Open Source Communications Software

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    libimobiledevice

    libimobiledevice

    A cross-platform protocol library to communicate with iOS devices

    libimobiledevice is a cross-platform software library that talks the protocols to interact with iOS devices. Unlike other projects, it does not depend on using any existing proprietary libraries and does not require jailbreaking. Access filesystem of a device, access documents of file sharing apps, retrieve information about a device and modify various settings, backup and restore the device in a native way compatible with iTunes. Manage app icons arrangement on the device, install, remove, list and basically manage apps. Activate a device using official servers, manage contacts, calendars, notes and bookmarks, retrieve and remove crashreports. Retrieve various diagnostics information, establish a debug connection for app debugging, mount filesystem images, forward device notifications, manage device provisioning. Take screenshots from the device screen (requires mounted developer image). Simulate changed geolocation of the device (requires mounted developer image).
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    gSOAP Toolkit

    gSOAP Toolkit

    Development toolkit for Web Services and XML data bindings for C & C++

    The gSOAP toolkit is an extensive suite of portable C and C++ software to develop XML Web services with powerful type-safe XML data bindings. Easy-to-use code-generator tools allow you to directly integrate XML data in C and C++. Serializes native application data in XML. Includes WSDL/XSD schema binding and auto-coding tools, stub/skeleton compiler, Web server integration with Apache module and IIS extension, high-performance XML processing with schema validation, fast MIME/MTOM streaming, SOAP and REST Web API development, WS-* protocols (WS-Security, WS-Policy, WS-ReliableMessaging, etc), XML-RPC and JSON. Licensed under GPLv2. Visit the developer center with guides, tutorials, and examples at www.genivia.com/dev.html The documentation of the toolkit, libraries, plugins and more is available at www.genivia.com/docs.html Commercial-use licenses and expert technical support services are available at competitive pricing levels, please visit www.genivia.com/products.html
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    Downloads: 405 This Week
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    PairDrop

    PairDrop

    PairDrop, Transfer Files Cross-Platform

    PairDrop is a self-hosted, open-source alternative to Apple's AirDrop, allowing users to share files between devices over the same local network without the need for an internet connection.
    Downloads: 73 This Week
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    GDevelop

    GDevelop

    The game engine for everyone

    GDevelop is an open-source, cross-platform game development software designed to make creating HTML5 and native games easy for everyone. Experts and novices alike can create their own games with GDevelop as it is fast and easy to learn, requiring no knowledge in a specific programming language. What makes GDevelop unique and so easy to use is its powerful and intuitive event-based system. Events are a powerful way to build up your game logic, without having to learn a programming language. GDevelop also features ready-made behaviors for your game objects, and allows you to create new behaviors through the easy to learn events. And when you're done, you can publish your game just about anywhere-- web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and even Facebook Messenger. Making games has never been easier or faster than with GDevelop!
    Downloads: 22 This Week
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    The All-in-One Commerce Platform for Businesses - Shopify

    Shopify offers plans for anyone that wants to sell products online and build an ecommerce store, small to mid-sized businesses as well as enterprise

    Shopify is a leading all-in-one commerce platform that enables businesses to start, build, and grow their online and physical stores. It offers tools to create customized websites, manage inventory, process payments, and sell across multiple channels including online, in-person, wholesale, and global markets. The platform includes integrated marketing tools, analytics, and customer engagement features to help merchants reach and retain customers. Shopify supports thousands of third-party apps and offers developer-friendly APIs for custom solutions. With world-class checkout technology, Shopify powers over 150 million high-intent shoppers worldwide. Its reliable, scalable infrastructure ensures fast performance and seamless operations at any business size.
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    Flying Carpet

    Flying Carpet

    File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows

    Send and receive files between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No shared network or cell connection required, just two devices with WiFi chips in close range. Don't have a flash drive? Don't have access to a wireless network? Need to move a file larger than 2GB between different filesystems but don't want to set up a network share? Try it out!
    Downloads: 20 This Week
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    Tutanota

    Tutanota

    Open source email service with a strong focus on security and privacy

    Tutanota is an open source email client focused on security and privacy. It is built with end-to-end encryption and 2FA, so you can be assured of utmost email security. Tutanota is always encrypted, so whether you’re using their secure webmail client, mobile apps or desktop clients, you can be sure to communicate securely.
    Downloads: 8 This Week
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    Tox

    Tox

    A New Kind of Instant Messaging

    Tox is a peer to peer (serverless) instant messenger that focuses on security and privacy. In today's world where digital surveillance is rampant, Tox offers users a communication software alternative that's free from prying eyes and ears, and is, quite literally free and without advertising. Tox comes with all the great features you'd expect from an instant messenger application, including voice calls, video calls, file sharing and screen sharing. Everything done on Tox is encrypted using open-source libraries so you can be assured of completely private conversations. It also has no central servers that can be raided, shut down, or forced to turn over data. There are no corporate interests, no hidden agendas-- just simple, secure and easy to use messaging.
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    Sideband

