SlimStat : Open Source Web Analytics like Google Analytics, but “live stats”
Mar 10th
SlimStat is an open source web analytics is built with PHP-MySQL & can be integrated into websites with JavaScript (like Google Analytics) or PHP.
SlimStat feature :
- Get up and running in seconds
- Drill-down and filter data in any way you choose
- New iPhone-optimised interface
- Re-implemented SlimStat 0.9’s Paths plugin
- Updated UI including exciting Ajax-ness
- Better browser detection
- Lots of bug fixes
- Almost completely rewritten from scratch
- Graphs and charts
- Record stats via JavaScript
- Up to 90% smaller database than SlimStat 0.9
- Considerably faster than SlimStat 0.9
- New XML-based API
This is the alternatif web analytic like Google Analytics, but “live stats”.
Demo: http://slimstat.net/slimstat/
Download: http://slimstat.net/download
BigBlueButton : open source project web conferencing
Mar 8th
BigBlueButton is an open source project that is built on over fourteen open source components to create an integrated web conferencing system that runs on mac, unix, or PC computers.
It is a very ideal application for presentations as users can upload PDF or office documents & keep everyone in sync with their current page, zoom, pan, mouse pointer etc.
There are 3 Roles:
Viewer: are users who have no authority within the conference; their primary role is to view the presentation as well as chat amongst other participants. In a course the viewer would be the students.
Presenter: has all the same capabilities as a participant, with the added features of uploading presentations and sharing their desktop.
Moderator: has all the capabilities as a participant, with the added features of uploading presentations and sharing their desktop.
BigBlueButton completely relies on open source technologies & it can be improved further with the API provided.
Demo: http://demo.bigbluebutton.org/
Download : >http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/downloads/list
PhoneGap : open source tool to build mobile applications
Mar 8th
PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building fast, easy mobile apps with JavaScript.
If you’re a web developer who wants to build mobile applications in HTML and JavaScript while still taking advantage of the core features in the iPhone, Android, Palm, Symbian and Blackberry SDKs, PhoneGap is for you.
AeroSQL: Open Sources Web Based for Managing MySQL
Feb 25th
AeroSQL is an open source (GPLv3) web based tool for managing MySql servers written in PHP.
The key feature of the product is an intuitive management of the database content. The result of SELECTs is displayed in a grid as in traditional desktop applications.
The grid is editable: you can update cells and save the changes to the backend database server. For now, the query browser represents the main functionality.
AeroSQL is built with PHP & uses ExtJS to provide the desktop-like functionality.
5 Open Source Alternative Databases
Feb 22nd
5 open source alternative databases
People already know that reliable databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, SQLite, and MS Access. But there are many databases that can be used, even free and open source
1. MariaDB
MariaDB is a backward compatible, drop-in replacement branch of the MySQL® Database Server.
It includes all major open source storage engines + the Maria storage engine.
2. MonetDB
MonetDB is a database system for high-performance applications in data mining, OLAP, GIS, XML Query, text & multimedia retrieval.
Sypex Dumper: Free web application for backups MySQL databases
Feb 15th
Sypex Dumper is free web application for backups of MySQL databases. It is built with PHP, has an Ajaxed interface & can restore databases as well.
The application can work with gb-level huge databases as it easily bypasses the timeout limits of PHP by pausing/starting backup jobs.
Sypex Dumper can optionally check, optimize & repair tables or automatically delete older backups to save space.
It has support for file compression (Gzip and Bzip2) & offers a multilingual interface.
Sypex Dumper is licensed under the BSD license, i.e. it is absolutely free. Sypex Dumper is also integration into WordPress 2.9.x and vBulletin 3.8.xs
Download: http://sypex.net/en/products/dumper/downloads/
Documentation: http://sypex.net/en/products/dumper/docs/
Grafico; Javascript Charting Library
Feb 11th
Grafico is a javascript charting library built with Raphael and Prototype.js. The library provides a wide array of graphs and stays with the guidelines laid out by Stephen Few and Edward Tufte. Grafico provides pretty charts that effectively communicate their information.
This means you get awesome graphs such as stacked area charts and sparklines, but no pie charts or bar charts with every bar a different color. Each graph type has numerous API options to customize it’s look and behavior. Some highlights: pop-up hovers, meanlines and watermarks. Minified, Grafico is about 30kb and available under the MIT license.
TinyEditor: Simple JavaScript WYSIWYG Editor
Feb 9th
TinyEditor is a simple JavaScript WYSIWYG editor that is both lightweight (8KB) and standalone and is available free of charge for both personal or commercial projects under the creative commons license.
It can easily be customized to integrate with any website through CSS and the multitude of parameters.
TinyEditor can be resized, a starting content can be defined, set to generate HTML or XHTML code & more..
Plupload: Jquery Open Source File Uploader
Feb 5th
Plupload is a very flexible, feature-rich & open source file uploader that allows you to upload files using HTML5 Gears, Silverlight, Flash, BrowserPlus or normal forms, providing some unique features such as upload progress, image resizing and chunked uploads.
Plupload is currently separated into a Core API and a jQuery upload queue widget this enables you to either use it out of the box or write your own custom implementation.











