*		Tk8.0 and packages which depend on it.
116 tk82*		Tk8.2 and packages which depend on it.
117 tk83*		Tk8.3 and packages which depend on it.
118 tk84*		Tk8.4 and packages which depend on it.
119 tkstep80*		tkstep wm and packages which depend on it.
port count:	31979	(65 real categories)
Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003