Software for Plan 9

There are many software packages for Plan 9, both native and ported from other systems. The main repository for Plan 9 software is "sources". For instructions on how to get access to sources please read the Staying up to date page, if you have all setup properly you can just run:

	9fs sources; cd /n/sources/

There is a web interface to sources: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/

Packages in sources:

• /n/sources/contrib - Software by external contributors - See Contrib index for details
• /n/sources/extra - Various random bits, including retired bits
• /n/sources/xen - The Plan 9 port to Xen

Packages hosted elsewhere (in process of moving to sources):

• Charles Forsyth's collection.
• Doug McIlroy's released source - Includes data files for map(7)
• http://rs-rlab.narod.ru/plan9.html
• Kenji Arisawa's software page for Plan 9
• cat-v code repo
• werc: web framework/CMS

Defunct Pages (can be found on Archive.org):

• Nemo's collection.
• Caerwyn's collection

Forks, distributions and related projects:

• 9front
• 9atom
• 9legacy
• PlanB
• Inferno

Please, if you write any software, get your own directory in sources and host it there; to get your own dir in sources please email Geoff Collyer.

Also remember to add/update an entry in the TODO section if you are working on a Plan 9 (or derivative) project.

SEE ALSO

Web browsers, Drawterm, Contrib Index Games