Open Source Requirements Management Tool is designed to achieve full SDLC traceability for features, requirements, design, implementation, and testing. It has a UI for requirements derivation, version control, and common or custom attributes (rationale, source, risk, effort, etc.). It is suitable for product managers, developers, and analysts to collaborate with flexibility and scalability.

This Open Source Requirements Management Tool is written in Java.

Website: http://osrmt.sourceforge.net/

opentaps is a Java Open Source ERP and CRM system with integrated Open Source business intelligence. It is designed to bring together all parts of your organization, so that you can work together more effectively and make better business decisions. Because opentaps is open source ERP & CRM, you can download, modify, use, and distributed for free.

This Free Open Source ERP & CRM Software offers e-commerce, point of sales, inventory, warehouse, manufacturing, customer service, and content management applications. It is written in Java, can be deployed on Linux/Unix and Windows, and is compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and most other major relational databases.

Website: http://www.opentaps.org/

Demo: http://www.opentaps.org/index.php…

ppDrag is a Drag n Drop plugin for jQuery, which mimics the interface of jQuery UI’s Draggable. Currently supported is a small subset of its options, but the implementation is different (ppDrag focuses on performance). This Free Drag n Drop jQuery Plugin is a very fast.

The speed difference is more visible with slower CPU’s. If you have a fast processor which supports SpeedStep or a similar technology, you can try lowering its frequency. Also, due to JavaScript engine optimizations in the last generation browsers, the speed difference is less than with older browsers. For example, it is greater with Firefox 2 than with Firefox 3.

All major existing browsers are supported. This includes IE6/7, Firefox1/2/3, Opera, Konqueror, Safari, and others.

Website: http://ppdrag.ppetrov.com/

Download: http://code.google.com/p/ppdrag/downloads/list

XMail Server Lite is an Open Source Email Server Software for Windows and Linux Platforms. This Free Email Server Software is very efficient and provides fast AJAX webmail and POP3/SMTP services.

XMail Server Lite is a community edition of the commercial XMail Server Pro product, provides free email server with a clean and easy-to-use webmail.

Email Server Features

Website: http://www.afterlogic.com

Download: http://www.afterlogic.com/xmail-server-lite

nopCommerce is an Open Source Ecommerce Software written in ASP.NET 3.5 and use MS SQL 2005 (or higher) as back-end database. This Free Ecommerce Software is fully customizable, stable and highly usable. nopCommerce is a solution with comprehensive features that is easy to use for new online businesses, yet powerful enough for the most demanding ecommerce.

Ecommerce Software Features

• Supports categories and manufacturers
• Support for kit products (e.g. Build your own computer)
• Anonymous checkout
• Multilingual support
• Multicurrency support
• Fully 100% customizable design using templates
• Supports multiple images per product
• Support for sale prices
• Disable buy buttons for specific products
• Compare product feature (if enabled)
• Customer groups can be marked as free shipping
• Supports discounts
• Customize default SEO meta tags
• Integrated for real-time shipping rates from: UPS, USPS, FedEx
• Apply tax by zip
• Real-time or offline credit card processing

This easy-to-use Ecommerce Software is uniquely suited for merchants that have outgrown existing systems, and may be hosted with your current web host or our hosting partners. It has everything you need to get started in selling physical and digital goods over the internet.

The good thing about nopCommerce is, it’s optimization for search engines. From search friendly URLs to properly structured content and products, you will find that nopCommerce was built to help your customers locate your content with ease.

This Ecommerce Software offers unprecedented flexibility and control. Since it is Open Source, nopCommerce’s source code is available free for download.

Website: http://www.nopcommerce.com/

Demo: http://demo.nopcommerce.com/

Download: http://www.nopcommerce.com/Downloads.aspx

OpenEMR is a Free & Open Source Medical Practice Management, Electronic Medical Records, Prescription Writing, and Medical Billing Application. It includes electronic health records, scheduling software, insurance billing, accounting, and fine-grained access controls. It is a Free & Open Source replacement for medical applications such as Medical Manager, Health Pro, and Misys.

OpenEMR mission is to work together to create a high-quality electronic medical record and medical practice management software.

