Free Software :: Web Application Frameworks

Special purpose web frameworks

• Content Management Systems
• Web Groupware (from the Business Software section)

JavaScript Resources

• JSAN ("JavaScript Archive Network".) (ml) (Planet JavaScript)
• Userscripts.com (Tagged archive of JavaScript scripts. License: various)
• SourceForge JavaScript Projects
• FreshMeat JavaScript Projects
• Ajax Blog
• Ajaxian Blog
• Mozilla Ajax
• Ajax Patterns (Wiki about AJAX)

JavaScript Tools

• Web based Text Editors (from the Text Management section)
• csCSSc ("Client-side CSS (De)Compressor". JavaScript based CSS1/2 text compressor/decompressor.)
• ESC (JavaScript based JavaScript text pre-processor/compressor)
• MODI (JavaScript based mouseover DOM inspector. License: ?)
• TopJax (JavaScript based Un*x process list viewer, like the traditional "top" utility)

JavaScript Libraries

General purpose

• Prototype (JavaScript toolkit. License: BSD-style) (svn) (blog)
• Dojo (JavaScript toolkit. License: The Academic Free License v. 2.1) (cvs) (ml)
• YUI ("Yahoo! User Interface Library". JavaScript toolkit. License: BSD-style) (forum) (blog)
• ExtJS (JavaScript toolkit. License: LGPL) (blog)
• jQuery (JavaScript toolkit.) (blog) (ml)
• MochiKit (JavaScript toolkit. License: BSD-style) (ml)
• Foo Framework (Rich-client user-interface style JavaScript toolkit.)
• qooxdoo (Prototype-based rich-client user-interface style JavaScript toolkit. License: LGPL) (ml)
• TrimPath Javascript (Collection of JavaScript libraries. License: GPL) (svn)
• sarissa (JavaScript toolkit. License: GPL) (cvs) (forum)
• glm-ajax (JavaScript toolkit) (cvs)
• Rico (JavaScript toolkit. License: Apache License v2)
• XHConn (JavaScript toolkit. License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License)
• DataRequestor (JavaScript based wrapper for the XMLHttpRequest object)
• JAHAH (Python/MochiKit based toolkit for pulling Javascript from the server.

Special purpose

• JSON ("JavaScript Object Notation". A lightweight data-interchange format for JavaScript. License: BSD-style)
• Functional (JS based library for functional programming. License: BSD-style) (svn)
• beyondJS (JS based library for functional programming)
• Mapstraction (JS based library which provides a common API for Google, Yahoo and MS mapping APIs) (svn) (ml)
• Mapbuilder (Javascript based geographic mapping widgets) (cvs) (ml)
• AJAXSLT (XSLT parser library. License: BSD-style) (ml)
• ExplorerCanvas (JavaScript toolkit for autimatically converting SVG to VML. License: Apache License v2) (svn) (ml)
• rdf-parser (RDF parser library. License: BSD-style)
• picpreview (JavaScript based image-preview library. License: Createive Commons Attribution v2.5
• DOM-Drag (JavaScript based object dragging library. License: ?)
• Wick (Autocomplete-suggestion library. License: BSD-style) (forum)
• JSONwidget (JavaScript/JSON based automatic form generator/editor. License: BSD-style)
• Lightbox JS (JavaScript based image-overlay tool. License: CC Attribution 2.5)
• searchhi (JavaScript for highlighting the words used on a search engine. License:?)
• jsdiff (Diff algorithm function. License: ?)
• domTT (JavaScript based DOM tooltip widget. License: Apache License v2)
• Cometd (HTTP-based event routing bus in various language implementations. License: BSD-style license) (svn) (ml)
• Scriptio.us (JavaScript toolkit for presenting audio/video/animations without Flash. License: GPL)

Flash

• OSFlash (Free software based Flash projects) (blog) (ml)
• OpenLaszlo (Web application framework, with a focus on Flash output) (ml) (forums) (blog)
• Sandy (3D flash engine based on Actionscript 2.0) (blog)
• SWF Tools (Collection of SWF manipulation and creation utilities.)

PHP

• Sajax (PHP based AJAX framework. License: BSD-style)
• Symfony (PHP based AJAX framework. License: BSD-style) (svn) (ml) (forum)
• xajax (Asynchronous AJAX framework. License: LGPL) (forum)
• CPAINT ("Cross-Platform Asynchronous INterface Toolkit". PHP / M$-ASP based AJAX framework. License: GPL / LGPL) (cvs)
• XAB (MySQL/PHP based AJAX framework. License: GPL)
• AjaxAC (PHP based AJAX framework. License: Apache License v2)
• Horde (PHP based web application platform) (cvs) (ml)
• ReflexiveCMS (PHP based web application platform)
• KONG42 (PHP based web application platform. License: BSD-style)
• phpxmlrpc (PHP based XML-RPC client/server framework. License: BSD-style) (cvs) (ml)

Python

• Django (Python based web application platform. License: BSD-style) (ml) (blog)
• TurboGears (Python based web application platform. Consisting of CherryPy, Mochikit, SQLObject and Kid. License: BSD-style) (ml) (blog)
• CherryPy (Python based web application platform. License: BSD-style) (svn) (ml)
• Subway (Python/CherryPy continuation based web application platform) (svn) (ml)
• Twisted (Python based, event-driven, network application platform. License: BSD-style) (svn) (ml) (blog) (wp)
• Zope (Python based web application platform) (cvs) (ml)
• Spyce (Python based web application server. License: BSD-style) (cvs) (ml)
• Quixote (Python based web application server. License: CNRI license (ml)

Ruby

• Ruby on Rails (Ruby based web application platform) (svn) (ml) (blog)

Perl

• Catalyst (Perl based web application platform) (svn) (cvs)
• OpenThought (Perl based web application platform. Inactive project.) (cvs) (ml)

C

• Monolith (C based web application framework. Inactive project.)

Smalltalk

• SeasSide (Smalltalk based web application framework.) (ml)