    Sideband

    LXMF client for Android, Linux and macOS to communicate with people

    Sideband is a privacy-focused, peer-to-peer mesh messaging protocol and platform that allows users to communicate directly over local networks or the internet without servers. It emphasizes metadata resistance and secure message delivery, working effectively in offline, low-bandwidth, or disaster recovery scenarios. Built-in Rust, Sideband supports encrypted group messaging, file transfers, and network self-discovery. It is ideal for use in community networks, crisis response, and decentralized communications infrastructure.
    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    FreshRSS

    FreshRSS

    A free, self-hostable news aggregator

    FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator. It is lightweight, easy to work with, powerful, and customizable. Follow websites, podcasts, and video channels in a single place. Read your articles directly in FreshRSS. Search and save queries for quick access. Generate feeds by scraping external websites. Generate new feeds based on your filters. Import and export your feeds with OPML. Stay connected to your feeds in real time. Adapt to your needs thanks to a lot of options. Follow your feeds with or without a third-party application. FreshRSS can manage 1M+ articles and 50k+ feeds without complaining. Customize FreshRSS with themes and extensions. FreshRSS is translated in more than 15 languages. FreshRSS is an RSS aggregator and reader. It allows you to read and follow several news websites at a glance without the need to browse from one website to another.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    RabbitRemoteControl

    RabbitRemoteControl

    Remote control. Support VNC, RDP, Terminal, SSH, TELNET etc

    Rabbit Remote Control is a open-source, cross-platform, multi-protocol remote control software. Allows you to use any device and system in anywhere and remotely manage any device and system in any way. Its goal is to be simple, convenient, security and easy to use, improving work efficiency. It include remote desktop, remote control, file transfer(FTP, SFTP), terminal, remote terminal(SSH, TELNET), player, network tools etc functions. This is only a read-only mirror repository. Main repository: https://github.com/KangLin/RabbitRemoteControl
    Downloads: 73 This Week
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    Zulip

    Zulip

    Powerful open source team chat application

    Zulip is a powerful open source group chat application that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of a threaded conversation model. Zulip’s unique threading model allows users to easily catch up on important conversations, helping to save time and increase productivity.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    SIM Explorer

    SIM Explorer

    Sim Card explorer and decoder

    This software uses your smart card reader/terminal to navigate through the SIM Card directory tree. The contents of the files are decoded and showed to the user. Other features, such as CHV management and SIM backup, are also available.
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    Downloads: 44 This Week
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    openCRX - Enterprise Class CRM

    openCRX - Enterprise Class CRM

    professional CRM and groupware service, ready for the cloud

    openCRX moved to https://github.com/opencrx
    Downloads: 10 This Week
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    Sharik - file sharing via WI-FI

    Sharik - file sharing via WI-FI

    Sharik lets you easily share files within your local network

    Sharik is an open-source, cross-platform solution for sharing files via Wi-Fi or Mobile Hotspot. This app allows you to easily send photos, apps, files, text, literally anything, to any kind of device connected to the same network. It's convenient and blazing fast. Sharik is entirely free to use, and it contains no ads. Moreover, its source code is published on GitHub so that everyone can contribute to the development process. So, if you like it, please leave a star on our GitHub repository, and consider contributing: add a new language or help us with code. YOU CAN SEND: 1. Photos (jpg, png, gif, etc) 2. Applications (apk) 3. Files (zip, rar, 7z, pdf, etc) 4. Text GitHub page: https://github.com/marchellodev/sharik Download Sharik right now!
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    Downloads: 19 This Week
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    Bitchat

    Bitchat

    Bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

    BitChat is a decentralized, peer-to-peer encrypted messaging app built by Jack Dorsey’s Permissionless Tech. It uses Bluetooth Low Energy mesh networking to relay messages without internet, servers, accounts, or phone numbers. Messages are end-to-end encrypted (Curve25519 + AES‑GCM) and the app includes a panic mode to erase data quickly.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    NetNewsWire

    NetNewsWire

    RSS reader for macOS and iOS

    NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. NetNewsWire shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read. This means you can stop going from page to page in your browser looking for new articles to read. Do it the easy way instead: let NetNewsWire bring you the news. And, if you’ve been getting your news via Facebook and Twitter, with their ads, algorithms, user tracking, outrage, and misinformation, you can switch to NetNewsWire to get news directly and more reliably from the sites you trust.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Ovmeet

    Ovmeet

    Video conferencing and collaboration platform

    OvMeet is a video conferencing and collaboration platform developed in China that supports video meetings and H5 web/video live streaming. WebRTC, RTMP, SIP, RTSP, whiteboards, document presentation, file sharing, desktop sharing, recording, and more. The older version was built using Adobe/Flash, but that is no longer maintained. The newer version uses modern web technologies to deliver video conferencing services across Web, H5, Android, iOS, PC, etc. It also supports server configurations, live streaming, multiple protocols, and integration with hardware and AR components for extended use cases. Supports WebRTC, RTMP, RTSP, SIP protocols, enabling interoperability with streaming devices, hardware endpoints, and different media sources.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    bitchat

    bitchat

    bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

    bitchat is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that operates over Bluetooth mesh networks, enabling local group chats without the need for internet, servers, or phone numbers. It is designed with privacy and security in mind, offering encrypted private messages and channels alongside a public local chat that requires no registration.
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    Downloads: 12 This Week
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    Easy-HotSpot

