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I looked through the existing questions of this kind but didn't find what I was looking for so here goes.
I need an open source framework where people can...
Create user accounts
Invite friends
Have a friends list
Write messages to each other (some kind of inbox system)
Create posts on a standard message forum
Facebook login (Added, I forgot this in the original question)
On top of this I will create some kind of game where users interact, so it must be posibble to extend the framework with new database tables and functionality.
The platform is Windows, but other than that I'm willing to try pretty much anything.
Thanks for suggestions!
It sounds like Pinax might have all/most of the functionality you need. Pinax is an open source project aiming to provide a generic but extensible community web site on top of Django.
I believe it has the features you are asking for:
user-to-user messaging
friend invitation (both internal and external to the site)
threaded discussions
Besides these features, the platform comes with tons of other applications out-of-the-box, and there really are no limitations on what you can add on-top yourself.
While most Django lovers would probably choose a non-Windows platform for hosting their site, the official documentation does contain instructions on how to install on Windows as well.
I haven't use it, but check out elgg.org. Here is what it says about itself:
Elgg is free and open source software.
It provides the components you need to
build a fully-featured social
environment...
Also take a peek at opensocial.org.
If you don't want the hassles of maintaining yourplatform, but just want to create a social network and add a few extensions, you might be able to use one of the existing social networking platforms like ning.
Lovdbyless is an open source ruby on rails one. Well written and easy to customize for yourself. http://lovdbyless.com/
I know you can implement all that stuff with Drupal, as I've done it. That might be a bit heavier than you are looking for, though.
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If I understand things correctly, at the end of the year Google Code will be shutting down most of what is useful for an open source project I help maintain, described below.
I'm wondering what the current alternatives are to Google Code? I'm looking for a site that has the following attributes, some of which are attractive about Google Code (but which will not be available soon or in the long term):
free
svn/mercurial/git version control services that we can use to manage code and share trunk/branches with the public
hosts files (source code and prebuilt binaries) with reasonable storage (we currently have a 4 GB quota, but we don't use much of it, at this time)
offers wiki-like or relatively free-form web space to publish documentation (text and graphics)
I guess we could "roll our own" server to do all of this, but then it becomes a maintenance issue for all the services that run in the background. So I'm wondering if there are other companies that offer this kind of setup for open source projects?
(Note: While this is a software development question, it is more about the distribution side of things. If this is the wrong spot for this question, feel free to comment on where I should move it. Thanks for your help, hiveminds.)
Google code isn't shutting down, it's just stop hosting binaries.
For your binaries you have Bintray.com.
Bintray is a social platform for community-based software distribution. It is also the only platform that integrates developer tools (Build tools, etc.) and APIs, allowing full process automation, including auto-generating of indexes for multiple repository formats and also, the platform is highly available and optimized to deliver high-performance downloads (CDN).
Microsoft's codeplex would fit these needs
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Everybody,
I would like to ask you what is the most useful software to handle the lifetime of a project.
I will explain my need.
I'm working with some people in another town, and I will be the project manager of the project. I will receive the specifications from the client and send it to my developers (after slice it).
What I need is a tool where to put all the specifications (by small slice for instance) and each developer must write down the state of the development for each slice.
Using this I should be able to se which part is finished, which part is in progress.
I'm thinking to have also a bug handling process. I will test what is finished and create some sort of ticket for each bug.
The developers will receive a notification and for each bug fixed, they should be able to change some flag.
So, with something like that I should be able to monitor the development (what is finished, what is in progress, what bugs are stil open, etc).
I know MS Project Manager (but is not a web solution), some bug tracking solution, but nothing with all I want together.
So, does anyone knows some tool able to do that ?
I'm thinking at some web solution.
Thank you very much for any suggestion.
Best regards,
itsme.
I think ASANA (http://asana.com/) can fulfill your requirements, but it is slightly expensive. For an opensource solution take a look at http://www.project.net/. You can install it on a web server and use it for free. It can also easily be customized by programming.
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Like this done in
http://directory.fsf.org/
http://www.ohloh.net/
so anyone in our company (include bosses) can look:
what projects exist (good to have web search capability)
who is primary mainteners, responsible employees
provide CHANGES, latest version
point to BTS (Trac/Mantis), VCS (SVN/Git/HG), Wiki, Mail list, NNTP, Night build, CI build, etc...
may be provide some summary info based on activity on BTS/VCS (how many opened bugs, how often and who commit)
I don't need extra features as Wiki. and package must work with several existing sofware management/development tools, and does not restricted with Java/C#...
