Free/Libre/Open Tools
Note: This list is currently a work in progress.
The following software projects are ones we use or have used ourselves and so are upstream projects that enable our work.
Communication
- CiviCRM (AGPL) — constituent relationship management application to organize volunteer and donor information
- Discourse (GPLv2) — forum software for community discussion and planning
- IRC at freenode.net — Internet Relay Chat network that supports FLO projects and communities
- Jitsi Meet (Apache License 2.0) — video conferencing with webRTC for meetings
- Mumble (BSD) — low-latency voice chat application
Design
- GIMP (GPL) — bitmap graphics editor, used for photo editing and general image manipulation
- Inkscape (GPL) — vector graphics editor, used to create the images for the site, including website mockups and illustrations
- Kdenlive (GPLv2+) — non-linear video editor, used to create introductory videos on the site
- Krita (GPLv2+) — sketching and painting application; also used to convert image color space for printing
- Pencil (GPLv2) — used to make wireframes and prototypes
- pngquant (BSD) — utility for lossy compression of PNG files for web
- Scribus (GPL) — layout and desktop publishing software with support for vector and bitmap formats; used to convert image colorspace for printing
- Simple Scan (GPLv3) — scanning utility a with batch scan, page reordering and other features, used to scan in paper sketches for inking
We’ve used the following applications for animation:
- Blender (GPLv2+) — 3D production suite with a modeler, compositor, rendering engine as well as full non-linear video editor and animation support for both 3D and some 2D
- Natron (GPLv2) — an extensible compositor with support for a number of file formats
- Synfig (GPL) — 2D animation software with HDRI and sound support
And the following for music production (a few select items of many):
- Ardour full Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
- KXStudio a full music-focused repository set for GNU/Linux
- Hydrogen drum machine
- Calf audio plugins
Development
- GitLab CE (MIT) — repository hosting and code collaboration. (Unfortunately not a fully FLO project as they have a restricted proprietary Enterprise version)
Documentation and project management
- Etherpad (Apache License 2.0) — collaborative drafting of project specifications and other documents
- Gitit (GPLv2) — wiki used to store information on various aspects of the project, including planning and research