Social Source Commons

This is a collection of software tools represented by participants and/or otherwise used at the 2009 Nonprofit Software Development Summit in Oakland, CA.

You can review the Agenda and session notes, as well as event pictures, Tweets from the event and the legendary DevSummit Group Photo.

The 2009 DevSummit was the third annual convening of people and organizations developing software tools, web applications and other technology to support social justice causes. Bringing together a diverse range of users, developers, technologists, managers, eRiders, integrators and other practitioners who self-identify under the umbrella of “developing nonprofit software”, the event provided an opportunity both to gather as a community and to take stock of the field, while building connections and capacity.

The event was generously sponsored by Mozilla, Google, and CiviCRM.

Pro-level audio editing application.

A simple URL shortener. Generates shorter URLs than TinyURL, and has redirection. Useful for Twitter, and supports tracking number of clicks, traffic sources, and time-of-day patterns.

Video uploading and viewing site.

Video streamer designed to broadcast live video using a webcam (or other camera) and microphone. It will also stream most pre-recorded video files in formats such as a DivX avi files, Windows asf and wmv files, or cam-corder DV video files.

Open source Web-based software to catalog, manage, and publish museum and archival collections.

Cream is a multilingual customer relationship management (CRM) system for media organizations

Web-based wideo editing.

Video Uploading and Sharing Site

DivX Author is a full-featured DivX authoring program, allowing you to create DivX videos and slide shows with advanced features like interactive menus, chapters, multiple subtitles and audio tracks.

Digital media search engine.

Social media dashboard tool that offers real-time monitoring of social media activity.

Website service for creating podcasts and audio journals.

Google Buzz is Google's foray into the world of status messages similar to Twitter and Facebook. Sets up automatically if you're using Gmail, it is also accessible on your mobile phone.

media data and press lists

Automates the process of batch uploading, keyword tagging, categorizing, sharing, locating, finding, searching, viewing, publishing, collecting, versioning, approving, grouping, batch downloading, maintaining, securing, marketing, and optionally licensing or selling digital assets.

Video creation software.

iShowU - software to capture and record video from your screen into a Quicktime movie, in realtime

A content rich gateway for community managers, moderators & social media enthusiasts!

MediaPortal is an OS application that can turn your PC / TV into an advanced Media Center. You can listen to your favorite music & radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs, view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder and more.

Configurable, flexible and extensible digital asset management system, handles both print and multimedia file formats.

"allows access to data for all of those titles as well as access on a user's behalf to manage their movie queue. The Netflix API is free and allows commercial use."

Online video sharing and editing.

The Open Media Lending Database (OpenDb) is an extremely flexible application to catalogue all sorts of things including DVD, VCD, CD, VHS, GAMES, BOOKS & Laser Discs.

Video editing software.

Capture, edit, and share videos

Digital asset management platform for managing pictures and all kinds of electronic documents. Hosted version also available.

Scoop is a "collaborative media application". It falls somewhere between a content management system, a web bulletin board system, and a weblog.

Silverlight is a framework for providing rich applications to the Internet browser. It's a direct competitor to Adobe's Flash.

A collection of tools that help you back up the data in your social media presence.

These tools can help you to track things such as how many people are mentioning you, your organization, and your work in various online channels, as well as who is clicking on and sharing your links or updates, or trends relating to specific issue areas such health care reform, environmental, or human rights.

Various tools below track keywords, clicks, and other activity information on Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and more. Includes utilities that support the actual tracking tools, such as URL shorteners.

A website showcasing tools for social change.

Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. It provides a public playground for Web media mash-ups by providing developers with both desktop and Web APIs, developer resources and fostering Open Web media standards.

Tracking tool for social media.

Real-time social and digital media tracking, including blogs, location, microblogs, search, social networks and video.

Tweetblocker is a free resource for Twitter users and application developers. Using advanced filtering, they catalog and rank the top spammers on Twitter, allowing users to quickly and easily find spammers.

Advanced Twitter analytic system calculates daily tweets, users who are retweeting your messages, and their unique reach

Unplug is a Firefox extension which lets you save video and audio which is embedded on a webpage.

Online video hosting site.

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

Video creation software.