Open Source Communications Software

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    WinSCP

    WinSCP

    WinSCP is a free SFTP, SCP, S3, WebDAV, and FTP client for Windows.

    WinSCP is a popular free file manager for Windows supporting SFTP, FTP, FTPS, SCP, S3, WebDAV and local-to-local file transfers. A powerful tool to enhance your productivity with a user-friendly interface and automation options like .NET assembly or batch file scripting. Use WinSCP also for file editing, directory synchronization and site management. WinSCP is open-source and well documented. It is available in English and many other languages.
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    Downloads: 713,276 This Week
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    qBittorrent

    qBittorrent

    A free and reliable P2P BitTorrent client

    An advanced and multi-platform BitTorrent client with a nice Qt user interface as well as a Web UI for remote control and an integrated search engine. qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory as possible.
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    Downloads: 380,684 This Week
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    eMule

    A free peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing client

    eMule is a free peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing client for Microsoft Windows that was launched in 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000. To date, eMule is one of the world’s largest and most trustworthy P2P file-sharing clients. eMule includes advanced search features, file checks for corruptions while downloading, a preview while downloading function, and a credit system to reward frequent uploads.
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    Downloads: 16,568 This Week
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    Vuze - Azureus

    Vuze - Azureus

    An extremely powerful and configurable BitTorrent client

    Vuze (formerly Azureus) is an extremely powerful and configurable BitTorrent client. Search and download torrent files. Play, convert and transcode videos and music for playing on many devices such as PSP, TiVo, XBox, PS3, iTunes (iPhone, iPod, Apple TV).
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    Downloads: 2,914 This Week
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    DC++

    DC++

    A Windows client for the Direct Connect networks

    DC++ is an open source Windows client for the Direct Connect file sharing network. The DC network is a decentralized network, made up of individual servers (hubs) that users join to share files with other members on that hub. Each hub is individually run by a fellow user of the DC network, and may have certain themes to the content on the hub. Hub owners set up rules to regulate their hub as they see fit.
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    Downloads: 1,857 This Week
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    Pidgin IM

    Pidgin IM

    A universal instant messaging (IM) program

    See https://pidgin.im/about/ for more information. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MXit, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and GTK+. Finch is a command line instant messaging program. It also lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat network simultaneously, and it is compatible with the same chat networks as Pidgin. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and ncurses.
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    Downloads: 7,565 This Week
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    OpenKM Document Management - DMS

    OpenKM Document Management - DMS

    Document Management System and Content Management System

    OpenKM is a electronic document management system and record management system EDRMS ( DMS, RMS, CMS ). It provides modern and flexible architecture that meet today's IT demands, based on open technology (Java, Tomcat, GWT, Lucene, Hibernate, Spring and jBPM), powerful and scalable multiplatform application. OpenKM is a Web 2.0 application that works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera. Can be configured in major DMBS like Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL among others. Due to its technological architecture design, OpenKM meets the document management needs of businesses of all sizes (from SMEs to big corporations). Thanks to its elegant and intuitive interface, OpenKM transforms complex operations into easy tasks. The most relevant functions of OpenKM is the indexing of the most common types of files: text, Office, Office 2007, OpenOffice, PDF, HTML, XML, MP3, JPEG, etc. For a complete feature list take a look at http://goo.gl/au8cQy
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    Downloads: 934 This Week
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    Torrent File Editor

    Torrent File Editor

    Qt based GUI tool designed to create and edit .torrent files

    Project moved to https://torrent-file-editor.github.io/
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    Downloads: 500 This Week
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    SquirrelMail
    SquirrelMail is a PHP-based Web email client. It includes built-in pure PHP support for IMAP and SMTP, and renders all pages in pure HTML 4.0 for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has strong MIME support and a flexible plugin system.
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    Downloads: 339 This Week
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    LAN Messenger

    LAN Messenger

    An intranet chat application that does not require a server.

    LAN Messenger is a p2p chat application for intranet communication and does not require a server. A variety of handy features are supported including notifications, personal and group messaging with encryption, file transfer and message logging.
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    Downloads: 321 This Week
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    MRBS is a system for multi-site booking of meeting rooms. Rooms are grouped by building/area and shown in a side-by-side view. Although the goal was initially to book rooms, MRBS can also be used to book any resource; computers, planes, whatever you want
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    Downloads: 156 This Week
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    FrostWire

