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• 974 Application Server helps with development of powerful Web applications emphasizing security and clustered load balancing which you can rapidly redistribute on the same cluster to other customers.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/974-application-server
• GromJS is a Server-Side JavaScript interpreter based on Mozilla's SpiderMonkey core script engine which provides a complete ASP-like environment for JavaScript scripting on a Web server. It includes a persistent operation mode (executing multiple scripts with a single process for extreme performance), session management, direct read/write access to Web server files and directories, support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases, system program execution and pipes, HTTP file upload and authentication, cookies, CGI environment variables, and more.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/gromjs
• SoaBox lets you create a virtual version of your SOA environment.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/soabox
• Portofino is a system that makes it possible to create a Web application from an existing database in 30 seconds. Connect to the database, configure your preferences, and enjoy your new application.
  http://freecode.com/projects/portofino
  
• jHtmlArea - WYSIWYG HTML Editor for jQuery
  A simple, light weight, extensible WYSIWYG HTML Editor built on top of jQuery. This component allows you to easily display a WYSIWYG HTML Editor in place of any TextArea DOM Elements on the page. The minified script alone is 9.17kb; CSS and Images it's a total of 25.9kb.
  
  http://jhtmlarea.codeplex.com/
• elFinder is a Web-based file manager that was inspired by the simplicity and convenience of Mac OS X's Finder. It attempts to make working with remote files as convenient as working with those on your computer. It supports QuickLook for most types of files, copy/move with drag and drop, hot keys, a built-in text editor, context menus, and much more.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/elfinder
• OpenSearchServer is a stable, high-performance search engine and a suite of high-powered full text search algorithms. Documents can be indexed in sixteen languages. Multi-lingual analyzers slice sentences into words, then run lemmatisation algorithms on words based on the document's language. Numerous document formats are supported, such as XML, HTML/XHTML, PDF, Word, PowerPoint, RTF, OpenOffice, plain text, MP3/4, Ogg, FLAC, etc. The Web interface, built around the Zkoss framework, provides an easy way to manage OSS. The integration is fast using the PHP client or the API (XML over HTTP). The crawlers of OpenSearchServer go through Web sites, file systems, and databases to rapidly and easily build your index.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/oss-open-search-server
• jQuery Simple Tooltips is a jQuery plug-in that generates tooltips in a simple bug flexible way. It is highly configurable, and allows multiple methods for passing text to the tooltip generator.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/jquery-simple-tooltips
• Xapian is a search engine library, scalable to collections containing hundreds of millions of documents. It's written in C++ with bindings for Perl, Python, PHP, Java, Tcl, C#, Ruby, and Lua. It is a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It supports the Probabilistic Information Retrieval model and also a rich set of boolean query operators. Omega is a Web search application built upon the Xapian library. It can index a Web server's document tree (including HTML, PDF, OpenOffice, MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Works, WordPerfect, RTF, PS, etc.), or data exported from arbitrary sources (e.g. SQL databases).
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/xapian
• OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy-to-use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in Web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing as well as being a useful addition to an experienced pen tester's toolbox. ZAP provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/zed-attack-proxy-zap
• Ultimix is a framework for developing Web-based applications (CMS, portals, ERPs, etc.) It includes multi-language support, permits management, an MVC mini framework, package structure, a template engine, a Javascript library, a simple GUI library, a caching system, and CAPTCHA.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/ultimix
• betterFORM allows easy creation of highly dynamic Web 2.0 user interfaces with attractive controls and layout. You can add validations, calculations, actions, and events to build complete Web applications in a declarative way.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/betterform
• ADP (Another Data Processor) is a programing language that is designed for Web database programing. It is a scripting language and a lightweight programming language in which it is possible to mix SQL easily. It is easy to install.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/adp
• IIS Express is a simple and self-contained version of the full scale IIS web server. The Express edition is optimized for developers to develop and test web applications with the full set of IIS features. It can be installed side-by-side with the full IIS web server as well as the ASP.NET Development Server.
  http://www.snapfiles.com/get/iisexpress.html
• PHP Obfuscator is a tool for PHP developers that helps to make reverse engineering of your code a difficult and discouraging task. Since PHP scripts are not compiled like standard applications, the code can be easily copied, modified and re-used.
  http://www.snapfiles.com/get/phpobfuscator.html
• Scripturian is a compact library that makes it very easy to integrate JVM languages (which support JSR-223). It lets you embed "scriptlets" into text documents, in the style of PHP, JSP, and ASP. It also allows boot strap JVM applications using any of the supported languages, which makes it easy to quickly configure and make changes in how your applications start up without re-compilation.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/scripturian
• Prudence is a platform for creating scalable Web applications and network services using dynamic scripting languages and proven REST principles. Your application can support thin clients (HTML) and rich clients (AJAX), with anything in between. You can also create pure REST services with no user interaction. Languages supported are Python, Ruby, Groovy, Clojure, JavaScript, PHP, Succinct, Velocity, and anything else supported by the Scripturian project
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/prudence
• Chat system
  
