Free, Open Source

BlogEngine.NET

Lammie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:01:15 +0000

BlogEngine.NET is an open source .NET blogging project that was born out of desire for a better blog platform. A blog platform with less complexity, easy customization, and one that takes advantage of the latest .NET features.

BlogEngine.NET was designed using the current .NET framework and focused on simplicity, ease of extendibility, and innovative features. With BlogEngine.NET, we hope to create the natural blog of choice for all .NET developers world wide.

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UniKey

Lammie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:51:22 +0000

UniKey is a very small and easy-to-use Vietnamese keyboard for Windows. UniKey is free and open-source. You can freely use UniKey under the terms of The GNU General Public License.

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CMScout

Lammie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:29:15 +0000

CMScout is a free and open-source CMS (Content management system) for Scouting related groups from around the world. A CMS is a piece of web software that makes it easy for you to install, and manage a website without needing to know any programming languages. CMScout includes most of the features that other major CMSs include, while adding a few of its own unique features.

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SilverStripe

Lammie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:15:07 +0000

The SilverStripe CMS is a flexible open source Content Management System that gives everyone involved in a web project the tools they need to do their jobs.

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c5

Lammie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:04:52 +0000

c5 is a Framework for developing content centric websites.
Our own consulting process always started with an understanding of the client’s business and some Photoshop comps. You can easily build out many types of sites with concrete5 because while it does come with some examples, it is not a blog or news site that you have to hack your way through.

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Piwik

Lammie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:47:05 +0000

Piwik is a downloadable, open source (GPL licensed) web analytics software program. It provides you with detailed reports on your website visitors: the search engines and keywords they used, the language they speak, your popular pages… and so much more.

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“Xenu’s Link Sleuth™”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:15:54 +0000

Xenu’s Link Sleuth™ checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.

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“Webalizer”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:53:36 +0000

The Webalizer is a fast, free web server log file analysis program. It produces highly detailed, easily configurable usage reports in HTML format, for viewing with a standard web browser.

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“osTicket”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:36:44 +0000

osTicket is a widely-used open source support ticket system. It seamlessly integrates inquiries created via email and web-based forms into a simple easy to use multi-user web interface. Easily manage, organize and archive all your support requests and responses in one place while providing your clients with accountability and responsiveness they deserve.

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“Help Center Live”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:17:17 +0000

Help Center Live is an open-source, community driven live chat & support system. You may easily provide live support on your website just like large companies do with very little work. With Help Center Live, you can provide a real-time, live support or sales person experience.

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“Crafty Syntax Live Help”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:29:40 +0000

Crafty Syntax Live Help (CSLH) is an open source live support solution that helps customer support with live help functionality that can be proactively pushed to visitors to your site or requested by the consumer.

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“FileZilla”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:11:50 +0000

FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

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“Audacity®”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:56:57 +0000

Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

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“Plus! MP3 Audio Converter LE”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:41:14 +0000

Sample a feature of Plus! for Windows XP, double the amount of music you can store on your computer, and easily transfer more music to portable devices by converting your MP3 files quickly and easily to Windows Media Audio (WMA) files. Because of the efficiency of Windows Media Format, the resulting Windows Media files are typically much smaller than the original MP3 files. Using Plus! MP3 Converter LE does not modify the original files in any way.

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“Nucleus”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:32:05 +0000

Nucleus offers you the building blocks you need to create a web presence. Whether you want to create a personal blog, a family page, or an online business site, Nucleus CMS can help you achieve your goals.

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“b2evolution”

Lammie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:16:17 +0000

b2evolution is a powerful blog tool you can install on your own website. Plus, it’s free, open-source (GPL), it runs on virtually any webserver featuring PHP+MySQL and it’s available in many languages!

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“OpenOffice”

Lammie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:32:26 +0000

OpenOffice.ORG 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

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“Plone”

Lammie — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:20:57 +0000

Plone is a ready-to-run content management system that is built on the powerful and free Zope application server. Plone is an open source CMS web application, easy to set up, extremely flexible, and provides you with a system for managing web content that is ideal for project groups, communities, web sites, extranets and intranets.

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“Drupal”

Lammie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:29:18 +0000

Drupal is an open source content management system platform. Drupal is somewhat different from a content management system (or CMS) in that it is by nature geared more towards configurability and customization.

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“Google Chrome”

Lammie — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:59:11 +0000

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

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“Blogger”

Lammie — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:02:44 +0000

A blog is your easy-to-use web site, where you can quickly post thoughts, interact with people, and more. All for FREE.

For using blogger, even though, it is free for all users; he or she needs to have an gmail account in order for him or her to sign up for it.

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“osCommerce”

Lammie — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:34:38 +0000

osCommerce Online Merchant is an Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free under the GNU General Public License.

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“WordPress.COM”

Lammie — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:20:55 +0000

He or she can get a weblog started in less time than it takes him or her to read this sentence. All he or she needs is an email address. He or she will get his or her own WordPress.com address (like xxx.wordpress.com), a selection of great free and customizable themes for his or her blog. He or she can blog as much as he or she wants for free, his or her blog can be public to the world or private for just his or her friends.

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“ZenCart™”

Lammie — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:43:30 +0000

Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. It is a great shopping cart program and easy to customize.

I have installed this shopping cart on several domains myself. It is a great application to use and easy to navigate. Importantly, installed shopping cart is needed to be up to date to the latest version at all time for security reasons. I personally highly recommend it.

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“WordPress.ORG”

Lammie — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:44:24 +0000

WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

I have installed WordPress on several domains myself, so I know this is a great blogging software to use when he or she wants to have a blog on his or her website in a short period of time. All you need is to follow the fresh installation instructions on WordPress.ORG. Also, he or she must keep the blog up to date to the latest version of WordPress for security reasons. I personally highly recommend it.

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“Meebo Me” Live Chat Support

Lammie — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:51:36 +0000

Meebo Me lets you chat with anyone who comes to your blog or Web page. Visitors show up in your Meebo buddylist so you can strike up a conversation, answer questions, or just keep tabs on guests.

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“Simple Machines Forum”

Lammie — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:42:33 +0000

Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

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“phpShop”

Lammie — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:36:43 +0000

phpShop is very simplistic and easy to use. It also accomplishes what we need by offering a simple way to collaborate on the code.

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“Joomla”

Lammie — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:28:25 +0000

Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.

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“AgoraCart”

Lammie — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:08:43 +0000

AgoraCart – The powerful “Free” Open Source ecommerce shopping cart software solution offers you a very wide range of features that allow you to setup an online storefront or shop ranging from a simple template based store for novices to the integration of complex web design concepts created by your web designer.

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“phpBB™”

Lammie — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:17:10 +0000

phpBB™ has become the most widely used Open Source forum solution.

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