Top 15 miniBSD Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

miniBSD is a project to develop a set of scripts that shrinks a running FreeBSD system to a small sized miniBSD distribution suited for small media like USB pens and CF cards.

The size of the distribution is usually 12-15M (it fits in a 16M flash) and contains everything you usually need to run a full FreeBSD system in a confortable way. We decided to start this project after reading about a similar idea on Martin Kasper's site (see credits below) and mainly because we need a FreeBSD system that could be fitted in a small compact flash without loosing too much of a full FreeBSD system ease of use. So it is half way between a PicoBSD system (floppy size) and NanoBSD or penBSD. ...

1. gphoto

gphoto gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 1400 camerasgPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, MacOS X, etc.......

2. PostgreSQL Data Access Components

PostgreSQL Data Access Components PostgreSQL Data Access Components (PgDAC) is a library of components that provides direct access to PostgreSQL database servers from Embarcadero RAD Studio 10 Seattle, Embarcadero RAD Studio XE8/XE7/XE6/XE5/XE4/XE3/XE2/XE, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, CodeGear RAD Studio 2009/2007, Borland Developer Studio 2006, Turbo Delphi Professional, Turbo Delphi for .NET Professional, Turbo C++......

3. MySQL Data Access Components

MySQL Data Access Components MyDAC (Data Access Components for MySQL) is a library of components that provides direct access to MySQL database servers from Embarcadero RAD Studio 10 Seattle, Embarcadero RAD Studio XE8/XE7/XE6/XE5/XE4/XE3/XE2/XE, CodeGear RAD Studio 2009/2007, Borland Developer Studio 2006, Turbo Delphi Professional, Turbo Delphi for .NET Professional, Turbo C++ Professional, Borland Delphi......

4. ZFSguru

ZFSguru Are you one of many home users who store a lot of personal data, accumulated over the years, and want to store those in a safe and cool way? Then consider the advantages of using ZFSguru:-Use high-quality RAID and filesystem technology provided by ZFS. Get rid of the bad quality......

5. GNU fdisk

GNU fdisk fdisk is a command-line utility that provides disk partitioning functions. It includes an ncurses disk partitioning utility called "cfdisk".......

6. FreeBSD Jails

FreeBSD Jails The FreeBSD jail mechanism is an implementation of operating system-level virtualization that allows system administrators to partition a FreeBSD-based computer system into several independent mini-systems called jails.......

7. m0n0wall

m0n0wall m0n0wall is a project aimed at creating a complete, embedded firewall software package that, when used together with an embedded PC, provides all the important features of commercial firewall boxes (including ease of use) at a fraction of the price (free software).m0n0wall is based on a bare-bones version of FreeBSD,......

8. SSHGuard

SSHGuard Sshguard monitors services through their logging activity. It reacts to messages about dangerous activity by blocking the source address with the local firewall. Sshguard employs a clever parser that can transparently recognize several logging formats at once (syslog, syslog-ng, metalog, multilog, raw messages), and detects attacks for many services out......

9. Oracle Data Access Components

Oracle Data Access Components Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) is a library of components that provides direct access to Oracle database servers from Embarcadero RAD Studio 10 Seattle, Embarcadero RAD Studio XE8/XE7/XE6/XE5/XE4/XE3/XE2/XE, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, CodeGear RAD Studio 2009/2007, Borland Developer Studio 2006, Turbo Delphi Professional, Turbo Delphi for .NET Professional, Turbo C++......

10. Rdist

Rdist MagniComp RDist is an open source program to maintain identical copies of files over multiple hosts. It preserves the owner, group, mode, and mtime of files and can update programs that are executing.......

11. FreeNAS

FreeNAS FreeNAS is a free NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI protocols, S.M.A.R.T., local user authentication, Software RAID (0,1,5) with a Full WEB configuration interface. FreeNAS takes less than 32MB once installed on Compact Flash, hard drive or USB key.The minimal FreeBSD distribution, Web interface,......

12. ShrewSoft VPN Client

ShrewSoft VPN Client The Shrew Soft VPN Client is a free IPsec Remote Access VPN Client for both Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems ( x86 and amd64 versions ) and for FreeBSD, NetBSD and Linux based operating systems. It was originally developed to provide secure communications between mobile Windows......

13. NetXMS

NetXMS NetXMS is an enterprise grade multi-platform open source network management and monitoring system. It provides comprehensive event management, performance monitoring, alerting, reporting and graphing for all layers of IT infrastructure — from network devices to business application layer.The system has three-tier architecture: the information is collected by monitoring agents (either......

14. Universal Data Access Components

Universal Data Access Components UniDAC (Universal Data Access Components) is a powerful library of non-visual cross-database data access components for direct access to various database servers from Embarcadero RAD Studio 10 Seattle, Embarcadero RAD Studio XE8/XE7/XE6/XE5/XE4/XE3/XE2/XE, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, CodeGear RAD Studio 2009/2007, Turbo Delphi Professional, Turbo Delphi for .NET Professional, Turbo C++......

15. Open Tax Solver

Open Tax Solver OpenTaxSolver (OTS) is a free program for calculating Tax Form entries and tax-owed or refund-due, such as Federal or State personal income taxes.......