  http://chatsystem.codeplex.com/
• jQuery-JSONP is a compact (1.6kB minified), yet feature-packed, alternative solution to jQuery's implementation of JSONP. jQuery-JSONP features error recovery in case of network failure or an ill-formed JSON response, precise control over callback naming and how it is transmitted in the URL, multiple requests with the same callback name running concurrently, two caching mechanisms (browser-based and page based), the possibility to manually abort the request just like any other AJAX request, and a timeout mechanism. jQuery-JSONP has been tested and runs within all major browsers.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/jquery-jsonp
• WhatWeb fingerprints Web servers and Web applications. It can identify content management systems (CMS), Web application frameworks, default pages for Web servers, blogs, JavaScript libraries, and more. Each time you visit a Web site in your browser, the Web server leaks many hints about the software delivering the Web page. WhatWeb recognizes these hints and reports what it finds. WhatWeb has over 70 plugins. Plugins can identify systems with obvious signs removed by looking for subtle clues. Plugins are flexible and can return any datatype. For example, plugins can return version numbers, email addresses, account IDs, and more.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/whatweb
• The Vexi Platform is used for creating and deploying rich user interfaces for Internet/intranet applications that look and feel like native applications. Vexi uses a combination of a subset of XML and Javascript to provide a simple API for the development of interactive visual components. Vexi provides an intuitive, themable widget set, created using this API. Vexi interfaces then communicate with server applications through XML-RPC or SOAP.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/vexi
• Vaadin is a Web application framework for Rich Internet Applications (RIA). In contrast to Javascript libraries and browser-plugin based solutions it features a server-side architecture, which means that the majority of the logic runs on the servers. AJAX technology is used on the browser side to ensure a rich and interactive user experience. Vaadin is a big collection of UI components.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/vaadin
• Komodo Edit is a multi-platform, multi-language editor for dynamic languages and AJAX technology, including Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl, plus support for browser-side code including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and XML.
  http://freecode.com/projects/komodoedit
• Ejscript is server-side JavaScript language and web framework. Ejscript is based on the standardized version of JavaScript known as ECMAScript Edition 3.X with extensions for server-side Web and embedded applications.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/ejscript
• DBEdit
  A database editing tool for Oracle, DB2 or MySQL databases.
  
  http://dbedit2.sourceforge.net/
• Sql 2005 DataBase Helper
  
  http://www.codeplex.com/SqlDotNet
• ErgoDataGrid is a data sheet for Web and B2B applications. It has large database support, multi-field sorting, data reloading in real-time, multi-language support, and many other features. It works with Apache/PHP/MySQL and is AJAX-enabled. It is compatible with IE, Firefox, and Opera.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/ergodatagrid
• ASP.NET Extended Club Site Starter Kit
  An extended version of the club site starter kit that includes a Role Management page, WebParts, Page management, and Themes.
  
  http://www.codeplex.com/extendedclubsite
• XINS (XML Interface for Network Services) is an open-source Web Services framework supporting HTTP protocols such as REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, JSON, JSON-RPC and more.
  
  http://xins.sourceforge.net/
• ASP Form Mail is an ASP script that can parse HTML forms and convert them to an e-mail that requires only minor configuration within the script. It was originally designed to provide basic functionality along the lines of Matt Wright's FormMail.pl perl script.
  
