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Bitcoin Core

Open source Bitcoin client software.

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The project is maintained by a large open source developer community. Project maintainers have commit access and are responsible for merging patches from contributors, acting as a final check that patches are safe and aligned with project goals. Anyone can contribute code, review, testing, translation or documentation, and release notes include a credits section recognizing contributors over each release cycle.

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  1. Gentoo Linux

    A flexible, source-based Linux distribution

    Covers 2 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    60 out of 100 matchContact sales

  2. Arduino

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features.

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  3. BOINC

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features.

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  4. Debian

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
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  5. NLnet Labs

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    56 out of 100 matchFree

  6. MacPorts

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    56 out of 100 matchFree

  7. Electron

    Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    55 out of 100 matchFree

  8. FreeBSD

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    55 out of 100 matchContact sales

  9. Kubuntu

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

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  10. XAMPP

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

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  11. openSUSE

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    54 out of 100 matchFree

  12. Apache Hadoop

    Open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed computing

    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    54 out of 100 matchFree