Open Source Software Library

Vanilla Forums is an open-source community forum software designed for ease of use and extensibility. Founded in Montreal, it powers thousands of community platforms worldwide, with a strong plugin ecosystem and modern design.

LibreOffice is the world's leading free and open-source office suite. Canada's open-source community has long championed LibreOffice adoption, and Canadian contributors actively participate in development, translation into French, and accessibility improvements.

Aegir is an open-source hosting system for Drupal websites, created and maintained largely by Montreal-based developers. It enables sysadmins to provision, migrate, and manage large numbers of Drupal sites from a single control panel.

Pidgin is a free and open-source multi-protocol instant messaging client. Canadian open-source developers have long been contributors to Pidgin and its underlying libpurple library, which supports dozens of chat protocols.

The most popular tool for teams to coordinate mapping on OpenStreetMap. With this web application, an area of interest can be defined and divided up into smaller tasks that can be completed rapidly. It shows which areas need to be mapped and which areas need a review for quality assurance. You can see the tool in action: log into the widely used HOT Tasking Manager and start mapping. This is Free and Open Source Software. You are welcome to use the code and set up your own instance. The Tasking Manager has been initially designed and built by and for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and is nowadays used by many communities and organizations.

YARA is an open-source software project focused on security, malware, analysis. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.