ThinWire : A development framework that allows you to easily build applications for the Web that look and feel like the desktop applications

ThinWire is a development framework that allows you to easily build applications for the Web that look and feel like the desktop applications. It can provide user interfaces that are responsive, expressive, and interactive without the complexity of the alternatives. ThinWire is an AJAX framework which targets the business application developer specifically.

[Environment] Handheld, Web Environment, Web Mozilla
[Intended Audience] Developers, Other Audience
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Browsers, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content, Software Development :: Libraries, Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries, Software Development :: User Interfaces, Software Development :: Widget Sets

JobPal : A tool that can be used as an aid in online job searching

JobPal is a tool that can be used as an aid in online job searching. It currently includes the ability to automatically customize a cover letter and easily mail attachments to a prospective online employer. It also allows you to keep track of the history of positions you have applied to.

[Environment] Eclipse :: Java/Swing
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)

StoryTestIQ (a.k.a. "STIQ") : A tool for creating "Executable Requirements", which have also been known as acceptance tests or functional tests

StoryTestIQ (a.k.a. "STIQ") is a tool for creating "Executable Requirements", which have also been known as acceptance tests or functional tests. STIQ was developed based on two other open source acceptance testing tools, Selenium and FitNesse. This combination allowed StoryTestIQ to capture the Web browser based testing facilities and elegant command language of Selenium along with the wiki based editing and pluggable Fit fixture loading of FitNesse.

[Environment] Web Environment, Win32 (MS Windows)
[Intended Audience] Advanced End Users, Developers, Quality Engineers
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP
[Programming Language] Java, JavaScript
[Topic] Software Development :: Documentation, Software Development :: Quality Assurance, Software Development :: Testing, Software Development :: User Interfaces

XUI : A Java and XML platform for building Rich Internet Applications

XUI is a Java and XML platform for building Rich Internet Applications. The platform greatly reduces the amount of code needed to build feature rich applications on a wide range of systems. The project includes plug-ins for both NetBeans and Eclipse, plus support for AWT, Swing, SWT, J#, and HTML.

[Environment] Eclipse, Eclipse :: Java/Swing, Eclipse :: SWT, Handheld, Handheld :: PDA
[Intended Audience] Developers
[License] OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License (MPL)
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Software Development, Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries, Software Development :: User Interfaces, Software Development :: Widget Sets

CDnavigator : An application that files your CDs and DVDs in a database

CDnavigator is an application that files your CDs and DVDs in a database. It also deposits information about photos (JPEG), music (MP3), and films stored in such media. You can also store other metadata such as notes and ratings. You can search over all items and save the choices. CDnavigator supports an automatic cache that saves the most frequently used data on hard disk. Photos can be viewed directly in the application. It can download new photos from a camera, sort them into albums, and prepare them for burning on CD.

[Environment] X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Multimedia, Multimedia :: Graphics, Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players

jMemoriz: manages your learning processes by using flashcards and the famous Leitner system

jMemorize is an free open-source Java application that manages your learning processes by using flashcards and the famous Leitner system. jMemorize makes memorizing facts not only more efficient but also more fun. It boosts your whole learning experience and features categories, statistics and a visually appealing and intuitive interface.

AJAX Feedback Mechanism

The module is simple to use (and alter) to adapt to the look and feel of your site and makes it simple to integrate into your site, especially if you’re using PHP. A script accompanies it to recieve the Ajax requests and plug it into your database to store the results.

You can check out the demo here and or just jump in and download the script.

SubEtha : A sophisticated mailing list manager, similar in many respects to the popular Mailman package

SubEtha is a sophisticated mailing list manager, similar in many respects to the popular Mailman package. SubEtha is a three-tiered J2EE application using EJB3 and JMS. SubEtha has very easy installation on Windows and Unix platforms, a user-friendly web interface for all configuration management, virtual domains, support for users with multiple email addresses, intelligent attachment handling, configurable message processing filters, per-list role-based permissions, and more.

[Environment] Web Environment
[Intended Audience] Developers, End Users/Desktop, Other Audience, System Administrators
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Communications :: Email, Communications :: Email :: Mailing List Servers, Information Management, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries

Force Directed Graphs : Self-organizing, visually appealing tools for representing relational data

Force Directed Graphs are self-organizing, visually appealing tools for representing relational data. The look is organic, because algorithms simulate the way charged particles arrange in space. They work great in user interfaces because the user has access to data nodes while the graph is being organized.

AppFuse : An application for "kickstarting" Web application development

AppFuse is an application for "kickstarting" Web application development. It allows you to execute a single ant task to create a skeleton application based on Struts, Spring, and Hibernate running on Tomcat and MySQL. It uses Ant, XDoclet, Spring, Hibernate (or iBATIS), JUnit, jMock, StrutsTestCase, Canoo's WebTest, Struts Menu, Display Tag Library, OSCache, JSTL, and Struts. (Spring MVC, WebWork, Tapestry and JSF are also options.)

