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 suitable Mac
|
Compatible with other platforms | Yes | No | No | WarFoundry can run on any Mono-supported platform
|
Translator/Non-English speakers
File Writer
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
|