This category provides information, and other resources for Open Source development tools and utilities.
Regular Websites
ANNA Bot declares herself to be human, and then has a past, personality, and identity built up from there; based on the landmark work of the ALICE AI foundation. - ANNA Bot
http://annabot.sourceforge.net/
Contains Open Source license information, as well as project details for this openly developed project; for automating software build processes. - Apache Ant Project
http://ant.apache.org/
ASCIIweb is a text-to-HTML formatting system that uses the 'pre' tag to create ASCII art Web pages, either on the fly or for static retrieval; with a simple and flexible module system. - ASCIIweb
http://www.tastytronic.net/asciiweb/aw.cgi
ASE is a program specially designed with facilities to create sprites that can be used in some video games. - ASE
http://ase.sourceforge.net/
A shell replacement for Microsoft Windows; offering added functionality while retaining the basic simplicity of BB4Win. Includes plugins, and more. - bbLean
http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean/
Bluefish is a programmer's web development editor written using GTK; designed to save the experienced web master some keystrokes. - Bluefish
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/
Brutus is an exchange connector application and development framework that offers access to all of MAPI. - Brutus
http://www.42tools.com/
CFV is a utility to both test and create SFV; includes test-only support. - CFV
http://cfv.sourceforge.net/
An Open Source eLearning and eWorking platform helping teachers to build online courses and manage learning and collaborative activities on the web. Available in more than 35 languages. - Claroline
http://www.claroline.net/
CLIP is a Clipper/XBase compatible compiler with initial support other xBase dialects; features support for international languages and character sets. - CLIP
http://www.itk.ru/english/index.shtml
CourseForum is web-based e-learning open source software; students use Courseforum to get answers to questions, and work on projects at any time and from anywhere, etc. - CourseForum
http://www.courseforum.com/cf/
Crispy is a utility which can be integrated in a service oriented architecture (SOA), in a rich client platform (RCP), etc. - Crispy
http://crispy.sourceforge.net/
CuteCom is a GST like MiniCom, but offering an intuitive GUI; aimed mainly at hardware developers. - CuteCom
http://cutecom.sourceforge.net/
Dav-text is an ncurses-based console text editor for GNU/Linux; developed to be efficient in both memory and processor usage, and to provide an intuitive interface. - Dav-text
http://dav-text.sourceforge.net/
dhex is an ncurses-based hex-editor with a diff mode that makes heavy use of colors, while being themeable enough to work on monochrome monitors; includes the good old Action Cartridge Search Algorithm to find specific changes. - dhex
http://www.dettus.net/dhex
DJFractal is a fractal generator which distributes fractal data to multiple computers; data are created locally and distributed to other computers. - DHFractal
http://djfractal.sourceforge.net/
DirectFB provides open source developers with hardware graphics acceleration tools on top of the Linux framebuffer device. - DirectFB
http://www.directfb.org/
EciAdsl is a free Linux driver for USB ADSL modems with Globespan chipsets, in France and many other modems in the world. - EciAdsl
http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/
Funambol is an openly developed mobile application server; includes a suite of tools to develop, deploy, and manage mobile projects. - Funambol
https://www.forge.funambol.org/
FXScintilla is an openly developed implementation of the Scintilla source code editing component for the FOX GUI toolkit; for Linux, and OS X only. - FXScintilla
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/fxscintilla/
A replacement shell for Windows, with skinnable GeoBars and plugins for additional functionality and customization. - GeoShell
http://www.geoshell.com/
GhostDiagrams is a small program that takes sets of tiles and tries to find patterns into which they may be formed. - GhostDiagrams
http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/ghost-diagrams
Gspoof is a GTK+ application which makes it easier to build and send TCP packets with or without a data-payload. - Gspoof
http://gspoof.sourceforge.net/
ILIAS is a platform for web-based training; developed at the University of Cologne, in Germany, using PHP and MySQL, and has been available since September 2000 as open software software under the GPL. - ILIAS
http://www.ilias.de/ios/index.html
Jext is a source code editor that support Java and many other types of source code; including C, C++, C#, ASP, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, TeX, XHTML, XSLT, Eiffel, JSP, etc. - Jext
