Open source technology reached newer heights in 2013. CodeKill Group brings ten greatest open source projects that made news in the year gone by.
The sixth annual Black Duck Open Source Rookies of the Year awards have shortlisted the ten leading open source projects which commenced in 2013. This year's contenders range from cloud computing, software virtualization, privacy, social media, and the Internet of things. The selection has been done based on the statistics from Black Duck’s Ohloh site, which is the leading open source software directory.
1.Appium – This is an open source test automation framework that can be used with native as well as hybrid mobile apps. It runs iOS and Android apps through the WebDriver JSON wire protocol. With mobile apps becoming core to our operating infrastructure, agile development methodologies need automated testing for delivery. Appium had initially begun as a tool for SauceLabs to assist customers in building a scalable, automated test environment and now has taken on a life of its own with a rapidly expanding, diverse developer community.
2.Docker – This has created the kind of excitement which is rare for a rookie open source project. Its aim is to enable the easy creation of lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers via any application. Docker was begun by a small, commercial firm called dotCloud, but the project has grown roots and turned the heads of the big names, which include Red Hat and Google.
3.Exercism – This is a collaborative educational tool for people learning programming languages. It was initiated by Katrina Owen, an instructor who works at a small technical school in Colorado. It was started as an effort to assist students learn more collaboratively.
4.Ghost – This is solely for publishing content on the Web. It's completely customizable and completely open source. It permits you to write and post your own blog, offering the tools that make it easy and fun to do.
5.InfluxDB – This is a time-series, events, and metrics database which is written in Go without external dependencies. It is created for distribution and scale horizontally, but it can be handy even if you're running it on a single box. It also comes with a SQL-like query language created to be used with time series and analytics.
6.OpenDaylight – Its aim is to offer a fully functional SDN platform which can be used directly without the need for other components. It's aimed at making an open, standards-based SDN controller platform which is ideal for deployment in a range of production network environments.
7.OpenIoT – This started as a research project which is partly funded by the European Commission with the aim of enabling a new range of open, large-scale, intelligent Internet of things applications with the use of a cloud computing delivery model.
8.Serverspec – This offers a simple approach to testing your server configurations without any configuration management tools. By using this, you can write RSpec tests for checking your servers' configuration.
9.Tox – This project is a secure instant messaging and video chat application aimed at replacing AIM, Skype, etc. It is aimed to be a user-friendly, all-in-one communication platform for text, audio, and video chatting, and is committed to complete privacy backed by "leading class" encryption.
10.XPrivacy – This is created for preventing applications from leaking sensitive data. It can limit the categories of data that an application can make use of by feeding an app fake data or no data at all. Many data categories can be restricted, which include contacts and locations.
The sixth annual Black Duck Open Source Rookies of the Year awards have shortlisted the ten leading open source projects which commenced in 2013. This year's contenders range from cloud computing, software virtualization, privacy, social media, and the Internet of things. The selection has been done based on the statistics from Black Duck’s Ohloh site, which is the leading open source software directory.
1.Appium – This is an open source test automation framework that can be used with native as well as hybrid mobile apps. It runs iOS and Android apps through the WebDriver JSON wire protocol. With mobile apps becoming core to our operating infrastructure, agile development methodologies need automated testing for delivery. Appium had initially begun as a tool for SauceLabs to assist customers in building a scalable, automated test environment and now has taken on a life of its own with a rapidly expanding, diverse developer community.
2.Docker – This has created the kind of excitement which is rare for a rookie open source project. Its aim is to enable the easy creation of lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers via any application. Docker was begun by a small, commercial firm called dotCloud, but the project has grown roots and turned the heads of the big names, which include Red Hat and Google.
3.Exercism – This is a collaborative educational tool for people learning programming languages. It was initiated by Katrina Owen, an instructor who works at a small technical school in Colorado. It was started as an effort to assist students learn more collaboratively.
4.Ghost – This is solely for publishing content on the Web. It's completely customizable and completely open source. It permits you to write and post your own blog, offering the tools that make it easy and fun to do.
5.InfluxDB – This is a time-series, events, and metrics database which is written in Go without external dependencies. It is created for distribution and scale horizontally, but it can be handy even if you're running it on a single box. It also comes with a SQL-like query language created to be used with time series and analytics.
6.OpenDaylight – Its aim is to offer a fully functional SDN platform which can be used directly without the need for other components. It's aimed at making an open, standards-based SDN controller platform which is ideal for deployment in a range of production network environments.
7.OpenIoT – This started as a research project which is partly funded by the European Commission with the aim of enabling a new range of open, large-scale, intelligent Internet of things applications with the use of a cloud computing delivery model.
8.Serverspec – This offers a simple approach to testing your server configurations without any configuration management tools. By using this, you can write RSpec tests for checking your servers' configuration.
9.Tox – This project is a secure instant messaging and video chat application aimed at replacing AIM, Skype, etc. It is aimed to be a user-friendly, all-in-one communication platform for text, audio, and video chatting, and is committed to complete privacy backed by "leading class" encryption.
10.XPrivacy – This is created for preventing applications from leaking sensitive data. It can limit the categories of data that an application can make use of by feeding an app fake data or no data at all. Many data categories can be restricted, which include contacts and locations.
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