ArcGIS Alternatives for Linux

ArcGIS is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is QGIS, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to ArcGIS and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to ArcGIS are R (programming language), GRASS GIS, PostGIS and SAGA GIS.

ArcGIS alternatives are mainly GIS Software but may also be Map Services or Programming Languages. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of ArcGIS.

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QGIS
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Free • Open Source
GIS Software
Map Service
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49 QGIS alternatives
QGIS, formerly Quantum GIS, is a user friendly open source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities.
- - QGIS is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to ArcGIS.
- - QGIS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ArcGIS.
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QGIS Features
1. Works OfflineQGIS can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Route PlanningPlan and optimize your route with QGIS to avoid traffic and save time.
Office 365 integration
Multiplatform
Arc GIS
Table manager
Community-based
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QGIS runs on multiple platforms, has a strong community and is becoming more and more mature. You can do almost everything using QGIS and it integrates very well with GRASS and SAGA for additional power.
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powerfull, stable, userfriendly, beautiful rendering and free.
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The GUI is pretty simple and intuitive and it runs decent on windows (at least as fast as ArcMap), but on GNU/Linux it flies. And since the license is GPL you can use it for different purposes (from educational to research or commercial) without worrying for a sue.
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yes. because for linux this is the only option available.
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u can do everything in qgis what u can do in ArcGIS but also in QGIS u have full acces to the source code and all is free
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R (programming language)
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Free • Open Source
Programming Language
Statistical Analyzer
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101 R (programming language) alternatives
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be consider.
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R (programming language) Features
1. Support for scriptingR (programming language) supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Data Mining
Customizability
Communities
Automatic data loading
Quantitative data analysis
Data science
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Even though this programming language is not specific to spatial data, the vast collection of R packages available for importing, processing, analysing, converting and visualising spatial makes it an excellent alternative that can create fully reproducible processes. Searching "R Spatial" online will bring up a wealth of books, tutorials and resources.
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GRASS GIS
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36 GRASS GIS alternatives
GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source, free software (FOSS) Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological, vector, image processing, and visualization functionality.
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Almost everyone thinks GRASS GIS is a great ArcGIS alternative.
PostGIS
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Free • Open Source
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Map Service
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18 PostGIS alternatives
PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRIs SDE...
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While PostGIS can collect GIS data, its primary functionality is that of a database and doesn't provide most of the feature set that ArcGIS has.
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SAGA GIS
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Free • Open Source
GIS Software
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31 SAGA GIS alternatives
SAGA - System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses - is a Geographic Information System (GIS) software with immense capabilities for geodata processing and analysis. SAGA is programmed in the object oriented C++ language and supports the implementation of new functions with a...
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SAGA GIS Features
Modular System
gvSIG Desktop
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GIS Software
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26 gvSIG Desktop alternatives
gvSIG is a Geographic Information System (GIS), that is, a desktop application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information in order to solve complex management and planning problems.
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Mapserver
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Free • Open Source
Map Service
GIS Software
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37 Mapserver alternatives
MapServer is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web. Originally developed in the mid-1990’s at the University of Minnesota, MapServer is released under an MIT-style license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows...
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BsmartGIS
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Paid • Proprietary
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Windows
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Online
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Self-Hosted
Software as a Service (SaaS)
6 BsmartGIS alternatives
bSmart GIS is a web-based GIS application software. It contains over 350 features and tools that can be used for Geo-spatial data management as well as analysis, image processing. For Electricity, Water, Gas, Telecom and Renewable Energy.
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BsmartGIS Features
Single Line Diagram
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For Electicity, Water and Gas utilities it is more suitable alternative, as it is easy to use and tailor made to the needs of the utilities.
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MapLarge
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Freemium • Proprietary
GIS Software
Map Service
Windows
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Online
27 MapLarge alternatives
Beautiful, User Friendly online mapping software that scales to big data.

The MapLarge API enables user-driven, low latency, interactive visual exploration and analysis of very large geospatial and non-geospatial data collections to recognize patterns and identify anomalies. Use.
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