Photo Booth is a tiny open source Flash application that can capture images from a webcam.
The script is built with AS3 + PHP5 and can be instantly implemented to any website.
It can be a great add-on when asking users to upload an avatar or creating a web application around photos.
To see how it works, a demo can be found here.
conjoon is a web-based open source application, built with the Zend Framework, that focuses on message exchanging.
Currently, it is a full-featured webmail & RSS reader client with contacts management. But the upcoming releases show that it will also have an integrated Twitter client with multiple accounts support.
Thanks to Ext JS, the application has a slick desktop-like interface with tabs, drag'n drops & more.
It comes with a web-based installer & requires PHP/MySQL to run.
Every web application that works member-based needs a functionality where visitors can register & manage their profiles.
UserCake is a free user management system, built with PHP/MySQL, which aims to be a foundation to ease creating the application.
UserCake is object-oriented, cleanly written, well commented, formatted & documented.
The system comes with frequently used member-page functions like isUserLoggedIn() or isGroupMember($id) which will help developing faster.
And, in means of security, UserCake uses salt along with a SHA1 hash.
Microblogging, with the wide usage of Twitter, is a hot subject in today’s web.
Using few words & spending less effort compared to the standard blogging, it becomes possible to share knowledge, feelings, etc. And, it keeps users connected to other users with the simple yet powerful community features.
While there are very popular microblogging services like Twitter, Tumblr or Plurk, being a rival may not be (or may be) the best idea. However, in order to create something unique, a community for a closed group or a microblog for a single user, there are still huge opportunities.
Here are 9 open source microblogging applications to create your own:
StatusNet (previously Laconica) is the engine which runs the popular microblogging site Identi.ca.
It is built with PHP/MySQL & offers a smooth usage as it is a widely used, mature application.
P.S. The source can be found here.
Yonkly is an Asp.Net-powered Twitter-clone for creating your own microblogging community network.
Besides the open source version, it has a hosted & an advanced standalone version.
GBCF-v3 is a free PHP form script that offers a nice level of accessibility & security.
The script has a valid semantic markup & does not use JavaScript. It is screen-reader optimized & keyboard friendly.
In means of security, the form asks a question to the user & expects the right answer to complete the submission. Also, an anti-flood control option can be activated to prevent multiple submissions from an IP & the number of blocked attempts can be seen.
The script is smart in many ways like "changing a form legend of a form also changes the e-mail sent" or no need of using the "back button" to fix the errors.
It is multilingual, has 20+ ready-to-use language files & can be customized easily via CSS.
MODx is a powerful open source CMS that is built with PHP & uses MySQL for storing the data.
It focuses on offering zero restrictions while creating a website & has a flexible template engine + a robust API for creating anything customized.
The application has a crowded community which already created lots of plugins to extend its functionality.
It comes with TinyMCE integrated, which is a great HTML editor, but new ones can be installed with ease.
MODx is also a SEO-friendly CMS with the URLs & meta content it creates.
P.S. The application is not a fresh resource, it is around for more than last 2 years. However, it became more mature & stable with the release of the GA version 1.0. So, you may want to take a look at it again.
CSScaffold is a PHP-powered CSS framework which will improve the development time by extending the CSS language.
A great thing about the framework is, "it is written exactly like CSS", so, no need to learn a new syntax.
CSScaffold sits in your CSS directory, & uses .htaccess files to automatically pass any CSS file through itself first for processing/caching which all happens in the background.
Like mentioned, CSScaffold improves the language itself. This happens by making the usage of:
possible.
It has a plugin architecture which makes adding new features possible & easier.
There are beautiful free image gallery applications (check Galleries category) around but it is hard to find ones that are compatible with iPhones.
Jaipho is a free JavaScript image gallery application that is optimized for iPhone.
It works very similar to the "Photos" application & can display images:
And, it has companion named Pipho which is the PHP-powered dynamic version.
Pipho can read photos from a desired folder, creates resized thumbnails, slide images & generates Jaipho JavaScript code automatically.
xCSS is a CSS framework that makes developing complex style structures easier within an object-oriented workflow.
Using xCSS can save a lot of development time by:
xCSS requires PHP 5 to run & can be configured very quickly by inserting few lines to the webpages + the stylesheet.
The framework is lightweight, can seamlessly integrate into any existing workflow & well-documented which lowers the learning curve.
Also, besides minimizing the CSS overhead, it still keeps (X)HTML attributes semantic.
OneFileCMS is, just like it sounds, is a tiny content management system which is formed of one file (20.4kb).
It is a database-less PHP script that enables you to view/edit/delete/upload files & folders very quickly.
OneFileCMS is very ideal for anyone who updates their websites by editing the source of the files directly.
It is also a backend for anyone without the need of a FTP connection.
The application has a validated, semantic & commented markup. It is unobtrusive & can be re-branded with ease.
