In December we announced our Call for Apps contest. We asked you to submit open-source web apps to our One-Click Installer and we then put the best of the best up for evaluation. Our customers then ranked their favorites on a 1 to 5 star scale throughout the month of January.
The votes are in, the dust has settled, and we have our winners!
The grand prize winner of a 17″ MacBook Pro (USA model) is:
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concrete5 (avg: 4.611 stars) concrete5 is a CMS that makes running a website easy. Go to any page in your site and an editing toolbar gives you all the controls you need to make changes. |
Our three second-place winners of 8GB iPod Touches (USA model) are:
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Textpattern CMS (avg: 4.444 stars) A flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS |
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Omeka (avg: 4.409 stars) Create complex narratives and share rich collections, adhering to Dublin core standards with Omeka on your server, designed for scholars, museums, libraries, archives, and enthusiasts. |
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ecoder (avg: 4.069 stars) ecoder is an open-source web-based code editor with real-time colour syntax highlighting. It allows multiple documents to be edited directly online at the same time. |
Our five runners-up and winners of 3G Kindles (USA model) are:
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GetSimple CMS (avg: 3.938 stars) GetSimple is an open source CMS that utilizes the speed and convenience of XML, a best-in-class UI and the easiest learning curve of any simple Content Management System out there. |
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XODA (avg: 3.882 stars) XODA is a simple Document Management System targeting end-users and also developers. |
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Friendika (avg: 3.833 stars) Friendika is a distributed social network application which runs on commodity hosting platforms – PHP/MySQL/Apache. |
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ComicCMS (avg: 3.500 stars) ComicCMS runs and manages your webcomic website. Really well. It’s powerful and easy! |
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Contao (avg: 3.176 stars) Contao is an open source content management system (CMS) for people who want a professional internet presence that is easy to maintain. |
Congratulations to all the winners! Every one of these apps is impressive in its own right.
If you’ve not had a chance to experiment with any of them, please do! We know you’ll like what you see.
If you submitted one of the apps listed above keep an eye on your email box – we’ll be contacting you this week with more information.
And of course, keep an eye on our one-click installer as new apps are added regularly throughout 2011 and beyond!
February 1st, 2011 at 11:11 am
Sweet!
Thank you dream host!!
Andy our CTO could use a new box, he’s super duper excited!!!
-frz
ceo, concreteCMS.
February 1st, 2011 at 11:24 am
I guess everyone wants to write their own CMS these days. Myself included.
February 1st, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Woo hoo! concrete5!
February 1st, 2011 at 2:26 pm
seems a tad cms biased huh? complete list of contenders anywhere?
February 1st, 2011 at 4:27 pm
@ypcx – Most of the contenders were CMS.. just read the blog post here – http://blog.dreamhost.com/2011/01/04/vote-for-apps-2/
February 1st, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Woohoo! Thanks Dreamhost! And for everyone who voted for concrete5.
February 1st, 2011 at 11:07 pm
Thanks for adding Friendika to the list. It was because of this that I discovered open source DFRN (Distributed Friends and Relations Network) and even joined the project as a developer. I hope more of you will work on Friendika or similar projects to expand the possibilities on this up and coming platform.
February 2nd, 2011 at 12:10 am
concrete5? I never used.
February 2nd, 2011 at 8:42 am
Thanks Dreamhost and to all who voted for Omeka!
February 2nd, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Thanks so much to DreamHost and all of the users who tested XODA, gave feedback about and voted for my (until recently) single-man driven small project! :)
This ranking is the best reward for all the after-hour work!
Thank you! :)
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:05 pm
I look forward to your e-mail letting me know I won for submitting c5.
February 3rd, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Thank you to everyone for voting GetSimple CMS as a runner-up! I am thrilled with this!
February 6th, 2011 at 12:51 am
Hi just came across your blog and have been reading some of your posts and just wondering why you selected a Microsoft hosting dont you find it impossible to do anything with?
February 6th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Congrats to Concrete5. This CMS seems to be on everybody’s lips these days. It does seem to be a nice addition to the OS market – will be giving it a thorough spin asap. :-)
March 3rd, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Any chance these tools specifically Getsimple are already available with Dreamhost? I am looking for a host that supports this tool.