Open Source Software
Axis
An implementation of the SOAP ("Simple Object Access Protocol") submission to W3C. [Open source, Apache Software License] ws.apache.org
TCK Scholarship Program
Sun program to help software developers build open-source implementations of Java standards. Offers support for internal technical services and compatibility kits. java.sun.com
Orange
A free, component-based, public domain data mining software, which includes a range of preprocessing, modelling and data exploration techniques. [Open Source, GPL] magix.fri.uni-lj.si
GIPSY - Groningen Image Processing System
[open source - Unix] A highly interactive software system for the reduction and display of astronomical data. www.astro.rug.nl
AIPS - Astronomical Image Processing System
[open source - Unix, and VMS] A software package for interactive (and, optionally, batch) calibration and editing of radio interferometric data and for the calibration, construction, display and analysis of astronomical images made from those data using Fourier synthesis methods. www.cv.nrao.edu
Open Source Software in C# (C-Sharp)
Directory of open source software focused in C#. csharp-source.net
Pexpect
A pure Python module for spawning child applications; controlling them; and responding to expected patterns in their output. It works like Don Libes' Expect. [Open source, Python Software Foundation License] pexpect.sourceforge.net
jPOS
Implementation of the ISO-8583 protocol - acts as a framework for financial exchange/payment. It can be used to implement EFT interchanges, switches, payment gateways, POS software and e-commerce sites. [Open Source, GPL] www.jpos.org
AutoREALM
Official site for the free, open-source fantasy mapping software, with downloads of binary, source, and add-on symbols. www.gryc.ws
Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
GRASS GIS is an open source, free software with raster, vector, image processing, and graphics production functionality. grass.itc.it
Model Languages
Free open source LangMaker software for Windows to help design consistent languages for all kinds of settings. Build a vocabulary from scratch or extrapolate from real examples. www.langmaker.com
MX4J
An initiative to build an Open Source implementation for the JMXTM technology, specification version 1.1, and to build related tools. [Open source, Apache Software License ] mx4j.sourceforge.net
Analysis
Open source (GPL) windows software that can plot 2D and 3D graphs of functions. Includes description of features and screenshots. www.geocities.com
JRobot
Java Interface for Mitsubishi RVM1 Robot. Control and camera interfaces are provided. Open Source software released under the BSD license. jrobot.sourceforge.net
SteamEngine
Open-source C# UO server software package. Easy to use, yet still very powerful. steamengine.sourceforge.net
Pleinpot
[open source - Linux/Unix] Astronomical software for data reduction and analysis. This is the software used by the Hypercat database. www-obs.univ-lyon1.fr
10x Software
Developers of the JewelBox enterprise open source software platforms offering software consulting services, advanced technology transitions, custom software development and education. www.10xsoftware.com
Hearne, Michael
Resume, free (open source) software links, and a city climate comparison Java applet. www.angelfire.com
SIDL Fiddle
Open source User Interface editing software. www.geocities.com
Aarseth's N-body software
[open source - multiplatform] Direct N-body algorithms. www.ast.cam.ac.uk
SAC: The Simple API for CSS
Beta software for parsing CSS (Level 1, 2 or 3) stylesheets from the WWW Consortium (W3C). [Open Source, BSD-like] www.w3.org
Atomogy
A software engineering and software development firm, with extensive expertise in enterprise J2EE and open-source leveraged business systems development. www.atomogy.com
Pegasys
Open source software for executing and integrating analyses of biological sequences. Includes documentation and installation instructions. www.bioinformatics.ubc.ca
XBasic Language by Max Reason
A primary site for information on the XBasic programming language created by Max Reason. XBasic is Free and made available as open-source software. www.maxreason.com
DSpace
An Open Archive Initiative (OAI) - compliant open-source software released by MIT for archiving eprints and other kinds of academic content. Mission, policy, technical features, implementations. www.dspace.org
RHexLib
A collection of C++ libraries that form the Open Source control software used in the RHex hexapod robot. The code was developed for the QNX RTOS but also runs on Linux. Released under the BSD license. rhex.sourceforge.net
PyUnit
A standard, proven, simple and elegant framework for writing unit tests for Python software. [Open Source, Python license] pyunit.sourceforge.net
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
