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  • SysAid multi-layered ITSM solution Icon
    SysAid multi-layered ITSM solution

    For organizations spanning all industries and sizes from SMBs to Fortune 500 corporations

    SysAid is an ITSM, Service Desk and Help Desk software solution that integrates all of the essential IT tools into one product. Its rich set of features include a powerful Help Desk, IT Asset Management, and other easy-to-use tools for analyzing and optimizing IT performance.
  • TXT180 is a cloud-based text marketing and bulk short message service (SMS) software solution that caters to businesses of all sizes. Icon
    TXT180 is a cloud-based text marketing and bulk short message service (SMS) software solution that caters to businesses of all sizes.

    Serves businesses of all sizes across a variety of industries, such as retail, restaurants, real estate, churches, fundraisers, and more.

    With TXT180, businesses can take advantage of the best text messaging platform that offers a robust set of features that include autoresponder, sequential messages, alternate message, text message scheduler, text 2 win, text 2 vote, and text 4 info.
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    Data Crow

    Data Crow

    The ultimate cataloguer

    Data Crow allows you to use the standard movie & video (divx, xvid, DVD, Blu-ray, etc), book (and eBooks), images, board games, comic books, games & software, music (mp3 and other music files) cataloguing modules. Besides these modules, which you can change to fit your requirements, you can create new modules (want to catalogue your stamps, equipment, or anything else?). The GUI is skinnable. Reporting (using JasperReports and their community edition JasperSoft Developer Studio ), loan administration, item importing & exporting, backup & restore and many other optional features are waiting for you.
    Downloads: 21 This Week
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    QuickPlay

    QuickPlay

    Retro-Gaming Multi-Emulator Frontend. Frontend-of-Frontends

    Welcome to the QuickPlay homepage. QuickPlay - MAME Edition is a powerful Windows universal emulator frontend, which has support for countless emulators, systems, game sets and other emulation frontend projects. Its main focus is on being user friendly, simple to set up, yet thorough: its a combined searchable library for all of your retro-gaming...It has a novel Emulator Finder system that takes the hassle out of initial setup and ongoing maintainance
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    IDTE- ID3 Tag Editor

    IDTE- ID3 Tag Editor

    Tag FLAC ,Vorbis, Lyrics, WMA, Wavpack, ID3 Tags in a Smarter Way.

    IDTE is a full featured tag editor for Windows which supports tagging of FLAC, APE, ID3V1.x/2.x, WMA, LYRICS, VORBIS Tags in audio files. It also supports the playback of 40+ various lossy and lossless music formats such as FLAC, ALAC, OGG, APE, MP3 etc. It can rename files based on the tag information, export tag information, create playlists, search for incomplete tags on Internet, fetch lyrics, fetch cover art, supports CUE sheet, Can process multiple files at same time, allows batch file processing, supports SFX, visualizations and more... IDTE on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/IDTE/572921366148095?ref=hl A New minimalistic version of IDTE is also available for download - https://sourceforge.net/projects/idte PLEASE NOTE - We do not recommend you to Tag MP4 Videos & WAV files using IDTE. Support for WAV tags are ambiguous (http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/WAV) and only certain Players are capable of reading/processing them. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
    Downloads: 24 This Week
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    Random Dresser
    This application allows you chose randomly from a user specified set of outfits and accessories. Each outfit or accessory can be assigned weighed probability making more or less likely to be chosen
    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    Resolver Risk Intelligence Platform

    Resolver gathers all risk data and analyzes it in context - revealing the true business impact within every risk.

    Choose the risk intelligence software used by over 1000 of the world’s largest organizations. Resolver makes it easy to collaborate and collect data from across the enterprise, allowing teams to fully understand their risk landscape and control effectiveness. Understanding your data is one thing; being able to use it to drive vital action. Resolver automates workflows and reporting to ensure risk intelligence turns into risk reduction.
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    Koll3ctions
    Kindle collection manager. Runs on Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. Creates collections from your folders on Kindle. Copy your books into your Kindle, run this program, restart your Kindle and enjoy collections!
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Model Operations Processing System
    The Model Operations Processing System (MOPS) has been designed to assist operations on model railroads. It has the look and feel of mainframe systems that would have been in used in the late 20th century.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Movie Central

    Movie Central

    An awesome movie collection manager.

