Open Source Software Reviews

LibOFX is the open source generic library written in C and C++ to provide the financial software to support the Open Financial eXchange specification. The software is released under the GNU General Public License. All the Linux, BSD and Unix like operating systems support LibOFX. The intended audiences of LibOFX are developers, end users, and financial and insurance industry.

Kapital is the open source personal finance manager package for KDE and Linux. The system requirement to use Kapital is Linux with Xfree86 and KDE version 3.0.x or higher versions.

Entering and clearing various types of transactions, e.g., checks, deposits, ATM, EFT are all supported by the Check Register of Kapital. The Calendar feature provides the user with the facility to set up schedule payments used in conjunction with a ‘Bill Tracker’ alarms. This alerts the user for the due bills.

Custom is the open source E-commerce system written in Python and SQL. Custom works in web environment and OS Independence and Linux operating systems. Custom is released and distributed under the Python Software Foundation License.

2D/3D Area Graph provides both client & Server side solution for the incorporation of new area graphs into the web pages. This open source software was authored by Patrick Obrien and released by the company Sirius Computer Consultants Limited on March 28 2003 under the terms of Shareware license.

Essential Budget is the cross platform open source personal finance manager, written in JAVA using Essential Data, RCPLite, and SWT. The software was developed aiming to replace cross-platform tools like Quicken.

Fisterra is the open source GENOME development framework, written in C and is released and distributed under the terms of GNU General Public License. The operating system that supports Fisterra is Linux while the environments supported by Fisterra are Genome and X11. Fisterra 1.5 contains distributed database system using PostgreSQL. So the user can work offline or use low bandwidth lines interconnection to use Fisterra.

Daffodil CRM is the open source CRM solution, aims to manage customer relationships in a highly organized environment. The software is written in Java and is compatible with Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT and XP, and Linux operating systems. Web environment is required to run Daffodil CRM successfully. The software is released and distributed under the terms of GNU General Public License.

JStock is the open source tool written in Java that is used for technical analysis of stocks. JStock is released under the modified BSD license. All the user drawn designs and notes are stored in an optional database in the JStock and a postgreSQL user can feel comfortable with the JStock.sql. The basic functions of JStock works without any support of database and the data-files can be accessed straight from the Internet.

Freemoney is the open source financial application released under GNU General Public License. Freemoney runs on the web environment and is written in JavaScript and Perl programming language. The operating systems, which support Freemoney, are Linux, BSD and Unix like operating systems. The business-oriented framework used by Freemoney is based on PostgreSQL, Perl, POE, Apache and Embperl.

MyEasyMarket is the open source e-shop solution provider for e-business. and released under the GNU General Public License. The operating systems, which support MyEasyMarket, are BSD, HP-UX, Unix, Linux and SunOS/ Solaris. MyEasyMarket is written in PHP.