Leaders of Open Source come together in print for the first time to discuss the new vision of the software industry they have created, through essays that explain how the movement works, why it succeeds, and where it is going. www.oreilly.com
Lokitech
Uses J2EE, open source, and light-weight methodologies to review, assess, and build scalable software solutions. www.lokitech.com
SourceForge.net: Pokersource
A repository for open-source software dealing with the simulation, analysis and play of poker. sourceforge.net
lisp-cgi-utils
A software package for developing CGI scripts with Common Lisp. It implements a very basic HTTP/CGI interface (sending headers, getting GET/POST and environment variables) and offers tools for easier HTML generation with special support for handling HTML forms. [Open source, LGPL] www.thangorodrim.de
OpenRasMol
Provided for the convenience of users and software developers of open source versions of RasMol. www.openrasmol.org
Free Software Foundation Java Pages
A collection of Java programs and projects that are licensed with the Gnu Public License (GPL). [Open Source] www.gnu.org
Christine L. Peterson
Is the president of Foresight Institute. Writes, gives lectures, briefs the press and organizes conferences on powerful emerging technologies. Serves as an interface between technologists and the broader public, including business and policymakers. Has co-authored "Unbounding the Future: the Nanotechnology Revolution". Has also coined the revolutionary term "Open Source software". www.foresight.org
The Rossum Project
An Open Source robotics project that aims to develop standardized simulators, control software, and APIs for mobile robotics applications. All code is Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL. rossum.sourceforge.net
TriActive JDO (TJDO)
Implementation of Sun's JDO specification (JSR 12), designed to support transparent persistence using any JDBC-compliant database. [Open source, Apache Software License] tjdo.sourceforge.net
Musea Technologies
Provides open source software to help organizations broaden access to donors, streamline business processes and manage relationships with its constituents. www.museatech.net
Softpanorama Java Page
A skeptical look at Java from the Open Source Software Educational Society. www.softpanorama.org
Mitre's CVW
A collaboration software environment that provides a "virtual building" where teams can communicate, collaborate, and share information, regardless of their geographic location. CVW takes virtual meetings one step further and enables virtual co-location through persistent virtual rooms, each incorporating people, information, and tools appropriate to a task, operation, or service. [Open source, Public Domain] cvw.sourceforge.net
Xbean
Open source project where software components take XML as input, processes it in some fashion and then pass XML on to the next Xbean. Includes white papers and mailing list. www.xbeans.org
RPGObjects
Open source and open gaming supporting developers of roleplaying games, websites, and software. www.rpgobjects.com
Pharma Open Source Community
Open Source Clinical Trials Electronic Data Capture (remote data entry) software. www.phosco.com
MotoRobots Software Libraries
A collection of Open Source embedded software libraries for mobile robotics applications, targeting Motorola 68K/ColdFire and PowerPC micros. The code is written in C, C++, and assembler and licensed under the GNU LGPL. www.motorobots.org
PhysioNet
Free access via the web to large collections of recorded physiologic signals and related open-source software. www.physionet.org
Standard Function Library: SFL
By iMatix Corp., portable function library for C/C++ programs; many years development; written in ANSI C; ports: DOS, OpenVMS, OS/2, most Unix, Windows; full sources and documentation (HTML); given as Open Source software for the benefit of Internet community. www.imatix.com
Gurney, Jason - amoebacode
Open source Java software and online projects. Including Google Index (A tool that leverages Google Web APIs to create updated indices for ESPN.com's Sports Guy and The Onion), FTP Client, Blackjack (Swing-base game applet), SnippetTransformer (An application that searches for segments of HTML or RSS from external web sites, transforms them using XSLT, and incorporates the results into web pages). www.amoebacode.com
Salon Books: Deep Code
Neal Stephenson talks about the history of secrecy, the role of equations in art and the glory of open-source software. www.salon.com
nethammer.org
Builds open-source software and frameworks for building Internet applications. www.nethammer.org
Stellar Astrophysics Software
[open source - Windows] Various programs for stellar astrophysics. Includes CHANDRA stellar structure software for collapsed objects including rotating white dwarfs and neutron stars, and STARCAL for nuclear astrophysics and the stellar structure of main sequence stars with supernova forecasting. grnwd.tripod.com
