Applixware
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Applixware, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Applixware's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Demonstration license | Free | 30-day node-locked evaluation · no license server required |
| Network/floating license | Priced on request | Permanent or temporary · requires FLEXlm license server · host ID/MAC-tied keys |
The facts
Each one read from Applixware's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company formation
- An SEC filing says VistaSource was established in April 2000 from Applixware and CoSource.com assets to target Linux and open-source markets.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- West Hollywood, California, USAchecked 4 Oct 2026
- Maker address
- The maker is identified as Parallax Capital / Vistasource, Inc., at 8605 Santa Monica Blvd., PMB 24128, West Hollywood, California 90069-4109, USA.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Owner transaction
- Applix announced that Parallax Capital Partners completed its purchase of the VistaSource subsidiary on March 30, 2001.checked 15 Oct 2026
What it does
- Current versions
- VistaSource lists Applixware 6.2 for Linux and 6.1 for Windows and Linux as current downloads.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Database interface
- A database-interface component is included for office and custom applications.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer tooling
- The ELF guide covers a macro editor, compiler, debugger, dialog and bitmap editors, and Builder application development.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation breadth
- The download page links Builder, ELF, Words, Spreadsheets, Graphics, Mail, Macro Editor, Data and Communications manuals and help files, plus example macros.checked 15 Oct 2026
- ELF reference depth
- The Generic ELF Help reference is 364 pages and documents hundreds of functions covering files, arrays, user interfaces, shell execution and networking.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- A Linux Journal review reports ELF has an interpreter, compiler, debugger, more than 3,300 macros, menu/dialog/bitmap editors, TCP/IP sockets and SQL interfaces.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Financial-data integrations
- Version 6.1 supports Reuters RMDS, Bloomberg, Reuters Triarch, TIBCO Rendezvous and TIBCO CI Server engines on specified Solaris, Windows and Linux builds.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Installation footprint
- Release notes specify about 175 MB for the suite and 60 MB for documentation; Windows installs range from 75 MB compact to 250 MB custom.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License technology
- Applixware uses Macrovision FLEXlm for node-locked and network licensing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: database compatibility
- Linux Journal reported that Applix Data could not open standard dBase III or IV files.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: file imports
- Linux.com reported that, apart from graphics, imports were largely limited to Applixware's native formats.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: legacy interface
- Linux.com criticized the Motif interface, lack of GNOME/KDE integration, absent font anti-aliasing and non-standard keybindings.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: presentation compatibility
- Linux Journal testing found PowerPoint and Freelance imports failed and that Presents handled only simple slide presentations well.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: product age
- The Linux.com reviewer judged the product to appear near the end of its life cycle.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: spreadsheet export
- Spreadsheet exports to Excel or Lotus formats could lose embedded graphs and some formatting.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Multiprocessor limitation
- The release notes call Applixware non-multithreaded and recommend assigning its main process to one CPU on multiprocessor systems.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: documentation
- Reviewers highlighted clear task-oriented online help, context-sensitive assistance and Builder tutorials.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: document exchange
- Linux Journal found Word and RTF import/export largely successful in Applix Words.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Historical price
- Linux Journal listed Applixware 4.2 at USD $495, with a USD $79.95 student price, in 1997.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: modern Linux support
- The 2006 Linux.com review said Applixware did not recognize Linux kernels newer than 2.4.18 and required a manual CUPS printcap link on Debian.checked 15 Oct 2026
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