http://www.jext.org
jPOS is an openly developed framework that can be used to implement financial interchanges, protocol converters, payment gateways, credit card verification clients and servers (merchant/issuer/acquirer), etc. - jPOS
http://jpos.org/
jsXe is an openly developed Java Simple XML Editor; aiming to provide a framework for XML editing through any number of views that can be loaded at runtime as plugins. - jsXe
http://jsxe.sourceforge.net/
An openly developed project of a simple framework for writing and running automated tests; contains download and documentation information, and other details. - JUnit
http://www.junit.org/
Kadu is a QT-based application for Gadu-Gadu; based on libgadu, a reverse-engineered UNIX API. - Kadu
http://www.kadu.net/
KDiff3 is an Open Source program that compares two or three text input files or directories, shows the differences line by line and character by character. - KDiff3
http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net
krdesktop is a KDE (QT3) front-end for the desktop; provides a GUI for Windows terminal services or any other RDP-based screen sharing system. - krdesktop
http://krdesktop.sourceforge.net/
KSubtile allows moving, stretching, and editing of SRT subtitle files and all other subtitle formats understood by MPlayer; also provides a GUI to MPlayer to easily sync the subtitles to a movie. - KSubtile
http://ksubtile.sourceforge.net/
KTML is a browser-based WYSIWYG HTML editor that facilitates easy content formatting using its advanced table and image manipulation features; supports most platforms and configurations. - KTML
http://www.interaktonline.com/Products/Online-HTML-Editor/KTML-for-Dreamweaver/EOL/
Kuote is an application tool for the KDE panel-inspired by Gnome's Wanda the Fish. - Kuote
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=18046
Leipzig makes it easy for a programmer writing a music application to experiment; freeing from the conventional equal temperament tuning system. - Leipzig
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leipzig/
libavg is an Open Source project for use in the creation of media presentations and installations. - libavg
http://www.libavg.de/
LogicalDOC is a web-based document management system utility; assisting its users by managing documents in most popular formats. - LogicalDOC
http://www.logicaldoc.com/cmsPublic/-/websitelogicaldoc/en/community.html
Lucane provides easy development for networked applications with an object based network protocol, client/server and peer to peer integration, etc. - Lucane
http://www.lucane.org/EN/
Manage a project's build, reporting and documentation with this project management and comprehension tool; based on a project object model (POM). - Maven
http://maven.apache.org/
mcl is a MUD client running in a Virtual Console under Linux or using standard TTY routines under any other UNIX; other features include huge scrollback. - mcl
http://www.andreasen.org/mcl/
MDM, MIDI Data Miner, uses a neural network to learn correlations between notes and control changes in a MIDI file. - MDM
http://www.blackholeprojector.com/mdm.html
Mr Commander is a file manager based on GTK+ 2.0; features SMB and FTP support. - Mr Commander
http://mrcommander.sourceforge.net/
Developed as part of OCERA framework, LinCAN is a Linux kernel module that implements a CAN driver; capable of working with multiple cards. - Ocera
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ocera
Pakt is an XML abstraction layer for GObjects; its primary use is to publish GStreamer pipelines. - Pakt
http://iterative.org/pakt/
The Pinole project is an openly developed, PERL-based utility that allows you to send written messages to mobile phones/pagers using an email alias. - Pinole
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pinole/
ptybuffer was designed to get rid of screen/expect constructs to improve stability. - ptybuffer
http://www.scylla-charybdis.com/tool.php?tool=ptybuffer
QuickDC is a UNIX/Linux client for filesharing; resembles the DC++ client and supports most of the same extended features such as multiple hubs. - QuickDC
http://quickdc.sourceforge.net/
Radeon Tweaker is an openly developed editing tool for ATI's line of radeon-based video cards which allows you to adjust options you otherwise would have to add to the Window's registry by hand. - Radeon Tweaker
http://radeontweaker.sourceforge.net/
Contains information about its packaging system, as well as FAQ, and documentation and download information. - RubyGems
http://docs.rubygems.org/
A library that allows read-only access to Ruby’s internal NODE structure. Features information about Ruby’s parser to parse Ruby source code strings to node trees. - RubyNode
http://rubynode.rubyforge.org/