    Easy-HotSpot

    A super easy WiFi hotspot user management utility for Mikrotik router

    Easy HotSpot, A super easy WiFi hotspot user management utility for Mikrotik RouterOS based Router devices and works using the PHP PEAR2 API client by boenrobot. This PHP/MySql/Bootstrap based package can be installed in any supporting OS in a local webserver of the client or in any internet based webservers of choice. Put the contents/source code in the root or in a sub folder of the host/domain, as required. A MySql database need to be created in order to work, but the package will create the database, if one doesn't exist on initialisation. The details of the database need to be given in the dbconfig.php file by editing it. The details of the router device also need to be entered in the config.php file prior to operations. A preliminary visual documentation is available at http://hotspot.zetozone.com Easy HotSpot is suitable for WiFi hotspots of any size and capacity, but equipped with a MikroTik routerOS based device.
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    Downloads: 10 This Week
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    rabbitim

    rabbitim

    rabbit instant messaging

    玉兔即时通信。开源的跨平台的的即时通信系统。包括文本、音视频、白板、远程控制
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    cerberuscms2

    cerberuscms2

    Cerberus Content Management System

    Cerberus Content Management System is a dynamic, secure and infinitely expandable CMS designed after a Unix-Like model. It is a custom written Web Application Framework ( W.A.F. ) with a consistent and custom written Pre-Hyper-Text-Post-Processor Programming Code Framework ( P.C.F. ). This Web Application Software Project' aim is to be the fastest and most secure Web Application Framework, Web Application Programming Code Framework, Text, Voice and Video Communications Platform and Content Management System in the world. The latest project version is programmed with the Pre-Hyper-Text-Post-Processor P.D.O. // P.H.P. Data Objects Driver Programming Code Statements that enables it to work on any Database Management System Server: MySQL, MariaDB, MicrosoftSQL, MiniSQL and More.. Continuation From @CerberusCMS
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    ARADO - URL Database & RSS Feed Reader
    ARADO RSS Feed Reader is a URL Database for Websearch and RSS Feed Reading, which saves your added Bookmarks & RSS-Feeds and syncs newest URLs with your connected devices. Store and Search your all your URLs in ARADO. As framework c++ / Qt is used.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Abjad

    مكتبة أبجد

    # مكتبة أبجد تحتوى على كتب، ومخطوطات نادرة جدا. بلتعاون مع منتدي الملوك السبعة للروحانيات حقوق النشر© هذا المُصنَّف مرخص بموجب رخصة المشاع الإبداعي نَسب المُصنّف - منع الاشتقاق 4.0 دولي. E-Mail : aba.elwaled@gmail.com Phone : +201030070676 https://elmlok-7.yoo7.com ___________ https://www.facebook.com/Abjjaad ___________ https://www.facebook.com/AabjAad ___________ https://elmlok7yoo7com.wordpress.com ___________ https://www.reddit.com/user/ro7ane ___________ https://elml0k.blogspot.com ___________ https://ro7ane.tumblr.com ___________ https://twitter.com/ro7ane1 ___________ https://www.instagram.com/abjad.science ___________ https://www.pinterest.com/Abjad66/_saved ___________ https://www.facebook.com/groups/549252415819771/ ___________ https://www.linkedin.com/in/abjad-science-513159194 ___________ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR9T7Fw83ovaf7sgPjgVEMg
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    Apache Answer

    Apache Answer

    Free and open source Q&A platform software for all the teams.

    Apache Answer is an open-source software project under incubation at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). It empowers you to build a robust question-and-answer (Q&A) platform to thrive your community at ease. Apache Answer is capable for but not limited to: Community Forum: Open discussions and knowledge sharing within your online community. Help Center: Provide a central location for users to find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) and troubleshoot issues related to your product or service. Knowledge Base: Create a searchable repository of valuable information and best practices for your team or organization. Discover more by yourself.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    AudioSerial with JavaScript

    Use a smartphone to send serial commands.

    Send serial commands to your project from any device with a headphone jack that supports HTML5 and JavaScript. Does potentially require a few components to be added to your project. Designed for reliable results by default, but allows many adjustments. Uses 9600 8N1 by default. The baud rate is easily changed. The library is heavily commented to assist with any tweaking you want to do. For schematics of how to connect to your MCU/MPU, see http://www.robots-everywhere.com/re_wiki/pub/web/Cookbook.AudioSerial.html To add this library to your webpage, include this. <script src='https://audioserial.sourceforge.io/serial-1.0.js'></script> or <script src='http://audioserial.sourceforge.io/serial-1.0.js'></script> To see a working demo, click here. http://audioserial.sourceforge.io/serialdemo.html
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