[Environment] Web Environment
[Intended Audience] Developers
[License] The Apache License 2.0
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks, Software Development :: Testing

Bonita : A J2EE workflow system

Bonita is a J2EE workflow system that provides out-of-the-box workflow functionalities for defining and running business processes such the XPDL workflow definition module, the J2EE based workflow engine, the JMS based awareness infrastructure, or interoperability services.

[Environment] Other Environment, Web Environment, Win32 (MS Windows)
[Intended Audience] Developers, Other Audience
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System] Microsoft, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Communications :: Email, Desktop Environment :: Theme :: Web, Information Management :: Workflow Frameworks, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Browsers, Office/Business :: Groupware

PDF Split and Merge (pdfsam)

PDF Split and Merge (pdfsam) is an easy-to-use tool that provides functions to split and merge PDF files or subsections of them.

[Environment] Console (Text Based), Eclipse :: Java/Swing, MacOS X, Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Text Processing, Utilities

Buddi : A simple budgeting program targeted for users with little or no financial background

Buddi is a simple budgeting program targeted for users with little or no financial background. It allows users to set up accounts and categories, record transactions, check spending habits, etc.

[Environment] MacOS X, Other Environment
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, OS Independent, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Office/Business :: Financial, Office/Business :: Financial :: Accounting

Echomine Feridian : An easy-to-use Java API that gives you quick and easy access to the XMPP network used in IM services such as Google Talk.

Echomine Feridian is an easy-to-use Java API that gives you quick and easy access to the XMPP network used in IM services such as Google Talk. The API allows you to communicate with Jabber/XMPP servers for sending and receiving instant messages, presence management, and custom extensions to the XMPP protocol.

[Environment] MacOS X, Win32 (MS Windows)
[Intended Audience] Developers, System Administrators
[License] The Apache License 2.0
[Operating System] OS Independent, Unix
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Communications :: Chat, Communications :: Conferencing, Communications :: File Sharing, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries

Tiger JMail : A direct replacement for Sun's javamail, but with an LGPL license and fewer bugs

Tiger JMail is a direct replacement for Sun's javamail, but with an LGPL license and fewer bugs. TJ works with both the Kaffe and Sun JVMs. It's tested, maintained, and in active use. TJ works well, but there's a lot of room for improvement.

[Intended Audience] Developers
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Communications :: Email :: Email Clients (MUA), Communications :: Email :: Mail Transport Agents, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries

JiBX : A framework for binding XML data to Java objects

JiBX is a framework for binding XML data to Java objects. It lets you work with data from XML documents using your own class structures. The framework handles all the details of converting your data to and from XML based on your instructions, and performs the translation between internal data structures and XML with very high efficiency while still allowing you a high degree of control over the translation process.

[Intended Audience] Developers
[License] OSI Approved :: BSD License (revised)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Software Development :: Libraries, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries, Text Processing :: Markup :: XML

WidgetServer : A Java/XML server-side GUI-framework

WidgetServer is a Java/XML server-side GUI-framework which enables an application to run as either a monolithic Swing app, a client/server Swing app, or as a Web app without any change and without loss of functionality. A rich widget set is supported that includes tree views, tabbed panes, split panels, and much more. A unified widget-based, object-oriented programming interface for Web and Swing GUIs is offered to the developer to control and assemble the GUI. Web applications are fully AJAX enabled. For Swing client/server applications, the framework handles client/server communication, including compression and security layers. A GUI builder is included.

[Environment] Web Environment, Win32 (MS Windows)
[Intended Audience] Developers
[License] Freeware, OSI Approved :: Common Public License, OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content, Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries, Software Development :: User Interfaces, Software Development :: Widget Sets

EJBCA : A fully functional Certificate Authority in Java using J2EE technology

EJBCA is a fully functional Certificate Authority in Java using J2EE technology. It builds on the J2EE platform to create a robust, high performance, platform independent, flexible, and component-based CA to be used standalone or integrated in any J2EE app. EJBCA comes with a flexible and powerful Web-based admin GUI.

[Intended Audience] System Administrators
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java

Tudu Lists : A Web application for managing todo lists

Tudu Lists is a Web application for managing todo lists. With Tudu Lists, todo lists can be easily accessed, edited, and shared on the Web. It is a simple but effective project management tool.

[Environment] Web Environment
[Intended Audience] Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java, JavaScript
[Topic] Information Management, Office/Business, Office/Business :: Scheduling

Taskjitsu : A Web-based project management system that tracks both tasks and time

Taskjitsu is a Web-based project management system that tracks both tasks and time. It records hours worked per task and project, accrues and tracks leave, provides management with productivity reports, and gives customers status visibility on projects. Software developers and consultants can use this system to track bugs, feature requests, and support issues.

[Environment] Web Environment
[Intended Audience] Developers, End Users/Desktop, Quality Engineers
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Information Management :: Issue Tracking, Office/Business :: Groupware, Software Development :: Bug Tracking