Software & Information Technology (IT)

Major 'open source' and public domain health information technologies (IT), software suites, and/or applications that have a vibrant support community composed of developers, users, vendors, etc.

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NGINX

NGINX is a high performance, leading edge web server solution. As of 2012, it has become the 2nd most popular open source web server on the Internet after Apache. NGINX functionality includes HTTP server, HTTP and mail reverse proxy, caching, load balancing, compression, request throttling, connection multiplexing and reuse, SSL offload and HTTP media streaming. Read More »

NIH/CIBC Biomedical Research Software

The Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing (CIBC) at the University of Utah has developed a number of free and open source biomedical research software tools. These include: Read More »

NLM Mobile

NLM Mobile is a web site maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This gallery of free mobile health (mHealth) apps in the public domain includes products such as PubMed Mobile, MedLine Plus Mobile, AidsInfo Mobile, Health Hotlines, Reunite, WISER, REMM, and more. Go to NLM Mobile. Read More »

Nutrition.Gov

Nutrition.Gov is a web site developed and maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that provides easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers.

Open Babel

Open Babel is a chemical toolbox designed to speak the many languages of chemical data. It's an open, collaborative project allowing anyone to search, convert, analyze, or store data from molecular modeling, chemistry, solid-state materials, biochemistry, or related areas.

Open Cooperative Web Framework (OpenCoWeb)

The Open Cooperative Web Framework (OpenCoWeb) provides JavaScript enablement of concurrent real-time interactions among remote users and external data sources. This emerging class of applications is referred to as cooperative web applications. The framework is based on open web technologies such as Dojo, cometD, Bayeux, and WebSocket. It has been applied to a variety of solution areas such as...

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Open Dental

Open Dental Software is an open source dental practice management system and electronic dental record (EDR) system. Open Dental is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), the standard open source license. This license ensures that the software code will always remain free.

Open Genomics Engine (OpenGE)

The Open Genomics Engine (OpenGE) is an open source project for analyzing and interpreting high-throughput sequencing data. The framework is free, easy to install and use; and enables comparative analysis of cancer genomes. OpenGE is extensible and supports the management of analysis pipelines composed of existing tools. Read More »

Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI)

The Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) makes it easier to access and publish a wide variety of information based on public data from government agencies. OGDI is a free, open source 'starter kit' with code that can be used to publish data on the Internet in a Web-friendly format with easy-to-use, open application programming interfaces (API). Read More »

Open ISES

The Open ISES project and associated community is dedicated to developing open source software, tools and instructional materials for the Emergency Services Community, Amateur Radio, Civilian Emergency Response Teams, and others.

Open Microscopy Environment (OMERO)

Open Microscopy Environment (OMERO) is open source client-server software for visualisation, management and analysis of biological microscope images.

Open Office

A comprehensive open source software suite of office applications (e.g. word processing, spreadsheet, etc.) that provide very similar capabilities as those offered by MS Office.

OpenAHLTA

OpenAHLTA is the only battle proven, enterprise-wide, free open source, clinical information system who's baseline provides secure access to millions of health records around the world.  It is the open source version of AHLTA-Theater, developed by the U.S. Read More »

OpenCart

OpenCart is free 'open source' ecommerce platform for online merchants. OpenCart provides a professional and reliable foundation from which to build a successful online store. This foundation appeals to a wide variety of users; ranging from seasoned web developers looking for a user-friendly interface to use, to shop owners just launching their business online for the first time.

OpenCDMS

OpenCDMS is a full-featured and open source clinical data management system for clinical research, studies, and trials. It is mature and stable and is used by the UK Mental Health Research Network, the UK Diabetes Research Network, and the National Institute of Health Research. Read More »