SourceForge is considered as one of the largest open source repositories for open source software especially for Linux. Interestingly though, a look at the All Time Top 25 Most Popular open source projects here reveals some startling data. Here’s the list comparing the top 25 all time projects and their availability on Windows and Linux.
| Name | Win | Lin |
| Emule | x | |
| Azeurus | x | x |
| Ares Galaxy | x | |
| 7-Zip | x | |
| Filezilla | x | x |
| GTKWin | x | |
| Audacity | x | x |
| DC++ | x | |
| Bittorent | x | x |
| Shareza | x | |
| Virtualdub | x | |
| Portableapps | x | |
| CDEx | x | |
| Emule+ | x | |
| Pidgin | x | x |
| GuliverKil | x | |
| aMSN | x | x |
| WinSCP | x | |
| PDFCreator | x | |
| Simple DirList | x | x |
| UltraVNC | x | |
| TightVNC | x | x |
| AC3Fiter | x | |
| MinGW | x | |
| ZSNES | x | x |
| Total | 25 | 9 |
This actually shows that open source software is not only available but also more popular on Windows. Note that of the top 25, there were 16 projects available only for Windows and none that were available only for Linux. So do note that considering “open source” does not translate to considering “Linux” since Windows now has a ton of open source projects on it as well. CodePlex is another place where you can find open source projects for Windows exclusively.
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