    FrostWire

    Search, Download, Play, Share on Bittorrent and the cloud

    FrostWire https://www.frostwire.com/ is a media player, Video Downloader and Peer to Peer (P2P) information sharing client for the BitTorrent network. This project is not affiliated with LimeWire LLC. FrostWires' source code is Licensed under the GNU GPL and Apache Open Source licenses. System Requirements Any of the following operating systems: ● Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista for Intel processors (64-bit only) ● Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later (64-bit) ● Linux, Unix such as Solaris (64-bit) ● Android 7.0 or later 256 MB of RAM (512 MB Recommended) An active internet connection
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    Downloads: 214 This Week
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    aria2 - CLI Metalink/BitTorrent client

    A multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility

    aria2 is a multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, Metalink. It can download a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to utilize your maximum download bandwidth.
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    Downloads: 159 This Week
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    GeoNetwork opensource - Metadata Catalog
    A web based Metadata Catalog Server for data description and discovery. Supports both generic and geospatial data discovery. It implements international standards (e.g. ISO19115/19139/19119, ISO19115-3, DCAT-AP, CSW 2.0, OGC API Records). It originates from the United Nations and is used by many governments as geoportal software. Active development and discussion takes place on GitHub and OSGeo Discourse. You can also connect directly with the companies supporting the development. Source code available on github https://github.com/geonetwork/
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    Downloads: 136 This Week
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    phpMyChat

    phpMyChat

    Standalone chat system developed in php, mysql and javascript

    phpMyChat-Plus is an easy-to-install, easy-to-use multi-room PHP/DB chat. It is currently available for MySQLi, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and ODBC. It supports IRC-like commands, moderators, is available in 24 languages and fully compatible with php7.
    Downloads: 18 This Week
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    eMule Plus
    eMule Plus is an evolution of the original eMule project, created to improve its abilities and features, in both work efficiency and user interface.
    Downloads: 74 This Week
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    Envy

    Envy

    Refined P2P Filesharing + BitTorrent

    Envy is a powerful multi-network p2p filesharing and torrent client for Windows or Wine. A mature mainstream fork of Shareaza. Highly skinnable, with BitTorrent/DHT, G2/Gnutella², Gnutella, ED2K/eMule, DC++, http/ftp protocols -and blacklist support baked in. Let others browse your public files.
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    Downloads: 16 This Week
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    Mibew Messenger 1.x
    "Mibew Messenger" - is unique software allowing visitors of your site to chat with your operators. This repo should be treated as an obsolete. For modern version of Mibew Messenger see https://sourceforge.net/projects/mibew/
    Downloads: 11 This Week
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    PHP Address Book

    Simple, web-based address & phone book

    Simple, web-based address & phone book, contact manager, organizer. Groups, addresses, e-Mails, phone numbers & birthdays. vCards, LDIF, Excel, iPhone, Gmail & Google-Maps supported. PHP / MySQL based.
    Downloads: 12 This Week
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    Coccinella is a free and open-source cross-platform communication tool with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people.
    Downloads: 14 This Week
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    Mibew Messenger 3
    Mibew Messenger is an open-source live support application allowing visitors of your site to chat with your operators.
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    Downloads: 52 This Week
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    Apple Disk Transfer ProDOS

    Apple Disk Transfer ProDOS

    Transfer disks and disk images between the Apple II and the real world

    Apple Disk Transfer ProDOS (ADTPro) transfers classic 8-bit Apple disk images over a serial, ethernet or audio link to a more modern computer. Based on the seminal ADT, ADTPro can transfer any ProDOS- or SOS-visible volume.
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    NOCC
    NOCC is a simple and fast Webmail client which can handle POP3 and IMAP mailboxes and sends email via SMTP. It is written with PHP, has low requirements (no database, frames). Features multi-language support, MIME attachments, displays HTML messages. The installation guide comes with the source code: https://sourceforge.net/p/nocc/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/webmail/docs/INSTALL If you encounter problems or bugs you can always try the current HEAD version: https://sourceforge.net/p/nocc/code/HEAD/tarball?path= Questions, bug reports or support requests are very welcome: https://sourceforge.net/p/nocc/_list/tickets Alternative source code repository: https://github.com/oheil/NOCC
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    PeerProject

    PeerProject

    Diverse P2P Filesharing

    PeerProject is a versatile peer-to-peer filesharing client and file manager. Intuitive and aesthetic while supporting many networks and features. BitTorrent, G2, Gnutella, eDonkey, DC++, IRC, http/ftp & more. Mainstream fork of Shareaza p2p, for Windows & WINE. Note: This project is idle, see Envy fork for further development.
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    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    Mailman is the GNU mailing list manager. It provides standard list management features, integrated with a web interface. Please note: the subversion repository has been retired. Please see http://wiki.list.org/x/DgAJ for details.
    Downloads: 8 This Week
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