Best Communication Software<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-communication.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n A strong showing from chat app Revolt helped them claim the top spot this year. As in 2023, collaboration platform Mattermost made it onto the podium, alongside video conferencing software Jitsi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best CRM & Support<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-CRM-support.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe most active category in 2025, this one went right to the wire, with an incredible battle over the final couple of days. In the end EspoCRM secured the winners spot, closely followed by SuiteCRM, whilst 2023 winners Dolibarr made 3rd<\/sup> position. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBest Knowledge & Documentation<\/strong> Software <\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-knowledge-documentation.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBack to back victories for Joplin, with their users coming out in strong numbers just like previous years. Mediawiki and FOSS awards newcomers Docusaurus made top tier billing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Community & Social<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-community-social.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWith decentralised platforms in the spotlight more than ever, growing social network Mastodon took the win in a competitive battle, edging out phpBB and 2023\u2019s highly recommended Discourse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Project Management<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-project-management.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAn impressive late surge from newcomers Plane saw them scoop the win in the project management category, with OpenProject pushing them all the way to the finish line. A strong showing from ProjectLibre saw them also reach the Top Tier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Ecommerce<\/strong> Software <\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-ecommerce.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnother repeat winner, OpenCart defended their title in a battle of heavyweights, overcoming popular platforms WooCommerce and Prestashop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best CMS<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-CMS.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJoomla! Users came out in force to support their CMS of choiceThis took them to a convincing victory, despite being up against powerhouse WordPress, who came 2nd<\/sup>, and the growing headless platform Strapi. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBest Password Manager<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-pasword-manager.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAlways one of our most popular categories, Password Managers served up another great contest, with the top 3 pushing each other all the way. In the end Passbolt came out on top, followed by the popular BitWarden and KeePassXC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Analytics<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-analytics.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnother defending champion, Matomo took the crown again \u2013 in fact, even one of our other nominees threw their support behind Matomo! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As with the 2023 awards, Plausible and Umami came through as the other top tier nominees. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\nBest Graphics<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-graphics.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAfter finishing as runners up last time around, Penpot takes the win in 2025. As the first open-source design tool built for cross-functional teams, it\u2019s a well-deserved result. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2023 winners GIMP remain in the top tier category, joined again by Inkscape, showing all 3 tools retain a strong fanbase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
AI (New for 2025)<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FOSS-winner-AI.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOur first ever AI category brought some fascinating new contenders. Email productivity tool Inbox Zero took the inaugural winners spot, followed by chat app LibreChat and AnythingLLM. This is a category we expect to grow and become more and more competitive each year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\nAs always we would like to thank everyone who took part for helping us to support free open source software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even those who didn\u2019t come out on top remain key parts of this vital ecosystem, and we hope you take the time to check them out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stay posted for interviews with some of the winning teams very soon!. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The results are in and we’re thrilled to share the winners of the 2025 Free Open Source Software (FOSS) awards.","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":16842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-20i","cs-entry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Header-scaled.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Danny Watkinson","author_link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/author\/dan-watkinson\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16823"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16841,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16823\/revisions\/16841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nA strong showing from chat app Revolt helped them claim the top spot this year. As in 2023, collaboration platform Mattermost made it onto the podium, alongside video conferencing software Jitsi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best CRM & Support<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe most active category in 2025, this one went right to the wire, with an incredible battle over the final couple of days. In the end EspoCRM secured the winners spot, closely followed by SuiteCRM, whilst 2023 winners Dolibarr made 3rd<\/sup> position. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBest Knowledge & Documentation<\/strong> Software <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBack to back victories for Joplin, with their users coming out in strong numbers just like previous years. Mediawiki and FOSS awards newcomers Docusaurus made top tier billing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Community & Social<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWith decentralised platforms in the spotlight more than ever, growing social network Mastodon took the win in a competitive battle, edging out phpBB and 2023\u2019s highly recommended Discourse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Project Management<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAn impressive late surge from newcomers Plane saw them scoop the win in the project management category, with OpenProject pushing them all the way to the finish line. A strong showing from ProjectLibre saw them also reach the Top Tier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Ecommerce<\/strong> Software <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnother repeat winner, OpenCart defended their title in a battle of heavyweights, overcoming popular platforms WooCommerce and Prestashop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best CMS<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJoomla! Users came out in force to support their CMS of choiceThis took them to a convincing victory, despite being up against powerhouse WordPress, who came 2nd<\/sup>, and the growing headless platform Strapi. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBest Password Manager<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAlways one of our most popular categories, Password Managers served up another great contest, with the top 3 pushing each other all the way. In the end Passbolt came out on top, followed by the popular BitWarden and KeePassXC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Analytics<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnother defending champion, Matomo took the crown again \u2013 in fact, even one of our other nominees threw their support behind Matomo! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As with the 2023 awards, Plausible and Umami came through as the other top tier nominees. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\nBest Graphics<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAfter finishing as runners up last time around, Penpot takes the win in 2025. As the first open-source design tool built for cross-functional teams, it\u2019s a well-deserved result. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2023 winners GIMP remain in the top tier category, joined again by Inkscape, showing all 3 tools retain a strong fanbase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
AI (New for 2025)<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOur first ever AI category brought some fascinating new contenders. Email productivity tool Inbox Zero took the inaugural winners spot, followed by chat app LibreChat and AnythingLLM. This is a category we expect to grow and become more and more competitive each year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\nAs always we would like to thank everyone who took part for helping us to support free open source software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even those who didn\u2019t come out on top remain key parts of this vital ecosystem, and we hope you take the time to check them out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stay posted for interviews with some of the winning teams very soon!. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The results are in and we’re thrilled to share the winners of the 2025 Free Open Source Software (FOSS) awards.","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":16842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-20i","cs-entry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Header-scaled.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Danny Watkinson","author_link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/author\/dan-watkinson\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16823"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16841,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16823\/revisions\/16841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe most active category in 2025, this one went right to the wire, with an incredible battle over the final couple of days. In the end EspoCRM secured the winners spot, closely followed by SuiteCRM, whilst 2023 winners Dolibarr made 3rd<\/sup> position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to back victories for Joplin, with their users coming out in strong numbers just like previous years. Mediawiki and FOSS awards newcomers Docusaurus made top tier billing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With decentralised platforms in the spotlight more than ever, growing social network Mastodon took the win in a competitive battle, edging out phpBB and 2023\u2019s highly recommended Discourse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An impressive late surge from newcomers Plane saw them scoop the win in the project management category, with OpenProject pushing them all the way to the finish line. A strong showing from ProjectLibre saw them also reach the Top Tier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another repeat winner, OpenCart defended their title in a battle of heavyweights, overcoming popular platforms WooCommerce and Prestashop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Joomla! Users came out in force to support their CMS of choiceThis took them to a convincing victory, despite being up against powerhouse WordPress, who came 2nd<\/sup>, and the growing headless platform Strapi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Always one of our most popular categories, Password Managers served up another great contest, with the top 3 pushing each other all the way. 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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBest Community & Social<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBest Project Management<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBest Ecommerce<\/strong> Software <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBest CMS<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBest Password Manager<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBest Analytics<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBest Graphics<\/strong> Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAI (New for 2025)<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nConclusion<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n