Medical claim and accounts receivable can also be managed through SQL-Ledger, which has been customized. Calendar features include categories for appointment types, colors associated with appointment types, repeating appointments, and the ability to restrict appointments based on type. There are customizable medical encounter forms, support for voice recognition software, and electronic or scanned digital document management for records.

Medical Practice Management Software Features

• Electronic Billing (includes Medicare)
• Document management
• Integrated practice management
• E-Prescribing
• Insurance tracking (3 insurances)
• Easy to customize
• Voice recognition ready (MS Windows Operating Systems)
• Web based (Secure access with SSL certificates)
• Integration with external general accounting program SQL-Ledger
• Built in Scheduler
• Multi-facility capable
• Prescriptions by printed script, fax or email
• Free (Free Libre Open Source Software)

This Medical Practice Management Software has Multilanguage Support and also offers Free upgrades and Free online support for its users. OpenEMR is one of the most versatile electronic medical records and operates in Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X and MS Windows.

Website: http://www.oemr.org/

Demo: http://www.oemr.org/demo/openemr30

Download: http://www.oemr.org/modules/…

HESK is a free Help Desk Software written in PHP/MySQL. It allows webmaster to setup a ticket support system on their Web site. It has all the features the big and expensive help desks have, but it’s user-friendly, lightweight and free. HESK.com also offers a remotely hosted help desk for a small monthly fee.

With HESK Help Desk Software, customers can quickly and easily submit support tickets and let your staff benefit from a friendly Web interface to help you better manage customer support requests.

HESK Features

• Unlimited administrators and staff
• Canned responses
• Fully-featured knowledgebase (articles, categories, search…)
• Custom fields in the “Submit a ticket” form
• Anti-SPAM checks when submitting a ticket
• Powerful ticket search functions
• E-mail notifications of new tickets and replies
• Autoclose ticket functionality after X days
• Easy-to-use Web interface
• Easy translation for any language

HESK is easy to use, simple, secure and Free alternative to commercial Help Desk Software. Review an introduction video about this Help Desk Support Software here.

HESK now offers a fully functional Remote Help Desk solution. Instead of installing Help Desk on your own server, HESK will host it for you remotely. The good thing I found in hosted solution is, they never restrict or limit your remote help desk functionality.

Requirements: HESK will work on any server that has a working installation of PHP 4.3.2 or newer and MySQL 4.0 or newer.

Website: http://www.hesk.com/

Hosted Help Desk: http://www.hesk.com/remote-help-desk.php

Demo: http://www.hesk.com/demo.php

Download: http://www.hesk.com/download.php

Pencil is a Free & Open Source Sketching & GUI Prototyping Software for Firefox. The Pencil Project’s unique mission is to build a free and open source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.

With the power of the underlying Mozilla Gecko engine, Pencil turns your excellent Firefox 3 browser into a sketching tool with just a 400-kilobyte installation package.

Some Pencil Features

• Built-in stencils for diagraming and prototyping
• Multi-page document with background page
• On-screen text editing with rich-text supports
• PNG rasterizing
• Undo/redo supports
• Installing user-defined stencils
• Standard drawing operations: aligning, z-ordering, scaling, rotating…
• Cross-platforms
• Adding external objects

Pencil is Free and Open Source and can be run on both GNU/Linux and Windows as a Firefox addon or a standalone application using XULRunner.

Website: http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/Home.html

Download: http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/Downloads.html

Umbraco is an Open Source Content Management System based on Microsoft’s ASP.NET. A developer friendly CMS Software that makes it quick and easy to create websites - or a breeze to build complex web applications. This CMS Software supports modern browsers and allows editing with Microsoft Word.

With this Open Source Content Management System (CMS), Designers can create accessible and valid XHTML and Developers has freedom to use any .Net Control or Plugin and can use any .NET Language like C# or VB.NET.

Open Source CMS Features

• Beautiful, user-friendly interface
• Versioned and scheduled publishing
• Full support for own .NET Controls
• Super simple template engine
• Full support for web standards
• Full source code available (open source)

Umbraco CMS Software is designed to be as simple as possible, based on well-known User Interface metaphors and with a minimum of visual noise. The focus is your content, not umbraco.

Website: http://umbraco.org/tour

Download: http://umbraco.org/download

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