Software

The Department primarily makes use of free and open-source software but also has licenses for a few proprietary packages.

Proprietary Software

The Department has negotiated licences to commercially available software. Unless otherwise indicated, this software license may only be used for educational purposes.

For more information please contact help@cs.uct.ac.za.

Azure Dev Tools for Teaching

This program was previously known by various other names including Microsoft Developer Academic Alliance and Dreamspark.

This program provides Computer Science staff and students with access to a large portfolio of Microsoft software intended for the study of software development and testing. It includes Platform SDK, SQL Server, Visual Studio .NET and Windows amongst others. It does not include access to Microsoft Office.

For more information about what software is please contact the Systems Administrators at help@cs.uct.ac.za.

WingWare

The following software is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux:

This software is available for installation on laboratory and student computers.

Jetbrains

The following software is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems:

This software is available to all University of Cape Town staff and students.

Note

To obtain a license register with your UCT email address at https://www.jetbrains.com/student/.

Free and Open-Source Software

A large amount of free and open-source software is available on the UCT campus through the UCT Linux Enthusiasts Group (LEG).

This includes various linux distributions, software such as Mozilla Firefox and OpenOffice.org.

The software is available on the LEG software mirror at ftp.leg.uct.ac.za.