How many open source projects are out there? Thousands upon thousands.
And out of all those projects, how many are worth paying attention to? Thousands? Hundreds? If you remove the usual suspects (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, GIMP, OpenOffice, Firefox, etc), you can really start paring down the list. Here are 10 open source projects you might never have heard of — but really should check out.
1: Openbravo
Are you looking for your next ERP application? If so, do not overlook Openbravo. This tool is a small-footprint powerhouse that includes integrated accounting, sales/CRM, procurement, inventory, production and project/service management. Openbravo also features single-instance to multiple tenants, organisations, localisations and warehouses. It is every ERP tool you will need in one open source toolbox. If you just want to evaluate it, you can try a virtual machine with Openbravo. But to download a package, you will have to walk through a questionnaire. Warning: someone might try to sell you something!
2: OpenNMS
OpenNMS should have no problem winning you over. This tool is a serious network management platform. OpenNMS offers three main areas: service polling, data collection and event/notification management. Its feature list is pretty impressive and includes node listing, searches, outages, path outages, events, alarms, surveillance and distributed status. If you need to be sold on this product, hop on over to the OpenNMS Demo page (user/password "demo") to see what this tool is all about. OpenNMS will run on Linux, Solaris, OS X and Windows (2000, XP, 2003).
For the rest of the list see TechRepublic.
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