    Movie Central is a personal movie collection manager. It is a free desktop application for creating and searching personal movie collection. Manage your movies in your PC in the most easy way possible. It has a has very simple UI and is a very lightweight program. Includes scraper tool, that automatically add movie metadata to your collection, looking through your movie folders in PC. An extremely accurate and fast scraper tool. You don't need to wait hours to complete.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Movie Central

    Movie Central

    An awesome movie collection manager

    Movie Central is a personal movie collection manager. It is a free desktop application for creating and searching personal movie collection. Manage your movies in your PC in the most easy way possible. It has a has very simple UI and is a very lightweight program. Includes scraper tool, that automatically add movie metadata to your collection, looking through your movie folders in PC. An extremely accurate and fast scraper tool. You don't need to wait hours to complete.
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    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Onlink

    Onlink

    Onlink (uplink) game patches

    here you will find some handy Patches for the Uplink game. the name "onlink" is the name of the old fan develop team, that created some fixes and patchs for the game. Uplink is a trademark of Introversion Software http://www.introversion.co.uk/ all right reserved to introversion software. using this patches is only for users who boght the full game. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use". original "Onlink" download page (via "way back machine" http://web.archive.org) http://web.archive.org/web/20120102005750/http://www.onlink-mod.net/?page=download
    Downloads: 6 This Week
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  • Telehealth and Radiology are 130 Years Old. Time to update your system? Icon
    Telehealth and Radiology are 130 Years Old. Time to update your system?

    TeleRay products allow for the viewing or transfer of DICOM images during telehealth visits.

    TeleRay transfers patient studies faster and more securely than any other method.
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    This project is intended to provide code to be used with MySQL and Python to create a database of major league baseball game events which are freely provided by the mlb.com Gameday application. Older version also support creating a retrosheet.org database but that is no longer supported. All major and minor league pitch location and game statistic data can be downloaded using BBOS. Installation Videos! Part 1: http://youtu.be/rnv2VLcG-eI Part 2: http://youtu.be/eFudbMWHNlQ Special thanks to Wells Oliver for the code for downloading Retrosheet files. And the Chadwick project for its Retrosheet tools. https://sourceforge.net/projects/chadwick/?source=recommended
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Jbookshelf

    Jbookshelf

    Jbookshelf is a portable library/video-library/collection manager!

    Jbookshelf is a Bookcase and a book/video/collection or even warehouse manager; it can tracks any changes and shows the aspect of your libraries. It is portable, try to install it on a usb stick! It need only the Java runtime environment(JRE). Follow it on Facebook or G+ !
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Tools for the recipe collector :-) RecipeFox: A addon to FireFox to grab recipes from the net (like the MasterCook addon in Internet Explorer) A recipe converter: It converts recipes from one format to another, and supports the following formats: - AccuC
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    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    klikator-garena
    Auto/Automatic Enter/Join Garena Rooms as Free/Non-Gold User/Member. Garena doesn't need to be focused so you can do whatever you want and you'll get notification about successful join. Also get notification when Host creates game and more.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Coulson Plot Generator

    Coulson Plot Generator

    Graphics generator for pie diagram matrix from spreadsheets

    For comparative plus/minus spreadsheet data, Coulson Plot Generator application creates a multiple pie diagram, for a rapid visual comparison of subunit occupancy across a range of entities. Numbers of pies, segments, labels and colours are customisable. Creates an editable PDF from a comma separated text file. Now with zoom capability and more memory, for larger datasets. Save images in several formats including SVG.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    MagicLibrary
    MagicLibrary is a card searcher and another deck manager for Collectible Card Game Magic: The Gathering.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Mangaligator

    Download manga or extract links from popular online manga readers

    Mangaligator is an OpenSource Manga Downloader. It supports the sites mangafox.com, mangareader.net, mangashare.com, mangavolume.com, goodmanga.net, manga.animea.net and mangahere.com. The URLs of the pages also are saved seperately and can be used for other purposes.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Exif UserComment Editor

    Dialog box to edit Exif comment into images

    Display a simple graphical dialog box to add or edit Exif UserComment contained into images. Supports Unicode UTF-8 characters. Originally developed as a plugin for Geeqie image viwer. It requires Python GTK+ and exiv2 tool.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    FCCO Casino Chips Collections Software

    FCCO Casino Chips Collections Software

    Software for cataloging collections of casino chips.

