Top 20 Open Source Software List

Welcome to our open source hall of fame. The OSLiving top 20 open source software list is based on up-to-the-minute popularity data from our archive.

The stats are reset on a monthly basis but rankings respond to real-time data, making this, the cream of the crop from our archive right now!

 

  • Open SonicOpen Sonic is an open-source game based on the "Sonic the Hedgehog" universe. It introduces a different style of gameplay called cooperative play, in which it's possible to control 3 characters simultaneously.... » 2158 view(s)
  • CinefxCinefx (formerly Jahshaka) is a video and film compositing, editing and special fx system that uses OpenGL & OpenML hardware rendering to give operators real time interactivity. The system is cross platform, and also includes full CG, paint and image processing modules.... » 1995 view(s)
  • LightworksLightworks is an Academy and Emmy award winning professional-grade video editor with over 20 years of history in the film and broadcast industry. It includes a full feature set of editorial tools from advanced trimming and media management, to stereoscopic support and realtime effects including multiple secondary colour correctors.... » 1923 view(s)
  • VideoLAN Movie CreatorVLMC (VideoLAN Movie Creator) is a cross-platform, non-linear video editing software based on the VLC Media Player. ... » 1351 view(s)
  • Open Movie EditorOpen Movie Editor is a free and open source video editing program, designed for basic movie making capabilities. It aims to be powerful enough for the amateur movie artist, yet easy to use.... » 1333 view(s)
  • Project PierProjectPier is a self-hosted PHP application for managing tasks, projects and teams through an intuitive web interface. ProjectPier will help your organization communicate, collaborate and get things done.... » 1233 view(s)
  • DVD FlickDVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks as well as subtitles of your choice.... » 974 view(s)
  • Android Sync ClientThe Android Sync Client is an experimental project for the Google Android mobile platform. It allows to sync the contacts list only. It will provide also other personal data sync, like calendar and notes.... » 907 view(s)
  • Tor ProjectTor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.... » 900 view(s)
  • CinelerraCinelerra does primarily 3 things: capturing, compositing, and editing audio and video with sample level accuracy. It's a movie studio in a box.... » 817 view(s)
  • eFronteFront is an easy to use, visually attractive, SCORM compatible, eLearning and Human Capital Development system. It is suitable for both company and educational usage.... » 794 view(s)
  • DarkTableDarktable is a virtual light table and darkroom for photographers: it manages your digital negatives in a database and lets you view them through a zoomable light table. it also enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.... » 721 view(s)
  • Aptana Studio (Community Edition)Aptana Studio's community edition is the free, open source Web development environment optimized for use with Ajax libraries and scripting languages like JavaScript, Ruby and PHP. Aptana Studio is considered by many devleopers the best-in-class authoring environment for today's more rich and interactive Web pages and Ajax applications.... » 678 view(s)
  • KdenliveKdenlive is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor, including most recent video technologies.... » 678 view(s)
  • MediaCoderMediaCoder is a universal batch media transcoder, which integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. This app benefits from regular codec and tool updates and support for new devices.... » 668 view(s)
  • PiTiViPiTiVi is a free, intuitive and featureful movie editor for the Linux desktop. It supports simple media editing capabilities such as trimming, snapping, splitting and cutting of clips. ... » 661 view(s)
  • ViviaVivia is a video editing program for Linux and Windows. It provides extremely easy editing of clips and transitions in real-time, along with multi-camera support for editing scenes that were recorded by more than one camera simultaneously.... » 658 view(s)
  • PrestaShopPrestaShop is a full-featured, cross-platform eCommerce shopping cart application for the Web 2.0 era. Open-source and Web-based (PHP5), PrestaShop is customizable, stable, and "weighs" only 2.2MB for a quick and easy installation.... » 614 view(s)
  • Lemon POSLemon POS is an opensource Point of Sale software for micro, small and medium businesses. It supports many POS terminals with a single database on a network.... » 600 view(s)
  • insight3dinsight3d lets you create 3D models from photographs. You give it a series of photos of a real scene (e.g., of a building), it automatically matches them and then calculates positions in space from which each photo has been taken (plus camera’s optical parameters) along with a 3D pointcloud of the scene. ... » 560 view(s)

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