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“Community Choice” Project of the Month Vote – January 2016

The vote for January 2016 Community Choice SourceForge Project of the Month is now available, and will run until December 15, 2015 12:00 UTC.


Skim

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file. Skim requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher.
[ Download Skim ]


Ditto

Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard, allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to specify what gets saved, whether it is text, images, or html.
[ Download Ditto ]


gretl

gretl is a cross-platform software package for econometric analysis, written in the C programming language.
[ Download gretl ]


The FreeType Project

FreeType is written in C. It is small, efficient, and highly customizable and also capable of producing high-quality output (glyph images) of most vector and bitmap font formats for digital typography. FreeType is a freely available and portable software library to render fonts.
[ Download The FreeType Project ]


Snappy Driver Installer

Snappy Driver Installer is an application for installing/updating drivers on PCs running Microsoft Windows using driver packs or included folders with drivers. It can be used to install drivers on newly assembled PCs at places where Internet isn’t available. Users can also use the software to keep their drivers up-to-date.
[ Download Snappy Driver Installer ]


LXLE

A full-featured OS for an aging PC. Aging hardware needs the right system on it to squeeze a few more years out of your current system without sacrificing performance, capability, usability, and aesthetics.
[ Download LXLE ]


Tcl

Tool Command Language (Tcl) is an interpreted language and very portable interpreter for that language. Tcl is embeddable and extensible, and has been widely used since its creation in 1988 by John Ousterhout.
[ Download Tcl ]


antiX-Linux

A fast, lightweight, and easy-to-install linux live CD distribution, based on Debian Testing, for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems.
[ Download antiX-Linux ]


Double Commander

Double Commander is a cross platform Open Source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.
[ Download Double Commander ]

Project of the Week, November 16, 2015

Here are the featured projects for the week, which appear on the front page of SourceForge.net:


Smoothwall

Smoothwall is a best-of-breed Internet firewall/router, designed to run on commodity hardware, and to provide an easy-to-use administration interface for those using it. It is built using Open Source and Free software, it is distributed under the GNU Public License.
[ Download Smoothwall ]


NAS4Free

NAS4Free is an embedded Open Source Storage distribution and supports
sharing across Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems. NAS4Free can be installed on Compact Flash/USB/SSD media, hard disk or booted of from a Live CD with a USB stick.
[ Download NAS4Free ]


GNS3

GNS3 is a graphical network simulator that allows you to design complex network topologies. You may run simulations or configure devices ranging from simple workstations to powerful Cisco routers. It is based on Dynamips, Pemu/Qemu, and Dynagen.
[ Download GNS3 ]


rEFInd

rEFInd is a fork of the rEFIt boot manager. Like rEFIt, rEFInd can auto-detect your installed EFI boot loaders, and it presents a pretty GUI menu of boot options. rEFInd goes beyond rEFIt in that rEFInd better handles systems with many boot loaders, gives better control over the boot loader search process, and provides the ability for users to define their own boot loader entries.
[ Download rEFInd ]


Snappy Driver Installer

Snappy Driver Installer is an application for installing/updating drivers on PCs running Microsoft Windows using driverpacks or included folders with drivers. It can be used to install drivers on newly assembled PCs at places where Internet isn’t available. Users can also use the software to keep their drivers up-to-date.
[ Download Snappy Driver Installer ]


SMPlayer

SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux, with built-in codecs that can also play and download Youtube videos. It also remembers the settings of all files you play, so you can leave a video and later resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume, etc. SMPlayer also features the ability to play Youtube videos or download subtitles.
[ Download SMPlayer ]


antiX-Linux

antiX is a fast, lightweight, and easy-to-install linux live CD distribution, based on Debian Testing, for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems.
[ Download antiX-Linux ]


Battle for Wesnoth

The Battle for Wesnoth is a Free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both single-player and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures.
[ Download Battle for Wesnoth ]


digiCamControl

digiCamControl is a free and Open Source software that allows you to control camera shooting parameters, and also saves time by transferring images directly from your camera to your computer as you take each shot.
[ Download digiCamControl ]

SourceForge adds Android option for download platform

The SourceForge team has been working at enabling more features for mobile users. One way we are improving our mobile capabilities is to allow project owners to add Android versions of their applications to our website. We currently support the following Android extensions on our download platform: .apk, .odex, and .dex.Screen Shot 2015-11-13 at 2.25.44 PM

If you are a project owner, click the Files tab of your project and indicate the default executable file you want to use for downloads for each OS supported. If there is no default executable file indicated, SourceForge will auto-detect what the latest release file is for each platform.Screen Shot 2015-11-13 at 2.26.01 PM

Users downloading a project on an Android phone will experience a seamless installation, including getting the appropriate version of an application automatically installed.