WebWare for Python
A suite of software components for developing object-oriented, web-based applications. [Open Source, Python license] webware.sourceforge.net
XFP eXtensible Filtering Pipelines
A framework for building data management procedures using XML-based configuration files. XFP is also a server that provides scheduled execution of procedures, email notifications and a configurable logging system. [Open source, Apache Software License] xfp.sourceforge.net
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
Contains the essays, originally published online, that led to Netscape's decision to release their browser as open source, put Linus Torvalds on the cover of Forbes Magazine and Microsoft on the defensive, and helped Linux to rock the world of commercial software. www.oreilly.com
KITE, Inc.: Keys to Information, Technology, and Education
Keys to Information, Technology, and Education (KITE) offers computer hardware, free software/open source software, technical training and other resources for community development organizations in the Third World. www.kiteinc.org
Linux TV.org
Developmental information for Linux open source software for digital TV, DVB, receivers, Linux DVD players, and streaming video. www.linuxtv.org
Calculating Pi
An open source endeavor for the calculation of this constant. Describes the project, the implemented algorithms for calculatinon and software downloads. projectpi.sourceforge.net
Fingerprint Verification System
An easy to use library that allows programmers to integrate fingerprint technology into their software without specific know-how. Fast, easy to use, and small; great for embedded systems. [Open source, MPL] fvs.sourceforge.net
Pyana
A extension module that allows Python programs to interface with the Apache Software Foundation's Xalan XSLT transformation engine. [Open Source, BSD-like] sourceforge.net
The OpenScience Project: Chemistry
A collection of links for Open Source scientific software projects. www.openscience.org
KSEG Interactive Geometry Software
KSEG is an Open Source program for interactively exploring geometric constructions which can be used to teach geometry in the classroom or for personal enjoyment. www.mit.edu
The Lost Realm of Anoria
An open source software engine designed to allow creation of a diverse variety of online worlds, ranging from online multiplayer fantasy rpg to online museums. lroa.sourceforge.net
AIPS++
[open source - Unix, WinNT] The next generation AIPS software. aips2.nrao.edu
Java Open Source Software
A directory of open source software focused on Java. java-source.net
BEanACTION
Recursive JavaBeans editor for constructing component-based software. [Open Source, GPL] beanaction.sourceforge.net
Bayesian Network tools in Java (BNJ)
Open-source suite of software tools for research and development using graphical models of probability, published by Kansas State University Laboratory for Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) bnj.sourceforge.net
Aleph One/SDL
Open Source game, based on the game Marathon 2 by Bungie Software. www.uni-mainz.de
Global Retail Technology, LLC
Java/Linux Point of Sale software for general retail, department stores and fast food. Open Source application that is public domain. www.globalretailtech.com
Cantera
Cantera is an open-source, object-oriented software package for problems involving chemically-reacting flows. Application areas include research in combustion, chemical vapor deposition, propulsion, environmental studies, corrosion, and other fields of chemical, mechanical, and aerospace engineering www.cantera.org
Python Routeing Toolkit
The purpose of this software is to enable routeing information in a network to be collected. [Open Source, GPL] mort.belltower.co.uk
CPacker
A software tool to automatically build minimum JARs for running a given class. [Open Source, GPL] space.tin.it
Yazd Forum
Configurable, discussion forum open-source software. [Apache] yazd.yasna.com
Jsp Documentation Project
Open Source software providing a documentation standard for JSP jspdoc.sourceforge.net
Weka 3 - Open Source Machine Learning Software in Java
Suite that implements decision trees and tables, rule learners, Naive Bayes, support vector machines, voted perceptrons, multi-layer perceptron. Meta schemes include bagging, stacking, and boosting. [Free under GPL] www.cs.waikato.ac.nz
Devious Bard Software - Native Source Safe Open Tool For JBuilder
An OpenTool for JBuilder 4, 5, or 6 that natively integrates Microsoft Visual Source Safe access into the development environment. www.deviousbard.com
Mica 2D Toolkit
A object-oriented 2D graphics library written in Java. [Open source, Software Farm license] www.swfm.com
Dragonate Technologies Ltd.
