20051230

Job Hunter: PHP/PostgreSQL-based software you can run on a Linux or OS X machine to track job opportunities in your hunt for contracts or employment

Job Hunter is PHP/PostgreSQL-based software you can run on a Linux or OS X machine to track job opportunities in your hunt for contracts or employment. Documentation is included in OpenOffice/NeoOffice and PDF formats.

[Environment] MacOS X, Web Environment
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] Unix
[Programming Language] PHP
[Topic] Information Management :: Issue Tracking, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content, Office/Business

20051229

GNU Telephony: A meta project dedicated to the development and promotion of the use of free software for telephony

GNU Telephony is a meta project dedicated to the development and promotion of the use of free software for telephony. This project is used to directly support the GNU Common C++ family of libraries, telephony application servers such as GNU Bayonne, ip/pstn gateway packages such as Troll, and some other useful telephony related free software packages which I activily maintain.

KNGForge is host to our flagship e-learning product, KEWL.NextGen

KEWL.NextGen (KNG) is a next-generation e-learning application built on its own Model-View-Controller (MVC) extensible framework architecture and is being developed as a product of the African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) .

20051228

Insipid: A web-based bookmark repository

Insipid is a Delicious clone written in Perl and licensed under the GPL. A web-based bookmark repository.

20051224

Quizmo: A program that helps students study

Quizmo is a program that helps students study. Users enter questions and answers, and the program asks the student the questions in a random order.

[Environment] Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved, OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] Microsoft :: Windows, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows 95/98/ME, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, POSIX, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] C#
[Topic] Education

20051222

pmacct-fe: A frontend tool for presenting network statistics in tables and plots

pmacct-fe is a frontend tool for presenting network statistics in tables and plots. It works by reading aggregates stored into a PostgreSQL database by pmacct. Features include user authentication and capabilities, support for multiple observation points, and customizable report types.

[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic] Database :: Front-Ends, Internet :: Log Analysis, System :: Networking :: Monitoring

20051220

Inno Setup: A free installer for Windows programs

Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability.

20051219

Contact Form: A Perl script that allows users to send you email through a Web interface

Contact Form is a Perl script that allows users to send you email through a Web interface. It is designed to thwart spammers by not allowing email to be sent to unknown addresses, or revealing the addresses that it knows. In addition to this, it does not contain cross site scripting vulnerabilities or allow arbitrary code to be run on the host. It provides adequate information in the headers it sends to trace spammers, can check the validity of all data before sending emails, and features a customizable interface that allows for arbitrary fields.

[Environment]
Web Environment
[Intended Audience]
System Administrators
[License]
Free For Educational Use, Free For Home Use, Free for non-commercial use, Freely Distributable, Freeware, OSI Approved, OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]
Unix
[Programming Language]
Perl
[Topic]
Internet, Internet :: WWW/HTTP, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management

20051218

John the Ripper: A fast password cracker

John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures), DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. It supports several crypt(3) password hash types which are most commonly found on various Unix flavors, as well as Kerberos AFS and Windows NT/2000/XP LM hashes. Several other hash types are added with contributed patches.

[Environment] Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] BeOS, MacOS X, Microsoft :: MS-DOS, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows 95/98/ME, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, Other OS, POSIX, Unix
[Programming Language] Assembly, C, Unix Shell
[Topic] Security, Security :: Cryptography, System :: Systems Administration, Text Processing :: Filters, Utilities

20051216

Brim: A Web based information manager which manages bookmarks, agenda/calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, passwords, collections, and more

Brim is a Web based information manager which manages bookmarks, agenda/calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, passwords, collections, and more. Brim is based on an MVC framework that uses items with a potential hierarchical relation as its base. It supports multiple themes, an unlimited number of items/folders, and has over 15 translations. Brim was formerly known as Booby, but has been totally reworked.

[Environment] Web Environment
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] PHP
[Topic] Communications :: Email :: Address Book, Information Management, Office/Business :: Scheduling

20051215

OpenVZ: An Operating System-level server virtualization solution, built on Linux

OpenVZ is an Operating System-level server virtualization solution, built on Linux. OpenVZ creates isolated, secure virtual private servers (VPSs) or virtual environments on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict. Each VPS performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server; VPSs can be rebooted independently and have root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries and configuration files.

