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Open Source Web Management and Design Tools

Idaconcpts

There are several useful free and open source applications available for download that allow you to do everything from designing the graphics for your site to editing blog posts. This list is not comprehensive, but rather provides the categories for each step of website management, as well as open source examples of tools you can use.

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Are You Controlling Your Local Listings?

Small Business Mavericks

If you aren’t monitoring all the listings that your business shows up in, you could be in trouble very soon. but because some local directories are open source and anybody can change the information, even if they are mistaken. These are good reasons why you should monitor your local listings. Angie’s List.

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I've Used Bluesky for 6 Months – Here's What You Should Know

Buffer Social

Among them is Bluesky , which is a decentralized, invite-only social network built on an open-source protocol  (I’ll explain what this means even though I barely understand it myself). The good Bluesky offers an extensive list of features and benefits that its users (me included) flock to it for.

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7 Linux Alternatives to Common Windows Business Applications

BeingOptimist

It’s only natural to start off our list with an alternative to Microsoft Office, the giant Office and productivity application that runs natively on Windows. LibreOffice is completely free and open source and is actually a successor to the popular OpenOffice, which got its last update in 2014. LibreOffice.

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Best Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office Word

SocialFish

As more features emerge on Microsoft’s text and spreadsheet management tools, many companies want to compete with it by releasing free software available to everyone. It’s up to you to match the right combination of features and use them for your needs. There are features you might need to upgrade before you can use them.

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Automating dependency updates with Dependabot

Sprout Social

As part of our Android app, we maintain over 35 dependencies managed by the open source community that provide useful building blocks for our application. At the same time, each comes with a responsibility to keep them current to ensure we know of new performance, security, and feature updates. We needed a better way.

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Client solves Ecommerce for WordPress via Open Source

The Way of the Web

And the other is that it’s one of the first times I’ve been working on a project which is delivering something via Open Source, rather than using OS products as an end user. The benefits of a true Open Source Ecommerce solution. So what makes Jigoshop so good?