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Mac OS X includes a number of open source technologies. These include a number of command-line tools, various servers such as Apache, the X11 graphical environment, several widget toolkits like wxWidgets and Tcl/Tk, and a number of programming languages like Perl and PHP. Developers can leverage these technologies to improve their user experience, reduce development time, and develop and deploy powerful web-based, command-line, and graphical applications.


Getting Started A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to open source.	Fundamentals Essential information about open source technologies.	Frameworks API references organized by framework.



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Databases Open source databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Ingres, and SQLite.	High Performance Computing Resources for scientific and high-performance computing.	Internet & Web Web programming technologies in Mac OS X.



Mac OS X Server Open source technologies provided by Mac OS X Server.	Networking Low-level open source networking and communication technologies.	Porting Porting information related to open source software development for Mac OS X.



Printing Open source printing technologies in Mac OS X.	Scripting & Automation Scripting languages, including PHP, Perl, Python, and shell scripts.	Security Open source security technologies in Mac OS X.



System Administration System administration support for Mac OS X using open source technologies.	Tools Open source developer tools, including GCC and GDB.