HFOSS Projects

Name	Description	Language (Mostly)	Activity Level	Size (Lines of Code)
Bentech Image Description Service	An application to increase the availability of image descriptions in textbooks for print disabled students. This image description web service will enable authors/content creators, publishers, social enterprises, such as Bookshare, educators and volunteers to easily add, enhance, moderate and share image descriptions to e-books and digital textbooks in the DAISY 3, EPUB and HTML standards.	Ruby	Active: Latest Commit 4/4/14 (as of 4/9/14)	Unknown
Project Possibility: Accessible Flashcards	Nonprofit, community service project committed to creating groundbreaking software for the disabled community--for free. Our goal is to inspire software engineers to make a difference by inventing software that unlocks new areas of life for disabled persons, giving them access to experiences previously impossible to achieve. The software that is created through this project is open source: it cannot be sold for profit, and is freely available for use, distribution, and modification.	Java	Inactive: Last Commit 2011	Unknown
Project Possibility: Web-Based Social Stories Group 2 Project Possibility: Web-Based Social Stories Group 3	Nonprofit, community service project committed to creating groundbreaking software for the disabled community--for free. Our goal is to inspire software engineers to make a difference by inventing software that unlocks new areas of life for disabled persons, giving them access to experiences previously impossible to achieve. The software that is created through this project is open source: it cannot be sold for profit, and is freely available for use, distribution, and modification.	PHP	Inactive: Last Commit 2011	Unknown
Open Data Kit	A suite of tools to help organizations collect, aggregate and visualize their data. Our goals are to make open-source and standards-based tools which are easy to try, easy to use, easy to modify and easy to scale. To this end, we are proud members of the OpenMobile Consortium, the OpenRosa Consortium, and active participants in the JavaRosa project.	Java	Active: Last Commit 4/8/14 (as of 4/10/14)	123k
Sigmah	Sigmah is free software developed to help international aid organizations manage the information from their projects: reports, indicators, schedules, documents etc.	Java	Active: Last Commit 4/10/14 (as of 4/10/14)	151k
Mifos-X	Industry-wide initiative to address the microfinance industry's information management challenge. Using the open source paradigm, we are creating a new service model that will increase access to technology for all microfinance institutions, ultimately enabling them to extend their reach to the world’s poor. At the center of the initiative is the Mifos product, a freely available world-class management information system (MIS) that provides the core functionality required by microfinance institutions. See also The Community for Open Source Microfinance	Java	Active: Last Commit 4/8/14 (as of 4/10/14)	118k
OOo4Kids	(pronounced "OpenOffice for Kids") is a software (work in progress) designed for 7-12 children, based on OpenOffice.org source code, but simplified. This means OpenOffice.org has some features OOo4Kids has not. And if you need those features, please use OpenOffice.org, that you can download at: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html	C++	Inactive: Last Commit: 10/13	6.7M
SLC inBloom	"The SLC is working to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the usefulness, variety and affordability of education technology." There are many projects you can choose from. On their GitHub page here. This post reflects their java SDK.	Java	Inactive: Last Commit 10/13	Unknown
Open Pantry	is an Interactive Qualifying Project by two Worcester Polytechnic Institute students. This software aims to provide an efficient way to manage and organize clients, inventory, distribution and reporting for volunteers and employees at TEFAP and MEFAP funded food pantries. The solution is specifically aimed toward the needs of the Burlington Food Pantry, however it is designed in such a way that it should be reusable by other similar organizations.	PHP	Inactive	Unknown
OpenEHR	An international not-for-profit Foundation, working towards: * Making the interoperable, life-long electronic health record a reality * Improving health care in the information society.	CSS	Active: Last Commit 3/14 (as of 4/11)	Unknown
OSHIP	Implementation of Multi-Level Healthcare Information Modeling. An application development platform (most mature version is Python) based on MLHIM.	Python	Inactive: Last Commit in 2011	319k
Torch	Project under Multi-Level Healthcare Information Modeling, Trusted Open Source Records for Care and Health - TORCH is a web enabled electronic health record (EHR) application. TORCH is usable in single practitioner offices and scalable up to multi-site practices.	Python	Inactive: Last Commit in 2009	Unknown
Open Health	Platform that brings together interoperable public health applications targeting district, national and global health management. The Public Health Information Toolkit (PHIT) is meant to be a self-contained USB pendrive that makes public health tools and frameworks available “out of the box”, including content developed by leading public health organizations and networked communities of practice. The starter suite of tools brings together OpenMRS, iHRIS, DHIS2 and OpenHealthMapper (OHM)	PHP	Inactive: Last Commit in 2010	Unknown
Open Student	"The openStudent project is a new approach to developing software for education in British Columbia. It incorporates the expertise and knowledge of all stakeholders from the education community of BC to produce a Student Information System that is flexible and responsive to the changing needs of BC’s education system. Rather than educators having to adapt to a commercial off-the-shelf program, openStudent will adapt itself to the needs of the educators. openStudent is a Student Information System that is made by BC schools for BC schools." Code located here.	Java	Inactive: Last Commit in 2012	4k
OpenMRS HTML Form Entry Module	Community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system platform. We've come together to specifically respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions. Our mission is to foster self-sustaining health information technology implementations in these environments through peer mentorship, proactive collaboration, and a code base that equals or surpasses proprietary equivalents. You are welcome to come participate in our community, whether by implementing our software, or contributing your efforts to our mission!	Java	Active: Last Commit 4/7/14 (as of 4/11/14)	34k
OpenMRS Module Reporting	Community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system platform. We've come together to specifically respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions. Our mission is to foster self-sustaining health information technology implementations in these environments through peer mentorship, proactive collaboration, and a code base that equals or surpasses proprietary equivalents. You are welcome to come participate in our community, whether by implementing our software, or contributing your efforts to our mission!	Java	Active: Last Commit 3/18/14 (as of 4/11/14)	81k