This page contains links to Brown University licensed software and sources for commonly used applications. By selecting the product title, you will be linked to instructions on how to obtain the software. All Brown University licensed software products will require that you authenticate with your Brown username and password prior to permitting access to the software.
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Several products are controlled by the KeyServer. You must have KeyAccess installed and be connected to the Brown University campus KeyServer to install and run these products. |
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Although not controlled by KeyServer, any product title having this "license managed" notation is controlled by a network license manager. You must be connected to the Brown network to use license managed software. |
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Indicates that the software is a Universal Binary application. These products will run on both Intel and PowerPC computers. |
| Click tab to select platform: | Macintosh | Windows | User guide | » View all Macintosh software |
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| Product (click item for instructions) |
Released | Description | Restrictions | Type |
| Acrobat Pro 9.5.4 |
2013.03.12 | Create, edit, view, and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff, on campus/VPN |
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| Acrobat Pro 10.1.6 |
2013.03.12 | Create, edit, view, and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff, on campus/VPN |
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| Acrobat Reader | see vendor | View, navigate, and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe | Free | |
| Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium |
2013.03.14 | Adobe's suite of applications for design and publication. Applications include Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Publication |
| Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium |
2011.11.15 | Adobe's suite of applications for design and publication. Applications include Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Publication |
| Brown Secure Wireless | 2011.08.02 | Secure wireless access client for Apple Mac OS 10.7 (unsupported). Brown University | All Brown users | Connectivity |
| ChemBioDraw Ultra | see vendor | Chemical structural drawing application. CambridgeSoft | All Brown users | Visualization |
| Contribute CS5 |
2011.02.07 | Adobe's web content manager and web editing application. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Web tool |
| Dreamweaver |
2011.02.07 | WYSIWYG web authoring software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Web tool |
| EndNote X5 |
2011.10.11 | Bibliography software. (Macintosh OS 10.5.8+) Thomson Reuters | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Bibliographic |
| Entourage | 2008.02.13 | Email client. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications. Microsoft | Brown-paid faculty and staff (MSCA) |
Office suite MSCA |
| Excel | 2011.02.14 | Spreadsheet software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications. Microsoft | Brown-paid faculty and staff (MSCA) |
Office suite MSCA |
| FileMaker Pro |
2009.08.05 | Database development and management application. (Macintosh OS 10.4.11+) FileMaker Inc. | All Brown users | Database |
| FileMaker Pro 10v3 Advanced |
2009.08.05 | Database development and management application with tools for advanced development and customization. (Macintosh OS 10.4.11+) FileMaker Inc. | All Brown users | Database |
| Firefox | see vendor | Web browser. Mozilla Foundation | Free | Web browser |
| Fireworks |
2011.02.07 | Fireworks is a graphic image development tool that is part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff, on campus/VPN, educational use only |
Graphics |
| Flash |
2011.02.07 | Flash is a multimedia development tool. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff, on campus/VPN |
Web tool |
| Flash player | see vendor | Browser plugin for playing flash content. Adobe | Free | Media player |
| Fugu | see vendor | Secure file transfer using SSH (Secure SHell). University of Michigan | Free | SSH |
| Identity Finder | see vendor | Detects and secures sensitive data on your computer. Identity Finder, LLC | Brown faculty and staff |
Security |
| Illustrator |
2011.02.07 | For creation of vector graphics. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff, on campus/VPN |
Graphics |
| InDesign |
2011.02.07 | Page layout and publication software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff, on campus/VPN |
Publication |
| Insight Client | see vendor | Used to view collections of digital images. Luna Imaging, Inc. | Free | Media viewer |