    Software for cataloging collections of casino chips. Software para catalogação de coleções de fichas de cassino.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Bricks Inventory

    Bricks Inventory

    A tool to help you manage your bricks inventory

    Bricks Inventory is a tool to help you manage your bricks inventory. Source code repository: https://github.com/jval1972/Bricks-Inventory
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    General Use Character Creation Interface

    Interface for tracking tabletop gaming characters

    This project is intended as a full function tool for tabletop Dungeon Masters to be able to create custom character templates based on the game they are using, with the ability to edit: ~Stat Names ~Stat Types ~Stat Values ~Special Ability Names ~Special Ability Types ~Special Ability Effects ~Equipment Names ~Equipment Types ~Equipment Effects ~Combat Rules In addition, the project is intended to enable the Dungeon Master to track: ~Combat Initiative ~Health ~Monetary Assets ~Special Ability Limits/Uses ~Status Effects Finally, the Dungeon Master will be able to: ~Generate random rewards or loot ~Customize random number generation ~Create templates for quickly making die rolls ~Save and Open templates and individual character sheets ~Generate random characters
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    MovieFX
    A simple, JavaFX-based movie database application *** Softpedia guarantees that MovieFX is 100% Clean, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. *** Please report any bugs, or write your suggestions/requests to uurcnyldrm@hotmail.com
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    OldCompDB

    Manage old PCs

    Retrocomputing project, small DB with last booted field
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    A small software for fish catch management. Even if the license in the Info window is GNU GPL v3, i decided to distribute it with the "public domain" license.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    SCDB 3 - Simple Comics Database

    SCDB 3 - Simple Comics Database

    A simple comic book inventory application for Linux, OS X and Windows.

    SCDB 3 is the third iteration of the Simple Comics Database. As the name implies, it is simple both in its function and how it is constructed. In function, it only stores the basic data needed to inventory a comics collection. In construction, it is built on common components to reduce complexity.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Wall Breaker is 2D game written in C# with support of DirectX,it's very simple and interesting ,but different than others ball breaking games.Try it and see what i was mean by that!
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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Open Source Collection Management Software Guide

Open source collection management software is a type ofprogram designed to help users manage, organize, and store information relating to collections. This type of software makes it easy for people to catalog items in their collections by allowing them to quickly enter relevant information, including details such as item acquisition date, condition, and location. Many open-source programs also have features that make it easier for users to find particular items or search for specific characteristics within their collections.

Some open source collection management software applications provide interfaces that allow users to view their collection data visually with images and charts. This makes it simpler for collectors to identify patterns in their data or compare pieces in their collection. Other helpful features can include user accounts so multiple family members or colleagues can access the same collection; custom fields for detailed information about each item; automatic backups; integration with external databases like museums or retail stores; social sharing capabilities; and other functionality related to the type of object being stored (e.g., support for rare books).

Open source collection management software often comes free of charge due its status as an open-source product—users are typically able to download and use the program without purchasing a license or paying any fees upfront. However, some developers might offer tiered plans with additional features available at different price points if needed. Open source applications tend to be highly customizable since they are developed by volunteer developers who add extra tools and features over time based on user feedback. As such, many digital curators prefer this type of platform when managing their collections because they have more control over how their data is displayed and managed than they would with proprietary alternatives.

Features Offered by Open Source Collection Management Software

  • Cataloguing: Open source collection management software provides an efficient way to catalogue objects in a collection. This includes the ability to create records for items with descriptions, images, and other relevant information. The records can also be linked together to form relationships between different items.
  • Digital Assets: Open source collection management software allows users to store digital assets such as documents, audio recordings and video footage associated with the collection item. This feature is particularly useful for archivists or researchers who need to preserve digital assets associated with their collections.
  • Metadata: Metadata is often used in open source collection management software to aid cataloguing efforts. This can include location, date/time stamps, object type, and other relevant information that helps link items together in the database.
  • User Roles & Access Rights: Open source collection management software allows administrators to assign user roles and access rights for employees or visitors who need access to collections data. This can help control access levels so only authorized personnel have access the necessary items within a database.
  • Data Management & Reporting Tool: Another useful feature of open source collection management software is reporting tools that allow users to generate reports on specific objects or categories within a database and export them into formats like PDFs or spreadsheets for further analysis or sharing purposes.

