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Army builder application comparisons

The following tables compares various army building applications against WarFoundry across a number of features. The features are grouped in categories for easy viewing.

General

WarFoundry RollCall Army Builder Notes
Free to use (Free as in Beer) Yes Yes No WarFoundry and Rollcall are free to download and use, but Army Builder locks out functionality unless you buy a license
Free to redistribute/modify (Free as in Speech) Yes No No WarFoundry is licensed under the GNU Affero GPL. RollCall has a custom license and no available source code. Army Builder is a proprietary app with custom licensing
Runs on Windows Yes Yes Yes
Has a native Windows look Yes Yes No
Runs on Linux Yes No No Army Builder and RollCall may work through the Wine Windows compatibility layer, but WarFoundry just needs Mono to run the WinForms build
Has native Linux build Yes No No
Runs on Mac OS X Yes No No As the Linux version
Has native Mac OS X build Possible No No WarFoundry on OS X is possible and design suggestions have been made, but no current developers have access to a Mac
Compatible with other platforms Yes No No

Translator/Non-English speakers

WarFoundry RollCall Army Builder Notes
Translatable UI Yes No Planned WarFoundry will be fully translatable on final release, with ticket:179 fixing the missing translations. Army Builder apparently has the hooks but hasn't made use of them.
Translatable files Planned No No Planned in WarFoundry through ticket:202

File Writer

WarFoundry RollCall Army Builder Notes
Easily modifiable data files Yes (XML in a Zip) Yes (INI file) No (custom compression)

Developer

WarFoundry RollCall Army Builder Notes
Free to redistribute/modify (Free as in Speech) Yes No No WarFoundry is licensed under the GNU Affero GPL. RollCall has a custom license and no available source code. Army Builder is a proprietary app with custom licensing
Full access to source code Yes No No WarFoundry source code is under the GNU Affero GPL
Can write plugins Planned No No See ticket:93
Can be integrated into a website Yes No No The WarFoundry API can be incorporated in to any server running mod_mono or Microsoft's .Net framework for ASP.Net
Compatible with other platforms Yes No No Developers have a wide choice of platforms that applications can run on without modification