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Category  | Count | Description | Last Update |
| accessibility | 34 | Ports to help disabled users. | 24 Aug 2016 08:20:31 |
| afterstep* | 25 | Ports to support the AfterStep window manager. | 26 Jul 2016 16:51:16 |
| arabic | 9 | Ported software for the Arabic market. | 26 Jul 2016 16:51:16 |
| archivers | 239 | Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data. | 01 Sep 2016 14:14:30 |
| astro | 121 | Applications related to astronomy. | 29 Aug 2016 14:33:43 |
| audio | 844 | Audio utilities - most require a supported sound card. | 31 Aug 2016 17:42:19 |
| base | 1 | No description supplied (pkg/COMMENT not found) | 27 Aug 2016 22:23:31 |
| benchmarks | 80 | Utilities for measuring system performance. | 31 Aug 2016 18:26:09 |
| biology | 104 | Software related to biology. | 26 Aug 2016 06:00:47 |
| cad | 84 | Computer Aided Design utilities. | 01 Sep 2016 02:47:29 |
| chinese | 118 | Ported software for the Chinese market. | 24 Aug 2016 08:20:31 |
| comms | 199 | Communications utilities. | 24 Aug 2016 08:20:31 |
| converters | 172 | Format conversion utilities. | 30 Aug 2016 12:55:20 |
| databases | 990 | Database software. | 31 Aug 2016 19:53:21 |
| deskutils | 276 | Various Desktop utilities. | 27 Aug 2016 20:39:11 |
| devel | 5523 | Software development utilities and libraries. | 01 Sep 2016 14:03:28 |
| dns | 206 | DNS client and server utilities. | 31 Aug 2016 12:06:24 |
| docs* | 21 | no description supplied | 10 Jul 2016 11:08:33 |
| editors | 264 | Common text editors. | 25 Aug 2016 18:23:40 |
| elisp* | 83 | Things related to Emacs Lisp. | 31 Aug 2016 09:01:28 |
| emulators | 173 | Utilities for emulating other OS types. | 29 Aug 2016 15:07:48 |
| enlightenment* | 31 | no description supplied | 30 Jun 2016 20:38:37 |
| finance | 169 | Monetary, financial and related applications. | 31 Aug 2016 18:59:05 |
| french | 19 | Ported software for French countries. | 20 Aug 2016 12:56:27 |
| ftp | 98 | FTP client and server utilities. | 31 Aug 2016 17:00:56 |
| games | 1163 | Various and sundry amusements. | 31 Aug 2016 18:15:52 |
| geography* | 107 | Geography related ports. | 31 Aug 2016 21:22:48 |
| german | 29 | Ported software for Germanic countries. | 20 Aug 2016 12:56:27 |
| gnome* | 503 | Components of the Gnome Desktop environment. | 31 Aug 2016 20:13:51 |
| gnustep* | 99 | Software for GNUstep desktop environment. | 08 Aug 2016 13:46:50 |
| graphics | 1095 | Graphics libraries and utilities. | 01 Sep 2016 13:20:13 |
| hamradio* | 92 | Software for amateur radio. | 08 Aug 2016 13:46:50 |
| haskell* | 493 | Software related to the Haskell language. | 26 Aug 2016 09:33:55 |
| hebrew | 8 | Ported software for Hebrew language. | 26 May 2016 03:38:38 |
| hungarian | 11 | Ported software for the Hungarian market. | 26 May 2016 03:38:38 |
| ipv6* | 349 | IPv6 related software. | 31 Aug 2016 19:53:21 |
| irc | 126 | Internet Relay Chat utilities. | 26 Aug 2016 06:17:08 |
| japanese | 306 | Ported software for the Japanese market. | 24 Aug 2016 08:20:31 |
| java | 122 | Java language support. | 26 Aug 2016 18:29:46 |
| kde* | 483 | Software for the K Desktop Environment. | 01 Sep 2016 07:57:00 |
| kld* | 52 | Kernel loadable modules. | 30 Aug 2016 16:51:21 |
| korean | 38 | Ported software for the Korean market. | 22 Jul 2016 09:00:33 |
| lang | 353 | Computer languages. | 01 Sep 2016 14:14:44 |
| linux* | 224 | Linux programs that can be run under binary compatibility. | 04 Aug 2016 20:29:57 |
| lisp* | 37 | Things related to pure lisp. | 04 Jul 2016 13:23:49 |
| mail | 752 | Electronic mail packages and utilities. | 01 Sep 2016 12:31:10 |
| mate* | 34 | no description supplied | 22 Aug 2016 12:14:40 |
