Open source software is booming: here we round up over 480 open source applications
for you to use or build upon. Feel free to add more apps in the comments. And don't forget to subscribe to Mashable for the latest web news and resources. Also see the other entries in this series: ONLINE PRODUCTIVITY GOD, WORDPRESS GOD, ONLINE MEDIA GOD and FIREFOX GOD.
MEDIA PLAYERS
- AlsaPlayer
- AlsaPlayer is a new type of PCM player for Linux/Unix featuring fully pluggable framework for various media types.
- Amarok - Audio player for Linux.
- Cog - Quite often referred to as a potential iTunes alternative; an interesting open source audio player with support for various formats.
- Coolplayer - A fast audio player for the Win32 environment.
- Delphamp - Delphi based open source media player. Like a Winamp clone, also features support for Winamp skins.
- DigitalDJ - DigitalDJ is a front-end MP3 player based on SQL. It can create playlists and manage CD databases in MP3 format.
- Foobar2000 - Advanced level Windows based audio player with support for Unicode and popular audio formats.
- Gamp - Gamp is a Gnome audio player written in C and includes support for MP3, Ogg, vorbis etc.
- Grip - Grip is a CD-player and ripper for the Gnome desktop, and features an automated front end for MP3 encoders.
- Guliverkli - Its interface is similar to Windows media player, however it also offers advanced features like switching of audio streams in mp4 files.
- HelixPlayer - An open source media player for various operating systems like Linux, Solaris and Symbian.
- Juice - Juice is a premier podcast receiver and allows users to capture and receive podcasts anytime.
- Media Player Classic - An advanced version of Windows Media Player 6.4; offers features like real time zoom, support for AVI subtitles and support for QuickTime and Real video.
- Mixxx - An open source DJ mixing tool, very useful for professional and amateur DJs.
- Miro - The only video player which provides you with the option to download YouTube videos, play video files and play live Internet TV.
- MPlayer - Written in Python; one of the best media players under the GNU-GPL license.
- MP3Gain - MP3Gain assists users by normalizing the volume of mp3 files; it also does statistical analysis to determine the loudness of a file to the human ear.
- musikCube - MP3 player based on embedded SQL database engine and packed with innovative features.
- NotifyCD - NotifyCD is a small system tray based CDDB supporting CD player for Windows 9x/NT/2000.
- OggPlay - OggPlay is an open source audio player for smart phones.
- Plainamp - Plainamp is an open source media player for Microsoft Windows.
- SnackAmp - A music player running on multiple platforms; features a web server and powerful playlist.
- Songbird - Songbird is a multi-utility open source application; acts as a desktop web player, a jukebox, and a web browser.
- SysTrayPlay - Also known as STP, ths is a small MP3 player program with a grey button in the taskbar that occupies very little memory.
- VLC media player - Highly portable cross platform multimedia player & streaming server with support for variety of audio and video formats.
- Vorbis.com - Open source professional audio encoding and streaming technology.
- XboxMediaPlayer - XboxMediaPlayer is an open source multimedia player from Microsoft useful for viewing various video/audio/picture files like VOB, AVI, MP3 etc.
- xine - Xine is an open source multimedia player for playing CDs, DVDs and streaming multimedia over the internet.
- Zinf - Powerful and effective audio player for Linux and Windows. Supports various file formats such as MP3, Ogg and WAV and also features a download manager and a music browser.