I look on WEB without happen as don't know gold "keywords". Search on StackExchange also don't show any result.
Some requested features available in enterprise application architecture for project hosting (like KForge, FusionForge, GForge) but thay too complex and dictate toolset for teams...
Seems that all existing software directory project built in house and their sources are not released for public.
Look for most complete list of software directories enabled site that I found. Only OpenSymphony provide sources of some components.
So complete lightweight solution does not exist currently.
I going to write own...
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i am normally developing either alone or with 2-3 other people. i handle almost all aspects of the business and development but as of current i am becoming overwhelmed with my client base. I need some system to help me out
What i am looking for is something that i can:
Use to manage my client contacts
Per client, manage the goals of the project im working/building on
Per client, per project, manage the bugs
Per client, per project manage support/helpdesk stuff... and then
turn those into bugs
Automate the communication of tickets and monitor email for support
stuff.
I am down to hear ANY ideas/options you have no matter how radical. :)
thank you!
We have bought the Source Code licence to JitBit Helpdesk, my colleague is in the process of adding some extra fields to support our work-flow, I have been working Visual Studio and AnkhSVN integration so that we can see bugs from VS2008/VS2010.
The user interface is functional, it can be styled to our likings, the code is a bit haphazard but the database is simple enough.
I've been using Assembla -- No complaints, and it covers just about everything -- and it's free to try.
We use HEAT from FrontRange solutions for most of the things you've mentioned. They also offer other solutions, such as CRM, etc. Nicely customizable, easy to interface to, nice self-service modules, excellent monitoring tools and auto-escalations... (and no I don't work for them. I've just been very happy with them over the last 10 years.)
Have a look at Gemini & SimplyFi
Take a look at Checkvist - it may work for you for clients/goals/plans/priorities. It is general purpose outliner and task manager.
For tickets/bugs you probably need a real issue tracker, like YouTrack.
Disclaimer: I'm affiliated with both of them.
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For an in house software project, what type of system I could use to centralize all the online team members discussion?
For our software development effort, currently our questions and answers are all scattered over emails.
Its hard to track ideas, questions, and answers etc.
What do you guys use? How do you manage such a situation?
Could a wiki be used for some thing like this? And if so, how could I get started? I have not done this before.
Our discussions could have sensitive information for the company as well so how could I address security?
In terms of technology, I would definitely go for a wiki (and Twiki is certainly not a bad choice). If it's installed on your company's intranet then there is no issue in terms of security.
One thing to keep in mind about a wiki is that it requires some work to keep it maintained; it's easy (and sometimes tempting) for everyone in the team to constantly just add pages without taking any linking of pages or structure into account. The moral here: a wiki is a very helpful tool for helping in communication, but it doesn't come for free.
However, depending on the kinds of communication/discussion that you're talking about: definitely watch out that online communication isn't replacing face-to-face communication. Depending on the interpersonal skills of the members of the team, it can some times be too easy for some people to shift to e-mail/wiki/forum use instead of verbal communication. Even having daily stand-up meetings (a la SCRUM) can be very useful in ensuring that everyone knows what is going on in the team instead of relying on electronic communication.
I'd suggest redmine
It has a forum and wiki per project, as you seem to need, and a lot more features very usefull when dealing with a project that requires several members to participate. And its opensource!
The only "issue" is that it was written using Ruby on Rails.
I would say Twiki, its an open source enterprise wiki.
Needs sometime to get used to it, but once you are, you will find opening new pages and topics very easy and quick.
One of the advantages IMO is its hosted on your own server
TWiki® - the Open Source Enterprise Wiki and Web 2.0 Application Platform
My own distributed team has experienced a similar problem, and we've solved it in the following way.
Day-to-day we run a continuous group chat (Campfire is an option). Announcements, questions, and answers can happen in chat, and it's recorded. You can search past transcripts as needed. This is simple and lightweight.
We also use a wiki for more permanent content. Sometimes material that starts in chat migrates to the wiki. The advantage of a structured wiki is that it makes it easier to onboard new team members and maintain specific content like team norms (like Subversion's HACKING doc).
The benefit is that we keep fast and lightweight chat for transient questions and so on, but we still have the wiki to hold content once it's deemed important.