AMPPS is a software for quickly installing Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl and Python and creating a web server environment.

What differentiates it from other similar solutions is the built-in Softaculous package which makes 1 click installations of popular web apps possible.

There is a huge list of installable apps (250+) including WordPress, Joomla, Magento, phpBB and much more.

Using the AMPPS panel, the server resources can be configured and all the installations can be managed.

It has versions for Windows + Mac OS X and also installs phpMyAdmin + SQLite manager for controlling databases.

Kivy is an open source library for creating applications that work in multiple platforms using the same source code.

The library focuses on innovative user interfaces, like multi-touch apps, and can natively use most inputs protocols + devices like WM_Touch, WM_Pen, Mac OS X Trackpad and Magic Mouse, Mtdev, Linux Kernel HID, TUIO. There is also a multi-touch mouse simulator included.

It is built with Cython (C extensions for Python) and, in order to create apps, Python knowledge is required.

The platforms currently supported are Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Android.

Kivy has functions to handle animation, caching, gestures, drawing and much more. There are also many built-in user interface elements like button, camera, grid, slider or tree view.

CSS sprites are great for minimizing the number of requests made for loading images, however, the design and coding part can be painful if there are too many images.

Spritemapper is a tool for easing this process by merging multiple images into a single one and creating the CSS positioning rules for each slice.

The tool is a simple command-line tool that performs the job via a Python package including its own PNG and CSS parser (without any 3rd-party dependencies).

SSHMeIn is a totally Ajaxed and open source web application that helps managing remote Unix servers behind firewalls.

Once a SSH tunnel is opened within the server, the application can control it easily.

If you are managing multiple servers, they can be organized in groups for easier access.

It has an increased security via unique keys for each computer, date-time of the last verification can be viewed.

There is also a web service which allows indication to a remote computer to open the configured tunnel according to the parameters provided.

Simply, SSHMeIn is a very handy application if you have your own .nix servers.

Status pages like Apps Status of Google or AWS Service Health Dashboard help users of a service a lot to find out if there are any problems with the service or not.

Stashboard is an open source status dashboard for cloud service and APIs that enables you to inform the users about the status of your service.

It is built with Python, runs on the Google App Engine and can track multiple different API or SaaS services.

The application can display the logs for each service and a REST API makes it possible to integrate easily with other tools.

MediaCore is an open source platform for publishing audio, video & podcasts which makes distributing media on any website so easy.

The platform supports many media formats like FLV, M4A or MP3 which can also be played via the integrated FlowPlayer.

It can pull media from any source (Youtube, Vimeo, Google Video, etc.) & a site-owner can publish media from the administrative interface or let users create the content via the upload interface.

MediaCore has RSS feed support for iTunes & Feedburner.

It can display the page views, comments or how many viewers “liked” a video to th eend users like Youtube.

And, a powerful admin panel helps controllingall the system from managing media to approving comments & much more.

The application is built with the TurboGears Python Framework and MooTools Javascript Framework.

libcloud is a standard client library, written in Python, to access popular cloud hosting providers.

Using cloud services without the need to learn APIs for each of them & building web applications that use multiple providers become much easier.

libcloud currently supports ~8 cloud hosting providers including Amazon EC2, Slicehost & Rackspace.

It would be lovely to see similar libraries built for other scripting languages which will make the lives of developer easier.

After The Deadline is a project of Automattic (the creator of WordPress) which checks:

• spelling
• grammar
• styles (finds complex phrases, cliches, bias-language & suggests simple ones)
• and detects misused words (has a database of 1500 most misused words & suggestions)

The software used to come as a plugin for several projects (like WordPress, RoundCube, PHP List) but it is now open source and anybody can embed it to their own code.

Besides the artificial intelligence it already has, it is possible to add new rules & improve the application.

The project also has libraries for jQuery, Ruby & Python to make developing new plugins easier.

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 (PHP)

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 (Asp.Net)

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.

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Jutda Helpdesk is an easy-to-use & open source trouble ticket system that is built with Django.

Whether the tickets are sent via the web interface or e-mail, the application can create the ticket & users can reply to e-mails to continue the conversation (e-mail piping).

It can be enabled to accept tickets from non-registered users which also makes it possible to be used as an advanced contact form.

Tickets can be separated into departments, product-groups, or any other classifications. Also, they can be escalated automatically between users by priority.

The application supports multiple RSS feeds & has an API for integration with 3rd party products.

P.S. Jutda Helpdesk is currently in alpha status yet very promising.