| iTunes | see vendor | Music management and player. Apple | Free | Media player |
| Kaleidagraph 4.1.3 |
2012.07.10 | Data analysis, graphing and plotting software. (For Macintosh OS 10.5.8+) Synergy Software | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Visualization |
| KeyAccess 7.0.1.3 | 2013.03.12 | For accessing software managed by KeyServer. (Macintosh OS 10.4.11+) Sassafras Software | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Software Access |
| Logger Pro 3.7 | 2009.09.15 | Data collection tool for science and math education. Vernier | All Brown users | Computational |
| Maple 16 |
2012.06.27 | Mathematical problem solving software. Maplesoft | All Brown users, on campus |
Computational |
| Mathematica 8 |
2012.03.14 | Symbolic algebra and numerical computation software. (Macintosh OS 10.5.8+ Intel only) Wolfram Research, Inc. | Faculty, Staff, clusters, home use |
Computational |
| MatLab | 2010.11.09 | Mathematical computation, analysis, visualization, and algorithm development. The MathWorks | All Brown users, on campus/VPN, home use |
Computational |
| NAG ASLI Software Suite | 2011.02.08 | NAG math programming libraries. NAG | All Brown users, on campus only |
Programming |
| Office 2011 | 2012.05.15 | Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications that includes Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. Microsoft | Brown-paid faculty and staff (MSCA) |
Office suite MSCA |
| OpenOffice | see vendor | Sun Microsystem's suite of open source office productivity applications. Sun Microsystems | Free | Office suite |
| Opera | see vendor | Opera Web browser. Opera Software | Free | Web browser |
| Photoshop |
2011.02.07 | Image editing software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Graphics |
| PowerPoint | 2011.02.14 | Presentation software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications. Microsoft | Brown-paid faculty and staff (MSCA) |
Office suite MSCA |
| QuickTime player | see vendor | Multimedia player. Apple | Free | Media player |
| RealPlayer | see vendor | Multimedia player. Real | Free | Media player |
| Remote Desktop Connection Client | see vendor | Remote desktop client. Microsoft | Free | Connectivity |
| Safari web browser | see vendor | Safari web browser. Apple | Free | Web browser |
| Shockwave player | see vendor | Browser plugin for playing shockwave content. Adobe | Free | Media player |
| Sibelius 7.0 |
2013.02.18 | Music notation and composition software. Sibelius | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Music |
| Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition | 2011.11.23 | AntiVirus client for Mac OS 10.4 and later. Sophos | Personally-owned computers | AntiVirus |
| Sophos Anti-Virus 8.0.8 Enterprise Edition | 2012.11.20 | AntiVirus client for Mac OS 10.4 and later. Sophos | Brown faculty and staff on Brown-owned computers |
AntiVirus |
| Stata SE 12.0 |
2012.07.10 | Data analysis, plotting and 3-D visualization. (Macintosh OS 10.5.8+) Stata | All Brown users, on campus/VPN, Educational use only |
Computational |
| Stuffit Expander | see vendor | Expands and decodes compressed files. Aladdin Systems | Free | Decompression |
| Tecplot 2012 | 2012.05.30 | Data analysis, plotting and 3-D visualization. Tecplot, Inc. | All Brown users | Visualization |
| tn3270 X | 2006.07.24 | 3270 terminal emulation software. Brown University | All Brown users | Connectivity |
| Virtual Private Network (VPN) Client | 2011.08.17 | Permits Brown University off-campus and wireless users secure access to Brown network services. F5 | All Brown users | Connectivity |
| Word | 2011.02.14 | Word processing software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications. Microsoft | Brown-paid faculty and staff (MSCA) |
Office suite MSCA |
User guide
Clicking on a tab containing computing platform (Macintosh, Windows, UNIX) will load the software selections for the clicked platform. Clicking on a column heading will sort the table based on the clicked column.
Table Headings
- Product - the name of the product. Clicking on a product name within the table will bring you to a page providing instructions on how to obtain and install the product.
- Released - this is the date the product was released or last updated by CIS.
- Description - brief description of the product. The name of the product's author/vendor follows the description in small print.
- Restrictions - a summary of user and usage restrictions on the product.
Products that are restricted to "on campus/VPN" require you to be connected either on campus or through Brown's VPN.
Items labeled (EES) are restricted to Brown University paid Faculty and Staff. - Type - a best fit categorization of the function of the product.