Geeklog - http://www.geeklog.net/

Mambo - http://www.mamboserver.com/

MD-Pro - http://www.maxdev.com/

myPHPNuke - http://www.myphpnuke.com/

PHP-Nuke - http://www.phpnuke.org/

phpWebSite - http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/

Postnuke - http://www.postnuke.com/

Typo3 - http://typo3.com/

Xaraya - http://www.xaraya.com/

XOOPS - http://www.xoops.org/

CMS - Blogs

b2evolution - http://b2evolution.net/

bBlog - http://www.bblog.com/

BLOG:CMS - http://blogcms.com/

Nucleus CMS - http://nucleuscms.org/

pLog - http://www.plogworld.org/

pMachine Free - http://www.pmachine.com/

Serendipity - http://www.s9y.org/

Textpattern - http://www.textpattern.com/

WordPress - http://wordpress.org/

CMS - e-Commerce

MyMarket - http://mymarket.sourceforge.net/

osc2nuke - http://www.osc2nuke.org/

osCommerce - http://www.oscommerce.com/

Zen Cart - http://www.zen-cart.com/

CMS - Groupware

dotProject - http://www.dotproject.net/

eGroupWare - http://www.egroupware.org/

MoreGroupware - http://www.moregroupware.org/

phpCollab - http://www.php-collab.com/

PHProjekt - http://www.phprojekt.com/

CMS - Forums

openBB - http://www.openbb.com/

Phorum - http://phorum.org/

phpBB - http://www.phpbb.com/

PunBB - http://www.punbb.org/

W-Agora - http://www.w-agora.net/

XMB - http://www.xmbforum.com/

CMS - e-Learning

ATutor - http://www.atutor.ca/

Claroline - http://www.claroline.net/

Moodle - http://moodle.org/

Segue - http://segue.middlebury.edu/index.php?&action=site&site=segue

Site@School - http://siteatschool.sourceforge.net/

CMS - Photo Albums

Coppermine - http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/

Gallery - http://gallery.sourceforge.net/

CMS - KnowledgeBase

Owl - http://owl.sourceforge.net/

CMS - Customer Support

SugarSales CRM - http://www.sugarcrm.com/

As you can see, there are many choices so thing to do next is a bit of research by taking a look through a few and finding one that suits your exact needs. There is really no wrong choice, it's all a matter of preferences and features that you are looking for.

Happy Open Sourcing!

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