recognize and reward Open Source projects.
The winners of the 2010 Open Source Awards are listed below.
To identify the excellence among Open Source projects, public votes
for the finalists in each category were combined with ratings from a
panel of Judges.
Winners
Open Source CMS
Every Content Management System (CMS) that is based on one of the Open
Source licenses were eligible to participate in this category.
We are pleased to announce that CMS Made Simple has won the Open
Source CMS category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.
Winner: CMS Made Simple
1st Runner up: SilverStripe
2nd Runner up: MODx
Congratulations to CMS Made Simple and commiserations to the Open
Source projects that took part in the finals for this category but
just missed out.
Hall of Fame CMS
This category is reserved for those CMSes that have won the Open
Source CMS Award at least once in previous years.
We are pleased to announce that WordPress has won the Hall of Fame CMS
category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.*
Winner: WordPress
1st Runner up: Drupal
2nd Runner up: Joomla!
*As a result of a tie between Drupal and WordPress, an extra
independent judge Mark King was brought in for a decisive vote.
Congratulations to WordPress and a thank you to Drupal and Joomla! for
taking part in the Awards this year.
Most Promising Open Source Project
All Open Source projects, that have had its first release date less
than two years from 9 August, 2010, were eligible to participate in
this category.
We are pleased to announce that Pimcore has won the Most Promising
Open Source Project category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.
Sponsored by OpenCandy
Winner: Pimcore
1st Runner up: TomatoCMS
2nd Runner up: BuddyPress
Congratulations to Pimcore and commiserations to the Open Source
projects that took part in the finals for this category but just
missed out.
Open Source E-Commerce Applications
This category is reserved for the type of web applications that
simplify buying and selling of products on the Internet.
We are pleased to announce that PrestaShop has won the Open Source
E-Commerce Applications category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.
Winner: PrestaShop
1st Runner up: OpenCart
2nd Runner up: Tomato Cart
Congratulations to PrestaShop and commiserations to the Open Source
projects that took part in the finals for this category but just
missed out.
Open Source Graphics Software
This category, as the name suggests, is for all Graphic Application
Software that is used for graphic design, multimedia development,
specialized image development, general image editing, or simply to
access graphic files.
We are pleased to announce that Blender has won the Open Source
Graphics Software category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.
Winner: Blender
1st Runner up: GIMP
2nd Runner up: Inkscape
Congratulations to Blender and commiserations to the Open Source
projects that took part in the finals for this category but just
missed out.
Open Source JavaScript Libraries
This category is reserved for JavaScript libraries, libraries of
pre-written JavaScript controls which allow for easier development of
RIAs (Rich Internet Applications), visually enhanced applications or
smoother server-side JavaScript functionalities.
We are pleased to announce that jQuery has won the Open Source
JavaScript Libraries category in the 2010 Open Source Awards.
Winner: jQuery
1st Runner up: Mootools and Raphaël
Congratulations to jQuery and commiserations to the Open Source
projects that took part in the finals for this category but just
missed out.