For reference, here are few of the popular Android-based applications presently listed on SourceForge:

Project of the Week, November 9, 2015

Here are the featured projects for the week, which appear on the front page of SourceForge.net:


Skim

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file. Skim requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher.
[ Download Skim ]


gretl

gretl is a cross-platform software package for econometric analysis, written in the C programming language.
[ Download gretl ]


LXLE

LXLE is a full featured OS for an aging PC. Aging hardware needs the right system on it to squeeze a few more years out of your current system without sacrificing performance, capability, usability, and aesthetics.
[ Download LXLE ]


Linux Diagnostic Tools

The project’s goal is to create better tools for diagnosing Linux systems. The diagnostics include first failure data capture, error log analysis, preventative testing, and system inventory gathering.
[ Download Linux Diagnostic Tools ]


FileBot

FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming your movies, TV shows,  anime, and music. It is also perfect for downloading subtitles and artwork. FileBot is smart, streamlined for simplicity, and just works. It supports Windows, Linux, and Mac, plus there’s a full-featured command-line interface for all sorts of automation.
[ Download FileBot ]


Super Audio CD Decoder

Super Audio CD Decoder input plugin for foobar2000. The Decoder is capable of playing back Super Audio CD ISO images, DSDIFF, and DSF files. It is also capable of direct DSD playback for compatible devices.
[ Download Super Audio CD Decoder ]


Chromixium

Chromixium is a free and Open Source computer operating system, designed to mimic the look and feel of Google’s Chrome OS, but still retain the flexibility and power of Ubuntu Linux.
[ Download Chromixium ]


jEdit Plugin Central

jEdit Plugin Central is the primary online repository of plugins for the jEdit text editor. In conjunction with this repository, the integrated Plugin Manager allows jEdit users to install, upgrade, and remove plugins without leaving the editor.
[ Download jEdit Plugin Central ]


VoIP monitor

VoIPmonitor is an Open Source network packet sniffer with a commercial front end for SIP, SKINNY, RTP, and RTCP VoIP protocols running on Linux. VoIPmonitor is designed to analyze the quality of VoIP calls based on network parameters, delay variation, and packet loss according to the ITU-T G.107 E-model, which predicts quality on MOS scale. Calls with all relevant statistics are saved to the MySQL or ODBC database. Optionally, each call can be saved to a pcap file with only SIP/SKINNY protocol or SIP/RTP/RTCP/T.38/udptl protocols. VoIPmonitor can also decode audio.
[ Download VoIP monitor ]

InfoWorld’s 2015 Bossie Awards feature SourceForge hosted projects

InfoWorld’s annual Best of Open Source Awards (aka the Bossies) unveils the work of this year’s most enterprising Open Source enthusiasts, who care to unlock the secrets of the Open Source tools in their domain and then grace us with some of the year’s finest Open Source contributions. The 2015 Bossies Awards include some 100 winners in the following six categories:

  • Screen Shot 2015-11-04 at 9.31.59 AMThe best open source applications
  • The best open source application development tools
  • The best open source big data tools
  • The best open source data center and cloud software
  • The best open source desktop and mobile software
  • The best open source networking and security software

The list includes dev tools, databases, desktop apps, apps to run your business, and more. You will see that free professional-grade software is available at your fingertips in just a few clicks. All you have to do is download it and use it.

The SourceForge 2015 Bossie Award winners include:

  • Postbooks ERP – The World’s #1 Open Source ERP, Accounting, CRM for SMBs.
  • iDempiere – A Business Suite ERP/CRM/SCM done the community way.
  • SuiteCRM – A fork of SugarCRM Community Edition.
  • CiviCRM – A constituent relationship management solution for advocacy, non-profit, and other organizations.
  • OrangeHRM – An Open Source Human Resource Management tool.
  • Bonita BPM – A premier provider of Business Process Management Solutions (BPMS).
  • Talend Open Studio – Unleash the Power of Spark with Real-time Big Data Integration.
  • Teiid – An Enterprise Information Integration System.
  • OpenCV – A computer vision and machine learning library that contains about 500 algorithms.
  • HandBrake – A tool to convert video from nearly any format to modern codecs.
  • KeePass – A lightweight and easy-to-use password manager.
  • 7-Zip – A free file archiver for extremely high compression.
  • Zenoss Core – today’s premier, open-source IT monitoring solution.
  • OpenNMS – A Java based fault and performance management system.
  • Security Onion – A Linux distro for IDS (Intrusion Detection) and NSM (Network Security Monitoring).

Congratulations to all of the InfoWorld 2015 Bossie winners!

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