Booh: A static Web-album generator.

Booh is a static Web-album generator. It takes one or several series of photos and videos, and automatically builds static Web pages to browse them, creating thumbnails, etc. It features automatic rotation of portrait images, support for videos, preloading, sub-albums support, themability, a powerful GUI for editing, and more.

[Environment]
X11 Applications :: GTK
[Intended Audience]
Advanced End Users
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]
POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]
JavaScript, Ruby
[Topic]
Internet :: WWW/HTTP, Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation

Pen: A load balancer for "simple" TCP-based protocols such as HTTP or SMTP

Pen is a load balancer for "simple" TCP-based protocols such as HTTP or SMTP. It allows several servers to appear as one to the outside. It automatically detects servers that are down and distributes clients among the available servers. This gives high availability and scalable performance.

[Environment] No Input/Output (Daemon)
[Intended Audience] System Administrators
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, POSIX :: Linux, POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] Internet :: WWW/HTTP, System :: Clustering/Distributed Networks, System :: Networking

20051214

KnowledgebasePublisher: A knowledge-base and FAQ solution for Web sites

KnowledgebasePublisher is a knowledge-base and FAQ solution for Web sites. It can also be used as a content manager for any other type of article to be published on a Web site. It features an easy-to-use, Web-based interface. KnowledgebasePublisher allows a content administrator in your company to easily add, edit, delete, and post current information to your Web site at any time.

[Environment]
Web Environment
[Intended Audience]
End Users/Desktop
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL), OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System]
OS Independent
[Programming Language]
JavaScript, PHP
[Topic]
Information Management :: Document Repositories, Information Management :: Issue Tracking, Information Management :: Records Management, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management

Freehelpdesk: Feature-rich help desk system designed from the ground up to meet the demands of help desk staff and their users

Freehelpdesk is feature-rich help desk system designed from the ground up to meet the demands of help desk staff and their users. It is a Web-based system that can accept new calls from your users directly into the system. Calls can be tracked and searched to enable faster response times.

[Environment]
Web Environment, Web Mozilla
[Intended Audience]
Quality Engineers
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]
MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, POSIX, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]
PHP
[Topic]
Communications, Information Management, Information Management :: Issue Tracking, Information Management :: Records Management, Information Management :: Workflow Frameworks, Office/Business

20051205

xlit is a program for converting text from one writing system into another

xlit is a program for converting text from one writing system into another. It allows the user to define a transliteration simply by typing the input strings in one window and the strings to which they are to be mapped in another. Transliteration may be restricted to regions bounded by specified delimiters or their complements.

[Environment] X11 Applications
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX
[Programming Language] Tcl
[Topic] Text Processing, Text Processing :: Linguistic, Text Processing :: Markup

20051203

SpamProbe: A spam detection program that uses a Bayesian analysis of the frequencies of terms used in the email

SpamProbe is a spam detection program that uses a Bayesian analysis of the frequencies of terms used in the email. Because it filters email based on content rather than on general rules, it easily adapts itself to the types of email that each individual user normally receives.

[Environment] Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience] System Administrators
[License] OSI Approved :: Q Public License (QPL)
[Operating System] POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] C++
[Topic] Communications :: Email :: Filters

FreeNAS: A minimal FreeBSD distribution that provide NAS (network-attached storage) services

FreeNAS is a minimal FreeBSD distribution that provide NAS (network-attached storage) services: CIFS, FTP, NFS. It may be booted and run from a Compact Flash or CD-ROM. It also features a full Web-based configuration interface.

[Environment] Web Environment
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: BSD License (original), OSI Approved :: BSD License (revised)
[Network Environment] IP
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] PHP, Unix Shell
[Topic] System :: Archiving, System :: Networking

20051201

Krecipes: A KDE cooking book

Krecipes is a KDE cooking book that works with either SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL database backends, and is designed to be highly configurable. It features configurable ingredients, creation of shopping lists, daily recipe suggestions based on calories/diets, and much more.