  http://www.codeplex.com/AspFormMail
• WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio
  http://www.wavemaker.com/products/index.html
• JSSP (JavaScript Server Pages) enables you to generate Web pages with JavaScript on Java Web servers. It supports all existing Java packages and features embedded SQL commands. It supports JDBC 3.0, giving you access to almost all modern databases. It includes Dervish, a JavaScript interoperability package that simplifies AJAX. You can execute code on the server by calling functions in the browser while Dervish handles the data transfer for you.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/jssp/
• Entrance is a program for browsing MySQL databases. It includes a "match box" search facility that is simlar to the Mac's Spotlight. Entrance can create charts based on query results, and these charts can be zoomed and panned. Entrance also supports an innovative feature called "data painting" that allows users to select and paint data points interactively.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/entrance/
• Aqua Data Studio
  Aqua Data Studio is an SQL editor and developer tool that allows database structures to be browsed and SQL scripts to be easily created, edited, and executed. It provides an integrated database environment with a single consistent interface to all major relational databases,allowing DBAs and developers to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously. It supports Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Informix.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/adstudio/
  http://www.aquafold.com/
• Simple Data Upload allows to transfer data between MySQL databases. It is a front-end for the utilities mysqldump and the mysql client program. It facilitates the migration of tables between databases.
  http://freecode.com/projects/sdu/
• NullLogic Embedded Scripting Language
  Visually, Nesla code looks a lot like PHP (the same basic C operators, syntax, and flow control), but with far fewer dollar signs. Internally, Nesla has a very clean API that makes it easy for C programs to make full use of its functions and data.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/nesla/
• OAT (OpenLink AJAX Toolkit) offers a broad Javascript-based, browser-independent widget set for building rich user interfaces on all common browsers. It comes with sample applications for interactive SQL query composition and database design. These applications work against any Microsoft XML for Analysis (XML/A) servers, such as OpenLink Virtuoso and others.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/oat/
• WebLOAD is a professional performance testing, load testing, and stress testing tool for Internet applications.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/webload/
• Qleonardo is a powerful and easy-to-use GUI that lets you query databases. No SQL knowledge is required.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/sqleonardo/
• Entrance is a program for browsing MySQL databases. It includes a "match box" search facility that is simlar to the Mac's Spotlight. Entrance can create charts based on query results, and these charts can be zoomed and panned. Entrance also supports an innovative feature called "data painting" that allows users to select and paint data points interactively.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/entrance/
• MonetDB is a database management system developed from a main-memory perspective using a fully decomposed storage model, automatic index management, extensibility of data types and search accelerators, and SQL and XQuery frontends.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/monetdb/
• MyJgui is a light-weight graphical user interface for MySQL databases. It aims to be easy to use for new users as well as experts.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/myjgui/
• BullZip MS Access to MySQL enables you to convert a MS Access database to MySQL server format and export the tables to your MySQL database server. You can choose the tables and columns to include and....
  http://www.snapfiles.com/get/msaccesstomysql.html
  