Types of Open Source Collection Management Software

  • Koha – Koha is a free and open source library automation software for managing and tracking books, patrons, serials, and other library items. It is designed to provide an integrated system for cataloging, circulation management, acquisitions, and online public access catalog (OPAC) functionality.
  • Evergreen – Evergreen is a free open source Integrated Library System (ILS). It was designed from the ground-up to be robustly scalable in order to meet the needs of large libraries with millions of bibliographic records as well as small libraries with just a few hundred records.
  • OpenBiblio – OpenBiblio is an open source library software suite that provides tools for creating OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs), managing circulation data, handling collection inventory tasks, controlling patron permissions/privileges and tracking fines/fees owing. It also includes support for barcode generation and scanning which allows users to quickly check out items via their computer or mobile device.
  • Liblime – LibLime is an enterprise-level library automation platform created using Linux, Apache Tomcat Java application server technology. It offers comprehensive features such as digital asset management systems, acquisitions workflow management tools and interactive web OPACs that makes it suitable for larger organization’s requirements.
  • VuFind - VuFind provides an online search interface that integrates various local databases into one framework and eliminates the need to switch between ‘silos’ of information when searching for materials. This makes it easier for users to find relevant content more quickly than traditional methods of accessing resources through separate catalogues or webpages housed at different sites. Furthermore it can be used on any type of device including desktop computers smartphones or tablets by utilizing responsive design principles ensuring consistent user experience across all platforms regardless of screen size.

Advantages Provided by Open Source Collection Management Software

  1. Cost Savings: Open source collection management software is available for free, or for a fraction of the cost of traditional proprietary software. This allows organizations with limited resources to avoid significant up-front costs and potentially preserve funds better used elsewhere.
  2. Flexibility and Customization: Because it uses an open standard, collection management software can be easily adapted to fit an organization’s needs and preferences. Organizations are able to customize their systems any way they see fit, providing greater control over the features they choose to make available to their users.
  3. Increased Security: Open source solutions feature stronger security protocols than proprietary software, making it difficult for hackers or unauthorized individuals to gain access to a system’s data. Additionally, any updates are made available quickly across all users so that everyone involved is consistently on the latest version with bug fixes and other enhancements in place.
  4. Community Support: With open source solutions come communities of developers who can help answer questions about how best to utilize the product as effectively as possible. Usually these communities include people from all levels of knowledge who are willing to offer assistance on how best use the product which can make onboarding new staff easier too.
  5. Faster Development Cycles: The availability of open source code allows developers to update applications faster because they don't need approval from corporate headquarters before making changes or adding features. This means organizations have access to frequent updates that keep their systems current compared with having no option but using outdated versions sold by commercial vendors.

Types of Users That Use Open Source Collection Management Software

  • Hobbyists: Hobbyists are users who use open source collection management software to track and organize their personal collections. They typically do not require complex features, but rely on the simple tools provided by the software to keep their collections well-organized.
  • Museums: Museum professionals often use open source collection management software to catalog and manage their museum's collections. These users need more robust features than hobbyists, such as powerful search capabilities, a user interface that is easy for staff members to understand and navigate, detailed records of each item in the collection, and customized reports.
  • Academic Institutions: Academic institutions utilize open source collection management software for research purposes. Usually these users will have very specific requirements dedicated towards cataloging an area of interest or field of study within their university or college. They often look for the most accurate information possible from multiple sources when conducting searches from within this type of software.
  • Archives/Libraries: Similarly to academic institutions, archives and libraries also rely heavily on open source collection management systems for research purposes. Users must be able to retrieve relevant results quickly without any errors in order for it to be useful to them. Therefore they require high performance computing and sophisticated algorithms designed specifically with archival principles in mind - such as metadata standards like Dublin Core - alongside descriptive analytics capabilities that can bring out meaningful patterns and trends from large sets of data stored within these systems.