SDCV is an openly developed, simple, cross-platform, text-based utility for working with dictionaries in StarDict's format. - SDCV
http://sdcv.sourceforge.net
Setedit is a text editor specially designed for programmers and has a nice interface with mouse support, menus and windows (text mode); a very good choice for people with DOS background, especially people accustomed to Worstar and Borland editors. - Setedit
http://setedit.sourceforge.net/
Shed (simple hex editor) is a hex editor written for Unix/Linux using ncurses, with a friendly pico-style interface; shows data in ASCII, hex, dec, oct, and binary, and allows editing in all of these bases. - Shed
http://shed.sourceforge.net/
Silky is a secure chat application using the SILC protocol; OS-independent and uses the GTK toolkit. - Silky
http://silky.sourceforge.net/
simetro is a console application program that provides basic metronome functions and supports accent patterns. - simetro
http://www.w140.com/audio/
SkunkDAV is a WebDAV browser and remote file editing framework written in Java; including an RFC-2518-compliant WEBDAV client library with optional SSL support, a low-level DAV command-line client, and a built-in text editing component. - SkunkDAV
http://skunkdav.sourceforge.net/
Splinetree is a very neat application program for creating extremely life-like and very smooth, blobbed trees for POVRay. - Splinetree
http://povplace.addr.com/files/
SQLite Wrapper is a module written around a SWIG interface; providing a simple class abstraction around the API suitable for Perl use. - SQLite Wrapper
http://tk-software.home.comcast.net/~tk-software/#
SSEX (Szymon Stefanek's editor for X) is a lightweight, development-oriented text editor with heavy syntax highlighting; features include multiple file editing , C/C++, Java , Perl and HTML syntax highlighting. - SSEX
http://kvirc.firenze.linux.it/~pragma/ssex/
Supershape is an interactive utility that uses OpenGL to explore 3D supershapes. - Supershape
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/geometry/supershape3d/
SWFT (Simple Web File Transfer) is a web application designed as a more secure and modern replacement for FTP and SFTP; it does not conflict with modern firewall rules. - SWFT
http://www.potentialtech.com/cms/node/7
TDFSB is an RDI project, openly developing tools that reads images and text files and displays their contents. - TDFSB
http://www.determinate.net/webdata/seg/tdfsb.html
TinyFCK integrates the TinyMCE rich text editor with FCKEditor's file manager and uploader; combines the advantages of TinyMCE's features with a free file manager. - Tiny FCK
http://p4a.crealabsfoundation.org/tinyfck
VariCAD is 3D/2D CAD software utilized for 3D modeling and 2D drafting; features include ANSI, DIN, and symbols. - VariCAD
http://www.varicad.com/
vile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi; has extended capabilities in many areas, including multi-file editing and viewing, mouse support, infinite undo, additional operators, and rectangular operations. - vile
http://invisible-island.net/vile/
VTSurvey is a web-based utility which allows users to autonomously create and run online surveys, feedback, or registration forms. - VTSurvey
http://vtsurvey.sourceforge.net/
Wechselspieler is a tool for mapping motion data; features a GUI for easy selection of trigger regions in a video stream and mapping these to individual sound events. - Wechselspieler
http://wechselspieler.sourceforge.net/
The x-Desktop is designed to unify different operating system desktop interfaces into a browser-only application interface. - x-Desktop
http://www.x-desktop.org/
XDroplets is a set of launchers that better integrate X11 programs with the Mac OS X environment. - XDroplets
http://www.rhythmiccanvas.com/software/xdroplets/index.html
XEmacs (formerly known as Lucid Emacs) is a powerful, extensible text editor with full GUI support. - XEMacs
http://www.xemacs.org/Releases/index.html#Stable
Xerces2 is the next generation parser; defines, and provides a complete, standards compliant reference implementation using XNI. - Xerces2
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/
XINS is a technology used to define, create, and invoke remote APIs. - XINS
http://xins.sourceforge.net/
Xml Tools is an openly developed utility to help use XML in Python, and features widgets, and editors, which can respectively display and edit an XML document. - Xml Tools
http://www.logilab.org/2552
The xsbrowser is openly developed to create a human-readable documentation of XML document types represented as XML 1.0 DTDs or XML schemas; users do not understand the DTD or XML schema syntax. - xsbrowser
http://www.lumrix.net/xsbrowser.php
Zope is an application server specializing in CMS, intranets, and custom web applications. - Zope
http://www.zope.org/