WordPress. On this site you can download and install a software script called WordPress. To do this you need a web host who meets the minimum requirements and a little time. WordPress is completely customizable and can be used for almost anything. There is also a service called WordPress.com which lets you get started with a new and free WordPress-based blog in seconds, but varies in several ways and is less flexible than the WordPress you download and install yourself. Learn more about WordPress.
Drupal is open source software maintained and developed by a community of 630,000+ users and developers. It’s distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (or “GPL”), which means anyone is free to download it and share it with others. This open development model means that people are constantly working to make sure Drupal is a cutting-edge platform that supports the latest technologies that the Web has to offer. The Drupal project’s principles encourage modularity, standards, collaboration, ease-of-use, and more. Learn more about phpBB.
Gallery 3.0.5 is now available for download. It contains several security fixes as well as a handful of new features. The only major security issue involves someone malicious accessing a copy of Gallery 3 that is not yet installed, so if you already have Gallery 3.0.4 installed and configured there are no known major issues. However, as always we strongly recommend that you upgrade to the latest code. Go on, do it. It’s fast and painless. Learn more about Gallery.
phpBB is a free flat-forum bulletin board software solution that can be used to stay in touch with a group of people or can power your entire website. With an extensive database of user-created modifications and styles database containing hundreds of style and image packages to customize your board, you can create a very unique forum in minutes. No other bulletin board software offers a greater complement of features, while maintaining efficiency and ease of use. Best of all, phpBB is completely free. Learn more about phpBB.
Magento offers flexible, scalable eCommerce solutions designed to help businesses grow and succeed online. The Magento platform is trusted by more than 150,000 businesses, including some of the world’s leading brands. Customers choose Magento because our cost-effective solutions—built on open source technology—enable businesses of all sizes to control and customize the look and feel, content, and functionality of their online stores. Learn more about Magento.
vTiger is a open source Customer Relationship Management application with comparable functionality to SugarCRM and Salesforce.com, but with more free features. It includes phone and e-mail integration, analysis and reporting, customer support with self-service portal, and marketing & sales automation for campaigns, lead generation, billing and inventory management. Learn more about vtiger.
osCommerce Online Merchant v2.3 is a complete self-hosted online store solution that contains both a catalog frontend and an administration tool backend which can be easily installed and configured through a web-based installation procedure. Learn more about OScommerce.
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. Learn more about Joomla.
