
Zivios is an open source enterprise management system with features such as a single sign on, certificate authority, user, group and computer provisioning as well as remote management of services.


Untangle is a software suite that effectively acts as a router, firewall, spam blocker, web filter, virus blocker, fishing blocker, etc …. It is easy to use and sets up in a flash.


PacketFence is a network access control (NAC) system that can be used to effectively secure small to large networks. It provides NAC-oriented features such as registration of new network devices, detection of abnormal network activities, isolation of problematic devices and remediation through a captive portal.


Insoshi is an open source social networking platform built with Ruby on Rails. The project is currently under development but already boasts a solid feature set.




Elgg is an open source social networking platform developed for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) which encompasses weblogging, file storage, RSS aggregation, personal profiles, FOAF functionality and more.



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