| math | 721 | Mathematical computation software. | 01 Sep 2016 13:25:49 |
| misc | 503 | Miscellaneous utilities. | 01 Sep 2016 14:01:55 |
| multimedia | 444 | Multimedia software. | 01 Sep 2016 14:13:35 |
| net | 1421 | Networking utilities. | 31 Aug 2016 20:01:33 |
| net-im | 193 | Instant messaging software. | 31 Aug 2016 19:25:30 |
| net-mgmt | 351 | Network management utilities. | 01 Sep 2016 09:44:43 |
| net-p2p | 105 | Peer to peer networking software. | 26 Aug 2016 06:38:02 |
| news | 74 | USENET News support software. | 18 Aug 2016 09:01:14 |
| palm | 16 | Software support for the Palm(tm) series. | 19 May 2016 10:53:06 |
| parallel* | 33 | Applications dealing with parallelism in computing. | 01 Sep 2016 14:01:01 |
| pear* | 527 | Utilities/modules that fall into the PEAR system. | 31 Aug 2016 14:33:36 |
| perl5* | 5393 | Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language. | 01 Sep 2016 01:51:11 |
| plan9* | 3 | Software from the Plan9 operating system. | 20 Jul 2016 15:33:20 |
| polish | 20 | Ported software for the Polish market. | 24 Jul 2016 08:46:18 |
| ports-mgmt | 67 | Utilities for managing ports and packages. | 01 Sep 2016 14:08:05 |
| portuguese | 17 | Ported software for the Portuguese market. | 20 Aug 2016 12:56:27 |
| print | 263 | Utilities for dealing with printing. | 29 Aug 2016 15:02:18 |
| python* | 2387 | Software related to the Python language. | 01 Sep 2016 13:38:04 |
| ruby* | 158 | Software related to the Ruby language. | 01 Sep 2016 13:09:24 |
| rubygems* | 1198 | Packages for the RubyGems system. | 29 Aug 2016 15:50:30 |
| russian | 41 | Ported software for the Russian market. | 31 Aug 2016 18:19:26 |
| scheme* | 29 | Software related to the Scheme language. | 01 Sep 2016 09:01:25 |
| science | 183 | Scientific software. | 28 Aug 2016 05:56:02 |
| security | 1175 | System security software. | 31 Aug 2016 13:22:30 |
| shells | 43 | Various shells (tcsh, bash, etc). | 19 Aug 2016 04:23:33 |
| spanish* | 8 | Ported software for the Spanish market. | 24 May 2016 05:44:56 |
| sysutils | 1257 | Various system utilities. | 01 Sep 2016 13:14:15 |
| tcl* | 68 | no description supplied | 23 Aug 2016 20:28:17 |
| textproc | 1718 | Text processing/search utilities. | 31 Aug 2016 20:13:51 |
| tk* | 88 | no description supplied | 26 Jul 2016 16:51:16 |
| ukrainian | 11 | Ported software for the Ukrainian market. | 26 May 2016 03:38:38 |
| vietnamese | 17 | Ported software for the Vietnamese market. | 29 Jul 2016 10:53:38 |
| windowmaker* | 70 | Ports to support the WindowMaker window manager. | 04 Aug 2016 09:01:05 |
| www | 2420 | WEB utilities (browsers, HTTP servers, etc). | 01 Sep 2016 12:42:19 |
| x11 | 497 | X Window System based utilities. | 31 Aug 2016 14:30:13 |
| x11-clocks | 55 | X Window System based clocks. | 24 Aug 2016 08:20:31 |
| x11-drivers | 48 | X Window System drivers. | 20 Jun 2016 16:23:29 |
| x11-fm | 36 | X Window System based file managers. | 30 Aug 2016 16:09:46 |
| x11-fonts | 188 | X Window System fonts and font utilities. | 27 Aug 2016 11:13:39 |
| x11-servers | 10 | X Window System servers. | 06 Jul 2016 21:49:59 |
| x11-themes | 166 | X Window System themes. | 24 Aug 2016 08:20:31 |
| x11-toolkits | 278 | X Window System based development toolkits. | 23 Aug 2016 15:11:51 |
| x11-wm | 130 | X Window System window managers. | 23 Aug 2016 14:13:00 |
| xfce* | 73 | Ports to support the Xfce desktop environment. | 31 Aug 2016 21:22:48 |
| zope* | 253 | Software related to the Zope platform. | 13 May 2016 13:00:39 |
| port count: | 26194 | (63 categories) |
| Hmmm, I'm not so sure this port count is accurate. Dan Langille 27 April 2003 |
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