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Freely-Given.org Software

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In this section, we intend to post links to free and open source software that's useful to Christian organisations and workers. If you use software like this, please let us know so we can add it to this page. Reviews and ratings are also welcome. For now, we just have a preliminary list:

ApplicationPackage Name (and link)CommentsSystemsRating
Bible format conversion (from USFM, USX, or OSIS)Bible drop box Upload your zip file and it automatically converts the Bible files to various other formats, as well as doing very extensive error checking (suitable for prepublication runs) Web***
Bible displayBibleDoor An easy-to-use Bible program especially for minority language Bibles on Android Android*
Bible studyBiblelastic Fantastic in-depth Bible study software Desktop and Web and mobile*
Bible (translation) editorBiblelator editor An editor for USFM Bible files Linux, Mac, Windows (Python3/TKinter)*
Bibledit An editor for USFM Bible files Linux, Mac, Windows (C++,GTK)***
Church managementBellevue Church Management System A church-sponsored, open source project for keeping track of volunteers, finances, etc. Windows server***
Office workLibreOffice A highly-recommended free productivity suite which includes a word processor, spreadsheet, slide presentations, database, etc. Linux, Windows, Mac*****
Apache OpenOffice A recommended free productivity suite which includes a word processor, spreadsheet, slide presentations, database, etc. Linux, Windows, Mac****
Song and Bible projectionOpenLP A cross-platform program for controlling church projectors Linux, Windows, Mac, Android****
OpenSong A cross-platform program for editing and displaying songs and Bibles. Linux, Windows, Mac***