• The DataBrowser is a Java-based tool for browsing virtually any database. It has been tested with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL/Postgres, MySQL, DB2, and MS Access (among some others). It requires a Java 2 runtime environment. The DataBrowser allows you to execute dynamic SQL, import and export data, view the schema in a treeview, and view query results in a table view.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/databrowser/
• Komodo IDE is a unified workspace for end-to-end development of dynamic Web applications. It has a rich feature set for client-side AJAX languages such as CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and XML, coupled with advanced support for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl. Its features include comprehensive editing and debugging, intelligent tools for regular expressions, team development, customization, and extensibility. It can be used with framework stacks like Ruby on Rails and CakePHP and with client libraries such as the Yahoo! UI Library and Dojo.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/komodoide/
• Selenium Core is a JavaScript-based test tool for Web applications. Selenium Core tests run directly in a browser, just as real users do. And they run in Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Firefox on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/selenium-core/
• Asp.net OsCommerce is a complete online store solution that contains both a catalog frontend and an administration tool backend
  http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/WEB-Design/Web-Design-related/AspNet-OsCommerce-Free.shtml
• HeidiSQL is a graphical interface for easy management of your MySQL server and databases. It allows you to browse your databases, manage tables, view and edit records, manage user-privileges and more....
  http://www.snapfiles.com/get/heidisql.html
• Contact Form is a Perl script that allows users to send you email through a Web interface. It is designed to thwart spammers by not allowing email to be sent to unknown addresses, or revealing the addresses that it knows. In addition to this, it does not contain cross site scripting vulnerabilities or allow arbitrary code to be run on the host. It provides adequate information in the headers it sends to trace spammers, can check the validity of all data before sending emails, and features a customizable interface that allows for arbitrary fields.
  http://freecode.com/projects/easycontactform/
• phpMSAdmin is a tool written in PHP that allows you to administer a Microsoft SQL Server through a Web browser, without the need for Windows or the Enterprise Manager. It allows you to create and modify databases, tables, views, triggers, etc.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/phpmsadmin/
• asp2php converts WWW Active Server Pages (ASP) files that run on the Microsoft IIS Web Server into PHP pages to run on Apache.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/asp2php/
• pysqlite
  SQLite is a powerful embedded relational database engine. PySQLite makes it available to Python developers via the Database API 2.0.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/pysqlite/
• CPAINT (Cross-Platform Asynchronous INterface Toolkit) is a true AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript+XML) and JSRS (JavaScript Remote Scripting) implementation that supports both PHP and ASP/VBscript. CPAINT provides the code required to implement AJAX and JSRS on the back-end, while the returned data is manipulated, formatted, and displayed on the front-end in JavaScript. This allows you to build Web applications that can provide nearly real-time feedback to the user, including nearly real-time data updates.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/cpaint
• AltioLive Studio provides a development environment to rapidly build front ends to complex Web based applications, with rich client interactivity beyond the capabilities of the best AJAX front ends. Included are a Visual GUI builder, a backend integration tool, and other development tools, which allow developers to build the interface for their applications quickly, remotely, and without touching an XML or Java editor, so that they can get on with developing the business logic on the backend.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/altio/
• BOND (building object network databases) is database development framework for rapidly creating applications. It creates live forms for the Web with AJAX and desktop applications using GTK. Using XML to define widget layouts, it drives the live forms to which SQL statements and methods can be attached.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/libbond/
• phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It can create, rename, and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, create dumps of tables and databases, export/import CSV data and administrate one single database and multiple MySQL servers.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/phpmyadmin/
• MySQL for Windows
  The world´s most popular open source database server.
  
  http://www.mysql.com/
• mojoPortal is a cross-platform object oriented Web site framework. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MS SQL for the backend. It includes a content management system, forums, blogs, photo galleries, an event calendar, an RSS feed aggregator, and a skinable design.
  
  http://freecode.com/projects/mojoportal
  http://www.mojoportal.com/
• HAPedit is an acronym for Html Asp Php editor; a win32 text-mode editor useful for all developpers of dynamic web pages.
  Its main features are: syntax highlighting for html/php, html/asp, html, JavaScript, CSS and SQL; page preview in browser; project manager; php code "compilation"; edit html tags; code completion; preview images; SQL console; FTP Manager; Code Explorer and more.
  http://hapedit.free.fr/
• MySQL-Formmaker is a tool for creating easy administration forms and output of data. You define your forms, types of input, order, and so on, and the system makes a database for you, along with the admin and output files. You can change the layout of the output files. MySQL field-types supported are INT, VARCHAR, TEXT, DATE, and DATETIME. Input fields supported are NONE, TEXT, TEXTAREA, RADIO, CHECKBOX, SELECT, and FILE-UPLOAD.
  http://freecode.com/projects/mysqlfm/
• CKeditor is an HTML/DHTML editor for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, and JavaScript that brings to the Web much of the powerful functionality of known desktop editors like Word. It's very lightweight, and doesn't require any kind of installation on the client computer.
• JEdit PHP Completion is a PHP code-completion plugin for JEdit. It parses the working file and the included/ required files (if available), builds an object-oriented representation of the code, then displays a popup with code completion alternatives. These include global and local variables (including function paramers), methods and variables of a class and classes it extends, PHP functions and predefined variables, and defines. It includes an option panel for fine-grained control of the popup display.
• CherryPy is an object-oriented Web development framework. It allows developers to build Web applications in much the same way they would build any other object-oriented Python program. This usually results in smaller source code developed in less time. It has proven very fast and stable. It is being used in production by many sites, from the simplest to the most demanding.
• PRADO is an event-driven and component-based framework for Web application development in PHP 5. It shares many similarities with ASP.NET and RAD tools such as Borland Delphi, and Visual Basic.
• FormEntry
  FormEntry allows you to to generate an HTML interface for one or more SQL tables.
  http://formentry.sourceforge.net/