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.

Amplify is the social way to blog, combining social networking features with blogging. Amplify autoposts to Twitter, Facebook, Posterous, Tumblr, Friendfeed, Delicious, Diigo, Plurk and more

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.

Blog It is a free Facebook application which focuses on making it easier for you to create content no matter the blogging platform you use.

Product that enables video streaming over the internet.

Professional solution for recording, editing and sharing high-quality screen video on the Web, CD-ROM and portable media players, including iPod.

Tools designed to organize and manage digital content

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.

EAC is "Exact Audio Copy". It will help you to copy (extract) audio tracks, or even parts of them, to the harddisk. In newer versions it also includes some audio CD writing routines and a small audio editor.

CD and DVD burning software.

Movie and video production software from Apple.

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter.

GOM is a FREE media player with popular audio & video codecs built-in.

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.

Online video streaming service.

Podcast creation software.

Pricey web and social media dashboard that allows users to monitor conversations and information about desired topics.

An open source, hosted digital asset management (DAM) tool that allows you to organize photos and video in an easy to access central location.

Search engine that merges real-time tracking of Twitter and other live feeds with traditional news and media search.

Simple Facebook Connect is a series of plugins that let you add any sort of Facebook Connect functionality you like to a WordPress blog. This lets you have an integrated site without a lot of coding, and still letting you customize it exactly the way you'd like.

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.

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Web 2.0 tools every Nonprofit should consider using. From photo sharing to article aggregation, these tools may be able to help your organization get connected with a broader community.

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Professional streaming video service.

Website for nonprofits to catalog In-Kind needs and for donors to find local causes to support.

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.

Provides RSS feeds per Twitter hashtag, enabling hashtag tracking in other social media dashboard tools.

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.