Open Source Software Reviews

b2evolution is open source multi-lingual, multi-user comprehensive blog engine. It is a classy news and weblog tool that is compatible with almost all the web hosting services.

b2evolution was developed aiming to provide a free, feature-rich, extensible and easy-to-install solution that will publish any type of information on the Web – ranging from professional news feeds to personal web-logs.

Drupal is an open source content management platform. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, it can support a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community driven websites. It allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage, and organize a great variety of content on a website.

Domain Technologie Control (DTC) is a complete webhosting package that delivers a web GUI for administration. The software is created using PHP scripts and supports MySQL database to handle all the host information at the backend.

BBclone is a web counter written in PHP and gives a detailed view of the visitors of your web site by displaying the nth last users (and the data they provided, like their IP, browser and so on) that visited the web site, not just showing a number of visitors. This is very handy tool for webmasters who want to see - who is visiting their sites, what browser they are using, where they are coming from etc.

MythTV is a “do it yourself” (homebrew) personal video recorder (PVR). It is a device that lets you record and watch television shows. MythTV is better termed as Home Entertainment Personal Computer (HTPC), also called a Media PC.

Mambo is a full-featured content management system that can be used for everything - from simple websites to complex corporate applications. The Mambo Development Team focuses on building a solid application framework rather than on add-ons that are typically found in many portal solutions. This keeps the Mambo core extremely lightweight and efficient, making it easier for anybody to extend Mambo through custom third party component and modules that directly serve their needs.

Group-Office is a groupware suite containing a base system and different modules. The modules are designed in such a way that groups of people can collaborate online. The key features of Group-Office are Shared Calendars, Address books, projects, files and email. Users use their favorite browser to access this groupware from all over the world since the software is compatible with all browsers.

Ariadne is a Web Application Server and Content Management System, written entirely in PHP. It has a rich user interface, which includes wizards, pulldown menus, and a WYSIWYG HTML editor (MSIE 4+ only).

IMP is the Internet Messaging Program. It is written in PHP and provides webmail access to IMAP and POP3 accounts. It is a web-based email tool provided under the HKU Portal for email communication.

eGroupWare is a web-based groupware suite. It is a flexible framework capable of hosting applications like group calendar, addressbook, E-mail, accounting, inventory, and more. These applications can share a common user store, and a flexible Access Control List (ACL) system to control access and information sharing.