We have compiled a list of tools that seemed to have the most potential . Of course, the way each person works is unique to them, so finding the right tool for you may take some individual research.
These tools will help you, your team and the people that depend on you - regardless of whether they are from your NGO, company or from another organization - to manage your shared activities and projects.
We have also listed some useful technical forums where you may find answers to problems you face.
All of these tools and services are open-source or closed source with an option to use them for free.
Project Management Tools
Online project hosting using Git. Includes source-code browser, in-line editing, and patching. Free for public open-source code up to 100MB
Google Code runs a project hosting service that provides revision control offering both Subversion and Mercurial, an issue tracker, a wiki for documentation, and a file download feature. The service is available and free for all Open Source projects.
SourceForge is a web-based source code repository. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage open source software
Zoho Projects is a web-based project management and collaboration tool online. It\'s FREE for 1 project.
Ta-da List is the web\'s simplest and fastest to-do list maker.
Remember the Milk is a web application that has been around for a few years now. It’s a free (with Pro option) to-do and task list manager.
Kenai.com is a platform that enables developers to find each other and collaborate, and it offers free software project hosting.
Technical Help
Searchable archive of more than 700 million Usenet postings from a period of more than 20 years.Google Groups is a free service from Google where groups of people have discussions about common interests.
A language-independent collaboratively edited question and answer site for programmers.
Forums where web developers and designers learn How to Build Web Sites, Program in HTML, Java and JavaScript and More
DevX is the provider of technical information, tools, and services for IT professionals developing corporate applications..
Codeguru is where developers can come to share ideas, articles, questions, answers, tips, tricks, comments, downloads, and so much more.
MSDN - Microsoft Developer Network
Offers help for developers in writing applications using Microsoft products and technologies..
Free Software development and Design articles, code snippets, discussions, and news - all provided free by the best bunch of developers on the net.
Online Docs
Free web-based word processor and spreadsheet, which allow you share and collaborate online. Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc.
Adobe Buzzword is an online word processor, perfect for writing reports, proposals and anything else you need to access from anywhere. You need to have Flash installed to use this.
Online Word Processor to create, edit and shared documents easily. Zoho Writer lets you edit documents offline also.
Docly, the Web 2.0 online word processor with copyright protection, automatically assigns copyrights (both All Rights Reserved and Creative Commons) licenses to all published Docly Documents.
A multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, free to download and use.
Free Online Office Suite with spreadsheet and word processor files in multiple windows in one browser window.
Free Email & Mailing Lists
Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists, much like Majordomo and SmartList. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a web page, and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. over the web. Mailman runs on most Un*x-like systems, is compatible with most web servers and browsers, and most SMTP servers. Mailman requires Python version 1.5 or newer.
Yahoo! Groups is a community-driven Internet communication tool, a hybrid between an electronic mailing list and an Internet forum. Group messages can be posted and read by e-mail or on the Group homepage, like a web forum..
Google Groups is a free service from Google where groups of people have discussions about common interests. Internet users can find discussion groups related to their interests and participate in threaded conversations, either through the Google Groups web interface, or by e-mail. .
phplist is an open-source mailing list manager. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database for storing information.
Some Free Email Services
Bug/Issue Tracking
Unfuddle: Free Bug Tracking and Issue Tracking
Unfuddle provides a complete solution for bug tracking via a robust ticket system. With Unfuddle's free bug tracking features it is easy to create tickets, track progress.
BugAware provides software developers with an easy way to track and submit bugs, defects and enhancements during the development and maintenance of software applications.
The Bug Genie is an open source enterprise level issue tracking system, built on open source technology. It enhances your development process, by offering an advanced tool to manage bug reports, feature requests and user feedback for your products.
Bugzilla is a "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System". Bug tracking used by the Mozilla projects. Inherently web-based, written in Perl, and uses MySQL as its database back-end. Open-Source.
Instant & Voice Communication
Use GTalk for your voice calls, voice messages, file transfer and Gmail notifications.
An official messenger for Yahoo! users, free to use but advertising-supported.
Communicate with AOL registered users via text, voice, and video.
Connect and share instantly on the world’s most popular IM network.
Most popular, free, multi-platform IM client that supports most of the IM protocols.
Voice Applications
High quality calls to anyone, anywhere in the world.
Website Hosting & Templates
Google Sites is the easiest way to make information accessible to people who need quick, up-to-date access. People can work together on a Site. Creating a site together is as easy as editing a document, and you always control who has access. You can even publish Sites to the world.
Grassroots.org provides free Web Hosting services for nonprofit organizations in US and Canada.
Free Website Templates
All our their templates are free to use under Creative Commons 3.0 licence.
Open Source Web Design is a site to download free web design templates and share yours with others.
The Open Design Community is a hub for open source website designers from around the world providing thousands of XHTML and CSS based free web design templates available for download.
A list of Web Template Resources
A list of websites that offer W3 standard-compliant website templates and flash template pages for free download.