How Much Does Open Source Collection Management Software Cost?

Open source collection management software is generally offered for free, with no cost required to the user. However, there may be additional costs incurred depending on your individual needs and requirements. For example, if you require extra features or customizations, such as advanced reporting tools or integration with other programs, you may need to enlist the services of a specialist developer in order to make these possible. Additionally, you may opt to pay for technical support packages with the open source provider should you run into issues that require assistance. Finally, server hosting fees can also come into play depending on the technology stack selected for hosting; these will vary in cost depending on the provider and size of data stored. In conclusion, it’s important to familiarize yourself both with what type of collection management solution your organization requires and what kind of associated costs would be involved when selecting from open-source options.

What Software Does Open Source Collection Management Software Integrate With?

Open source collection management software is capable of integrating with a variety of software types. Examples include financial and accounting packages, CRM systems, digital asset management tools, and usability and testing platforms. Financial software can help manage funds to purchase or lease items for a collection, as well as track expenses related to maintaining the collection. CRM systems allow for tracking customers who interact with the collection and store their contact information. Digital asset management tools enable users to manage digital assets within the system's database. Usability and testing platforms can be used to evaluate how effectively users interact with the interface of a particular collection management platform. Integrating these types of software with open source collection management solutions can create powerful tools that increase efficiency and improve user experience.

Trends Related to Open Source Collection Management Software

  1. Increased Accessibility: Open source collection management software has made it easier for museums, libraries, and other institutions to access powerful software tools that were previously out of reach. This means that organizations of all sizes can now manage their collections more efficiently and effectively.
  2. Improved Data Security: Open source collection management tools are often more secure than proprietary alternatives. This is because open source code is often reviewed by a larger community, making it easier to identify potential security vulnerabilities before they become an issue.
  3. Increased Customizability: Many open source collection management tools allow users to customize the software in order to better suit the needs of their organization. This allows users to tailor the software to fit their specific requirements, creating a more efficient and user-friendly experience for everyone involved.
  4. Cost Savings: Open source collection management tools can often save organizations money compared to proprietary alternatives. This is because there are typically no license fees associated with open source software, making it an attractive option for many organizations on a budget.

How Users Can Get Started With Open Source Collection Management Software

Getting started with open source collection management software can be a great way to streamline your collecting process. Open source software offers flexible, customizable options that make it easy to track and manage your collections.

The first step in getting started is to decide which type of system you’d like to use. There are a variety of open source collection management systems available, from full-featured programs such as CollectiveAccess or EMu, to simpler tools like Omeka and Zotero. It’s important to pick a program that meets your specific needs and is within your technical capabilities—you don’t want something too complex if you’re just starting out.

Once you’ve chosen the right system for you, the next step is setting up your account. This usually involves signing up on the website or app associated with the program, creating an account, and entering any necessary details or payment information if it applies. Once this is done, you should be ready to start adding items into the database.

Depending on which system you chose, adding items can involve anything from simply inputting information about each item manually into an online form or spreadsheet template; uploading files for digital objects; using tags or vocabularies for more robust organization of data; using web-based collections management tools such as plugins; importing large datasets at once via CSV file uploads; setting up custom workflows based on user rights levels; and much more. Explore what features each platform has available so that you can find an appropriate method for recording detailed information about each item in your collection quickly and easily.

It also helps if you already have some sort of cataloguing practice in place beforehand. If possible, try writing down as much detail about each item before entering them into the software – this will save time later when trying to locate specific entries among thousands of documents populating your library database. You may even consider bringing in outside resources such as professional consultants if needed—especially when working with large-scale projects or those involving specialist material types such as artifacts or museum objects—to ensure all records are accurate and complete before going live with a collection management system.

Finally, make sure to keep relevant documentation readily available at all times so that things run smoothly throughout implementation stages (and beyond.). Keep track of any changes made during setup were logged properly: write reports documenting key decisions taken by administrators which could prove helpful later on when troubleshooting unforeseen issues down the line. With these precautions in place—and by following instructions provided by both product documentation plus user forums/knowledge networks whenever applicable—you should be able to get up and running with open source collection management software without too many problems.