What Open Source Projects Are You Using?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/k12sysadmin

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  • xibo

    Xibo Digital Signage

  • Xibo - Digital Signage which is slowly being rolled out across all of our sites. (I used to be the maintainer of the Ubuntu setup script back in the day)

  • Fog

    An open source computer cloning & management system

  • FOG - But we've phased this out and just use MDT, monolithic image deployment is not necessary anymore.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • openshot-qt

    OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows, and is dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world.

  • OpenShot -- Video Editing. Nice for Jr High students that can't handle high level video editing software.

  • ntopng

    Web-based Traffic and Security Network Traffic Monitoring

  • NTOP -- Traffic Analysis.

  • graylog

    Free and open log management

  • Graylog -- Syslog server.

  • Snipe IT

    A free open source IT asset/license management system

  • Snipe-IT -- IT Asset/License Management

  • obs-studio

    OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

  • OBS Project -- In the same vein as the teleprompter. Since we already have a tv studio implemented, we don't really need it. If you're trying to put a studio together, you can't go wrong with OBS for streaming.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • teleprompter-for-terminals-april-fools-works

    Ever thought an Electron based teleprompter software consumes way too many resources? Now you can telnet or ssh into Teleprompter for Terminals, a teleprompter solution with no dependencies on X.

  • Imaginary Teleprompter -- Not using, nor do we really plan to. I found this when the TV studio in our school was having issues with their teleprompter software. That issue was resolved, so we don't really need to use it, but I think it's a neat find for anyone trying to DIY a studio together.

  • LibreNMS

    Community-based GPL-licensed network monitoring system

  • GAM

    Discontinued command line management for Google Workspace [Moved to: https://github.com/GAM-team/GAM] (by jay0lee)

  • GAM - Google Workspace. I don't know what I'd do without this.

  • vaultwarden

    Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs

  • VaultWarden - Although I think I'm the only one that actually uses it.

  • uptime-kuma

    A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool

  • I'm using Uptime Kuma to monitor our sites as some are only available from our internal network. It's really good.

  • Installation

    The premier source of truth powering network automation. Open source under Apache 2. Public demo: https://demo.netbox.dev

  • NetBox - IPAM and rack management

  • GAMADV-XTD3

    Command line tool to manage Google Workspace

  • GAMADV-XTD3 - Google Workspace command line

  • netdisco

    A web-based network management tool.

  • Netdisco - Network discovery and SNMP management

  • Oxidized

    Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool. It's a RANCID replacement!

  • Oxidized - Switch backups

  • Nextcloud

    ☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data

  • Nextcloud for internal Cloud Storage and Kanban-Boards

  • BookStack

    A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & Laravel

  • BookStack for knowledgebase

  • MeshCentral

    A complete web-based remote monitoring and management web site. Once setup you can install agents and perform remote desktop session to devices on the local network or over the Internet.

  • MeshCentral - The open source, multi-platform, self-hosted, feature packed web site for remote device management.

  • SaaSHub

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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