60 Websites That'll Keep You Updated On Open Source

When we talk about the 'open source community,' we're really taking into consideration a world wide community. This community does a lot of things and comes up with a lot of software. In addition, there is always something happening in the world of open source. As a fan, you would want to be in the know of all of these things. So here are 59 websites that will keep you in the know, bring you the newest open source apps and give you the best and worst of the community!

Project Hosting Sites: Many free and open source projects are hosted online, either for collaborative purposes or to make them available to others. Either way, there are tons of websites that you can download such projects from. Here are the best ones.

1. SourceForge

2. GitHub

3. Google Code

4. Eclipse Labs

5. BitBucket

6. LaunchPad

7. Codehaus

8. RubyForge

9. Tigris

10. BerliOS Developer

11. Savannah—GNU

12. Savannah—non-GNU

13. Gna!

14. CodePlex

15. Java.net

16. Gitorious

17. TuxFamily

18. KnowlegeForge

19. OSOR

20. OW2

Open Source Directories: Directories of open source projects and software also exist on the internet. Many of these websites are well known and have direct relations with the websites that have been mentioned above. If you're an open source enthusiast then these websites would be perfect for you.

21. Freshmeat

22. Ohloh

23. osalt.com

24. OSTATIC

25. OS Living

26. Free Software Directory

27. Open Source Software Directory

28. Webi

29. The LOOP List

30. SchoolForge

31. FreeSMUG

32. Java-Source.net

33. Open Source Scripts

34. OSDir

35. EOS Directory

36. FOSS

38. The Open Science Project

Open Source Software Collections: Whether knowingly or unknowingly, everyone uses free and open source software. Perhaps the most popular example of this would be the VLC Media Player. Many Windows users had no idea about the open source characteristic of this media player before they had used and appreciated it for a long time. These websites contain huge collections of such applications that you can use.

39. OpenDisc

40. PortableApps.com

41. winPenPack

Open Source Lists: Just like this list, there are well known and trusted lists that you will find about open source software. These are usually 'best-of' or 'worst-of' lists, but they can help you differentiate between open source software and known what is good and what is not.

42. Datamation

43. Bossie Awards

44. Packt Publishing Open Source Awards

45. Top 100 Network Security Tools

46. OSSwin

47. Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications

48. Open Source Freeware

49. Open Source God

50. Open Source Windows

51. Open Source Mac

52. EFY Times

Miscellaneous Open Source: Just like it is for almost everything, Wikipedia is a very good resource for learning about open source software. But is Wiki the only option? Absolutely not. There are many other websites that you can use to stay in the know of the open source world.

53. Wikipedia

54. Koders

55. Flossmetrics

56. Apache Software Foundation

56. KDE

57. Xiph

58. W3C

59. NASA