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Web Developer Resource Index: Open Source

What is Open Source? Software that is generally developed by a community of programmers and other volunteers, distributed free of charge (for the most part) and with complete source code so the user may understand and modify the software if they see fit.

This is the philosophy of Open Source in a nutshell: If I fix a flaw, add a feature, or otherwise improve the software, then everyone else that uses and contributes may benefit as well. Open source is social software.

For an authoritative resource on this topic, visit the Open Source Definition.

Support open-source and open-standards, the Web runs on it!

Updated: Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 @ 12:57 AM EST

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1.OSI: The Open Source Initiative

Open source software is an idea whose time has finally come. For twenty years it has been building momentum in the technical cultures that built the Internet and the World Wide Web. [127]
★★★★☆
URI:http://opensource.org/
Author:
Board of Directors
[1]
Reviewed:Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 @ 9:40 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

OSI: The Open Source Initiative internet open-source web www
2.mozdev.org

Developers with an open-source software project related to Mozilla can find a host for it at mozdev, and enjoy the support of the entire Mozilla community. Many of the finest Firefox browser extensions featured by the drx index are hosted at mozdev. [1316]
★★★★★
URI:http://mozdev.org/
Author:
Open Source Community
[14]
Reviewed:Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005 @ 1:06 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

mozdev.org developer directory extension firefox mozilla open-source repository
3.SourceForge

SourceForge is the world's largest open-source software development respository, hosting tens of thousands of projects. They provide a centralized place for developers to maintain, document, promote and distribute their software. [1035]
★★★★★
URI:http://sourceforge.net/
Author:
Open Source Community
[14]
Reviewed:Saturday, April 23rd, 2005 @ 2:40 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

SourceForge open-source repository software
4.Chromium

The open-source project behind Google Chrome. All of the code is open-source, including V8, a new JavaScript virtual machine. You can download Chromium's source code and contribute by joining discussion groups, commenting on the blog, and reporting bugs. [1802]
★★★★☆
URI:http://code.google.com/chromium/
Author:
Google
[11]
Reviewed:Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 @ 12:57 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Chromium blog browser chrome code google javascript open-source
5.Google Code

Google engineers are encouraged to set aside one day out of the week to work on personal projects. Open Source interests a lot of Google developers, so we thought taking advantage of this program was a good way to prepare code for release and maintenance. [1614]
★★★★☆
URI:http://code.google.com/
Author:
Google
[11]
Reviewed:Thursday, January 26th, 2006 @ 4:31 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Google Code code developer google open-source programming search
6.Producing Open Source Software

A book about the human side of open-source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free software. Available in print, and online as PDF/HTML. From the creator of Subversion. [1557]
★★★★☆
URI:http://producingoss.com/
Author:
Karl Fogel
[2]
Reviewed:Monday, November 21st, 2005 @ 10:45 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Producing Open Source Software ebook open-source pdf software
7.Open Source Lab

If you're considering school, either starting as an undergrad or returning to finish your degree or pursue postgrad, and you support the open-source movement, then consider OSU. Even if you're not, this is a great source of information. Some pun there. [1547]
★★★★☆
URI:http://osuosl.org/
Author:
Oregon State University
[1]
Reviewed:Sunday, November 6th, 2005 @ 11:08 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Open Source Lab education open-source programming software
8.O'Reilly Radar

Wait a minute, isn't that a character from MASH? I'm so confused. I guess you could call this site the "Four Horsemen of the Alpha Geeks," or four guys blogging about the hottest trends in open-source technology. This one is definitely worth syndicating. [1472]
★★★★☆
URI:http://radar.oreilly.com/
Author:
O'Reilly Network
[13]
Reviewed:Sunday, August 7th, 2005 @ 5:57 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

O'Reilly Radar blog news open-source programming
9.CodeZoo

With a searchable database that thus far includes Java, Ruby and Python, O'Reilly's CodeZoo is a repository for open-source software. Anyone with an O'Reilly Network membership (they're free) can create a custom library of code that's shared as a pool. [1467]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.codezoo.com/
Author:
O'Reilly Network
[13]
Reviewed:Friday, August 5th, 2005 @ 2:20 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

CodeZoo open-source programming repository software
10.OSCON 2005

Each year I will highlight what I consider to be the most important convention for Open Source developers, which of course is the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON). 2005 looks to be one of the biggest and best yet. [1466]
★★★★☆
URI:http://oreillynet.com/oscon2005/
Author:
Open Source Community
[14]
Reviewed:Thursday, August 4th, 2005 @ 2:00 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

OSCON 2005 open-source oscon programming software web
11.Apple Open Source

"As the first major computer company to make Open Source development a key part of its ongoing software strategy, Apple remains committed to the Open Source development model." I just wish they'd learn to be flexible when it comes to hardware and pricing. [1456]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.apple.com/opensource/
Author:
Apple Computer
[9]
Reviewed:Monday, August 1st, 2005 @ 6:50 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Apple Open Source apple darwin mac open-source osx safari tiger
12.OSDir.com