Offers Elliptic Curve software. including ECDSACom, an ActiveX control, and borZoi, an open source library. Includes product descriptions and contact information. www.dragongate-technologies.com
xobjex
A peer-to-peer software daemon and API to develop, deploy, discover and use components or applications over http without regard to type of hardware, OS, or programming environment. [Open source] xobjex.com
IRAF - Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
[open source - Unix, OpenVMS] A general-purpose software system for the reduction and analysis of astronomical data. IRAF is written and supported by the IRAF programming group at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) in Tucson, Arizona. iraf.noao.edu
ESPOIR
Open source software for solving crystal structures from powder diffraction data (or single crystal data) by Monte Carlo methods. www.cristal.org
Apache Lenya
Java based content management and publishing system designed to handle XML material. It is part of the Apache Cocoon project. [Open source, Apache Software License] cocoon.apache.org
Genetic Daemon
An open source genetic engine server, capable to run any kind of genetic algorithm. It has TCP architecture, working with software clients and human interaction. sourceforge.net
CSIRO SVG Toolkit
A collection of utilities that do various things with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files, including SVG viewer, an implementation of the SVG DOM (conforming to Document Object Model Level 2 ) and a utility for rendering an SVG document into various image formats. [Open Source, Apache Software License] sis.cmis.csiro.au
Political Sim
Free open-source software for voting and election games and simulations, or lectures and research. accuratedemocracy.com
3G LAB
Supports the standard mobile Internet platforms and is particularly active in promoting open-source WAP and third-generation (3G) wireless software solutions for business and home use. 3G LAB offers a fully supported open-source WAP/SMS gateway solution. www.3glab.com
Oracle & Open Source
First book to tie together the commercial world of Oracle and the free-wheeling world of open source software. Describes nearly 100 open source tools, from Linux, Perl, and Apache to the Oracle-specific. www.oreilly.com
Java Financial Library
A library and quick application for financial software. [Open source, LGPL] www.neuro-tech.net
Peeves Control Program
PID-based odometry and dead-reckoning for a mobile robot with differential steering, implemented for a Lego RCX module. Detailed article describes theory of operation. Open Source software written in the NQC language and released under an MIT license. www.seattlerobotics.org
Galaxy Communicator
Architecture for constructing dialogue systems. Its plug-and-play approach enables developers to combine architecture-compliant commercial software and cutting edge research components. [Open source] communicator.sourceforge.net
Qdox
A small footprint parser for extracting class/interface/method definitions from source files complete with JavaDoc @tags. It is designed to be used by active code generators or documentation tools. [Open source, Apache Software License] qdox.sourceforge.net
EMBOSS
The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite. An open source project started by the EMBnet community in order to replace proprieatry systems like GCG. www.uk.embnet.org
MGED Open Source Projects
Software, ontology and mailing lists for the Microarray Gene Expression Data Society. mged.sourceforge.net
OpenRPG: Online Virtual Tabletop
Open source software allowing people to play role playing games in real-time over the Internet. www.openrpg.com
Oracle & Open Source
First book to tie together the commercial world of Oracle and the free-wheeling world of open source software. Describes nearly 100 open source tools, from Linux, Perl, and Apache to the Oracle-specific. www.oreilly.com
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