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With the myriad of sites available like sourceforge, github, berlios, rubyforge and many others for hosting open-source projects, I've been wondering if there is a specialised search engine out there that catalogues all the projects available on these different sites.
I'm not talking about a search engine to search actual source code like koders or google codesearch, but something that catalogues the projects themselves.
An example would be if I was searching for an open source file comparison/merge utility. I might put "file compare" into this search engine and get a bunch of matching projects back. I might even be able to narrow the search based on operating system, implementation language, license or other criteria.
The closest I can think of is freshmeat, although in that case project owners have to submit the information to freshmeat, it doesn't spider out the info itself. Krugle does have a "Open Source Projects" tab, but whenever I click on it the page reloads, so that's not real helpful...
There is http://www.ohloh.net In a wiki-like manner, somebody has to submit a information about a project. Then their crawler takes over and presents data about the project.
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I have an applicaion, that can best be described 'loosly' as a scripting application, primarly designed for part time developers, engineers and sciences types with a VB.NET background (can theoretically do C#).
This has been a long three year hobby and I am about 95% complete. I am planning to make the applicaiton freely available for most (if not all) uses, but I do not want to open source it (at least right now).
I was looking for an online place to post and collaborate with some folks for feedback, to get some testing done and finalize the application (my wife wants me to be DONE with it). My searches online have revealed many spaces, but all seem to be open-source spaces that require release of the source code, or just aplace to post 'free' completed software. I am looking for the collaboration part.
Can anyone point me to a such a space that does not require providing the open source code (if it even exits)?
I think you can use most of the collaboration places without actually uploading any source to the repository.
I've seen a bunch of project on Google Code Hosting that have no source (usually its then on GitHub) and just use the Google Hosting for bug-tracking and collaboration.
I created a BitBucket account. Looks like it might work. Many of the sites require you to choose an open source license before you even create a space. BitBucket does not.
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I'm in need of a large repository of open source projects (around 1000 or more, the programming languages don't matter, but a good mix will be nice) for my research work. I thought of downloading projects from Github/SourceForge/Codeplex, but I cannot find the right API's to do it.
Does anyone know whether it is possible to download projects from the aforementioned websites (Like, how Twitter allows us to grab tweets from the public time-line)? Or any other place where I can get a good mix of open source projects?
Pretty much all open source repositories allow remote access via the appropriate source control provider - so the simplest way to download all the projects from Github would be to use git. Even if there's no API for it, all you need to do is find the right URL for each repo, and scraping something like the "explore" page should be easy.
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Our company wants to build a message-sharing system in intranet, like twitter or facebook but with file attachment in order to share messages or files quickly.
I have surveyed some micro-blogging systems like below:
Google Wave (discontinued)
Sharetronix (not free for enterprise use)
wordpress + p2 theme (not easy for user management)
Because that the sharing messages do not very important for our business,
we would like to build it like twitter, not forum-like systems.
Besides, if using CMS like Drupal or joomla, it's much fat for our purpose.
Is there any suggestion about this?
Thanks a lot.
maybe a spin on StatusNet might help solve your problem. I mention "spin" (read: modification) because you mentioned files.
To add to #darkphoenix, status.net now allows for attachments and whatnot:
http://status.net/wiki/Attachments
I'm not sure what the real goal of this might be, but some chat programs would allow for file transfers. Would be fairly light-weight, I imagine, but I have not looked into them.
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Is there any open source user-guide type creation software available? Or is it best to use wiki type systems? We want to be able to create user guides on the fly through a web front end and accessible on the net. Or is this best achieved using Wikis?
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I use MediaWiki for a user-guide and help page at my company, and it works really well!
Create custom namespaces for different parts, and if you want to have access controls you can create different groups.
The extensions are great, because you can always find one to do anything you want (ie. print to PDF for an offline copy)
I'd strongly recommend using Wikis. As long as your chosen one's markup covers your needs, it's ideal for user guides.
This post is not 100% on topic - it's about creating user manual for the workplace (as opposed to the software) - but many ideas are still worth reading.
This is a good guide for using Wiki in knowledge sharing.
http://www.futurechanges.org/patterns/
We have used Wikispaces.com to create manuals and guides for several projects. Especially if you are a non-profit with a K-12 educational mission, then current setup for a Wikispace includes Private Projects so you can evolve documentation and make it public when it's appropriate to do so.
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There are lots of open-source code repositories - SourceForge, Google Code, Project Kenai, etc.
Is there a one-stop place where I can find, discover, or search for open-source projects across all of these repositories? Or do I have to visit all of them to find something I'm interested in?
Edit: I should specify that I'm interested in searching project descriptions, not just lines of code. I'd like to answer, "Is there an existing tool for doing X?" - and is it actively maintained, and other higher-level questions like that.
Krugle allows you to search across open source code, open source projects and even SCM check-in comments. What's not to love?
Have you tried freshmeat.net?
There are several directories for open source software, e.g:
http://www.opensourcesoftwaredirectory.com/
http://osload.com/
Search google for "open source directory" to find others.