This O'Reilly Network site is a place to find breaking news on Open Source and Linux. Visit the Software Directory for a huge, categorized list of stable open-source applications, and the Screenshot Gallery to see how they look running on the desktop. [1418]
★★★★☆
URI:http://osdir.com/
Author:
O'Reilly Network
[13]
Reviewed:Monday, July 18th, 2005 @ 7:59 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

OSDir.com linux news open-source software
13.BBC Open Source

Information about, and links to software projects now released as open-source by the BBC. As you would expect, many are related to media and multi-media. Just a few examples are Perl CPAN modules, Apache Web server modules, and the TV-Anytime Java API. [1413]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/
Author:
BBC
[1]
Reviewed:Saturday, July 16th, 2005 @ 3:41 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

BBC Open Source apache c java multimedia news open-source perl
14.W3C Open Source Software

"The natural complement to W3C specifications is running code. Implementation and testing is an essential part of specification development and releasing the code promotes exchange of ideas in the developer community." Jigsaw and Amaya are prime examples. [1377]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.w3.org/Status
Author:
World Wide Web Consortium
[3]
Reviewed:Wednesday, July 6th, 2005 @ 10:06 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

W3C Open Source Software open-source software w3c
15.The Open Source Monopoly

The first in a series of three articles that examines how open-source has evolved from a grass-roots movement into a commercial model for some businesses. The author uses as examples JBoss, the dual-license model of MySQL, Red Hat Linux, and others. [1320]
★★★★☆
URI:http://galatea.com/opensource.html
Author:
Lajos Moczar
[1]
Reviewed:Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005 @ 3:41 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

The Open Source Monopoly licenses linux mysql open-source
16.Open Source Technology Group

Big Daddy. What can I say? This is the parent company for such sites as Slashdot, SourceForge, NewsForge, Freshmeat, Linux.com... Look around the drx index, they're everywhere. This company is top of the open-source food chain, or VA Software is. [1298]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.ostg.com/
Author:
OSTG
[2]
Reviewed:Thursday, June 16th, 2005 @ 5:14 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Open Source Technology Group developer internet linux open-source web
17.Playboy Open Source Mirror

That's correct geeks, an open-source mirror from Playboy. This blows my mind, included are the latest releases from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), FreeBSD, Apache, Mozilla, Fedora and mod_ssl. Way to go Hef, excuse me, way to go Tim! [1274]
★★★★☆
URI:http://mirrors.playboy.com/
Author:
Tim Yocum
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, June 7th, 2005 @ 2:44 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Playboy Open Source Mirror open-source repository software
18.Nutch

Hey, we have the #1 Web server, a browser that's gaining huge market share, the ODP/dmoz, all the top programming languages...why not a killer open-source search engine too? Now part of the Apache Foundation. [1173]
★★★★☆
URI:http://incubator.apache.org/nutch/
Author:
Nutch Team
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, June 2nd, 2005 @ 1:12 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Nutch apache open-source search
19.Open Source Buzz

Outstanding community/blogger site from Artima Developer. They also have categories for Design, Java, Linux, Mac OS, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, XML and a few others I won't mention. RSS feeds of new posts, impressive blogroll as well. [1164]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.artima.com/buzz/community.jsp?forum=141
Author:
Artima Developer
[9]
Reviewed:Monday, May 16th, 2005 @ 4:11 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Open Source Buzz blog design developer open-source
20.Freshmeat

Another huge searchable repository of (mostly) open-source software. Includes a browsable directory, articles, reviews, newsletter, FAQ, stats (most popular), etc. [1055]
★★★★☆
URI:http://freshmeat.net/
Author:
Freshmeat Crew
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 @ 5:43 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Freshmeat directory open-source repository software
21.Open Standards: Principles and Practice

Examples of existing Open Standards include HTML/XHTML/CSS (W3C), SQL (ANSI/ISO), TCP/IP (IETF), PDF (Adobe), ISA (IEEE) and PCI/AGP (Intel). [1041]
★★★★☆
URI:http://perens.com/OpenStandards/Definition.html
Author:
Bruce Perens
[1]
Reviewed:Saturday, April 23rd, 2005 @ 9:07 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Open Standards: Principles and Practice open-source standards
22.The Cathedral and the Bazaar

A collection of essays that led to Netscape's decision to release their browser as Open Source, put Linus Torvalds on the cover of Forbes Magazine and Microsoft on the defensive, and helped Linux to rock the world of commercial software. [264]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_3/raymond/
Author:
Eric S. Raymond
[2]
Reviewed:Saturday, April 16th, 2005 @ 2:54 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

The Cathedral and the Bazaar linux open-source software
23.Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution

The most fascinating development in the Open Source movement today is not the success of companies like Red Hat. What's intriguing is to see major corporations, like IBM and Oracle, turn their attention to Open Source as a business opportunity. [246]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html
Author:
Open Sources Editors
[1]
Reviewed:Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 @ 10:12 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution open-source