GNU/Linux based desktop software that can help non-profits realize their mission and goals.
We're looking for tools that real organizations are using now, and for tools that non-profits could be using that they might not realize are ready for prime time.
This toolbox is part of the NonProfit Open Source Initiative's Free and Open Source Software Primer Project. Our goal is to maintain a living list of free and open source software tools and applicacations that can help non-profits and other civil society groups realize their goals and mission.
We invite you to contribute to this toolbox, and to check out our other toolboxes and help us keep them relevant as well.
Comments? Questions? See a tool that really doesn't belong? You can discuss this toolbox on our website.
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Audacity
in 96 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFree, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
tagged: audio, avbox, converter, crossplatform, lasatech_audvid, mac, multimedia, multmedia, opensource, sound -
Cinelerra
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxCinelerra is a highly advanced and professional opensource video editing.
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Evolution
in 11 toolboxes
add to my toolboxIntegrated mail, addressbook and calendaring functionality to users of the GNOME desktop.
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Fedora Core
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxThe Fedora Project is a collection of projects sponsored by Red Hat, and developed as a partnership between the open source community and Red Hat engineers.
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FileZilla
in 59 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFree FTP client software.
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Firefox
in 345 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFirefox is the popular open source web browser from Mozilla
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fireftp
in 8 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. FireFTP is very simple to use and integrates into your web browser.
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gftp
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxgFTP is a GNU/Linux multi-threaded FTP client. It is mostly used on Unix-like systems, but it can be used on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It includes both a GUI and a command-line interface
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GIMP
in 116 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
tagged: apc, bitmap, crossplatform, graphics, lasatech_photos, Linux, multimedia, opensource, photos, photo_editor, windows -
GnuCash
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxGnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and Mac OSX.
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gPodder
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA podcast aggregation tool that works better than most to sync with file system based MP3 players. You can sync with an iPod, too.
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Kino
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxKino is a non-linear DV editor for GNU/Linux. It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. It captures video to disk in Raw DV and AVI format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings.
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Miro
in 36 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDownload and watch high resolution internet TV shows and videos in one application. New channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide.
tagged: bittorrent, distribution, eadvocacy, free, freesoftware, internet, mac, movie, opensource, podcast, rss, streaming, television, TV, video, vlog, vodcast -
OpenOffice
in 203 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFull-featured open source office productivity suite, featuring word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database packages; free MS Office replacement.
tagged: apc, bloatware, calc, crossplatform, editor, microsoft, office, officesuite, opensource, powerpoint, preocessing, presentation, productivity, spreadsheet, spreadshet, suite, word, wordprocessing -
openSUSE
in 6 toolboxes
add to my toolboxThe openSUSE project is a worldwide community program sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. The program provides free and easy access to openSUSE.
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Pidgin
in 91 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA multi-protocol Instant Messaging (IM) client
tagged: AIM, apc, chat, crossplatform, gaim, IM, instant, instant-messaging, instantmessaging, IRC, message, messaging, MSN, ngoinabox, NOSI, open, opensource, pigeon, secbox, YAHOO -
Scribus
in 18 toolboxes
add to my toolboxScribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout.
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SeaMonkey
in 7 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSeaMonkey is the all-in-one application formerly known as the "Mozilla Application Suite", containing a web browser, a mail and newsgroups client, an HTML editor, web development tools, and an IRC chat client in a single software package.
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Sunbird
in 23 toolboxes
add to my toolboxOpen-source calendar that works with the Mozilla suite of tools or by itself.
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Sylpheed
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSylpheed is a lightweight open source email and news client offering quick response, easy configuration and an abundance of features. Sylpheed is free software licensed under the GPL. It's a good choice for if you have limited computing power and don't need all the features of Thunderbird.
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Thunderbird
in 137 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMozilla's Open Source email client
tagged: client, communication, crossplatform, e-mail, email, GNU, IMAP, Linux, mac, mail, mail_client, opensource, secbox, side -
Ubuntu
in 136 toolboxes
add to my toolboxUser-friendly Linux distribution.
The Ubuntu promise:
* Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates
* Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies from across the world
* Ubuntu provides the best translations and accessibility features that the free software community has to offer
* Ubuntu core applications are all free and open source. We want you to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.
tagged: Africa, apc, Canonical, debian, distribution, distro, freesoftware, GNU, Linux, opensource, operating, operatingsystem, OS, South, system, ubuntu -
VLC Media Player
in 79 toolboxes
add to my toolboxVLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
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WengoPhone
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxWengoPhone is a free software Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. It allows users to speak at no cost from one computer to another. It also allows users to call landlines, cellphones, send SMS, make video calls and chat using various Instant Messaging services. WengoPhone is a FOSS alternative to proprietary systems such as Skype.
tagged: basebox, instant_messenger, Linux, mac, ngoinabox, NOSI, telephony, voice-chat, voip, windows -
X-Chat
in 8 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFree cross-platform IRC client
