{"id":7721,"date":"2022-03-08T11:21:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:16:40","slug":"20i-foss-awards-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/20i-foss-awards-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote in the 20i FOSS Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where would we be without Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FOSS is everywhere, from publishing personal blog posts to managing an entire business, and nearly all of us rely on it for our daily creativity and productivity. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/its-an-open-source-world-78-percent-of-companies-run-open-source-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">78 percent of companies<\/a> use open source software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/overview\/operating_system\" rel=\"nofollow\">80% of web servers<\/a> are powered by Unix-like OS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over <a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/overview\/content_management\" rel=\"nofollow\">half of all websites<\/a> are powered by open source CMS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open source software powers over a <a href=\"https:\/\/trends.builtwith.com\/shop\/traffic\/Entire-Internet\" rel=\"nofollow\">third of all ecommerce sites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world be poorer-served if we didn\u2019t have the contributions of a massive community of coders. They work hard and give their free time to making tech better, less expensive and more versatile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/dependency.png \" alt=\"Funny image showing modern digital infrastructure relying on one person\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An XKCD classic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>So that\u2019s why we\u2019re celebrating the achievements of these unsung heroes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/foss-awards\">The 20i FOSS Awards<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The FOSS Awards categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our focus for the FOSS Awards are on those tools and software that help starting and running a business, whether you&#8217;re a solopreneur or running a large enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FOSS makes our lives easier and cheaper. It allows us as individuals to express ourselves outside of walled gardens and without proprietary lock-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They all offer self-hosted versions of their software: meaning that you keep control of where it\u2019s hosted and you own the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The categories we\u2019ve chosen are: Analytics, Community and Social, Content Management Systems (CMS), Community and Social, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Support, Ecommerce,  Email, Knowledge and Documentation, Password Managers and Project Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/foss-awards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-button.png\" alt=\"FOSS Awards vote now\" class=\"wp-image-7747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-button.png 600w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/02\/blog-button-300x58.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/02\/blog-button-370x71.png.webp 370w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/02\/blog-button-270x52.png.webp 270w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/02\/blog-button-570x109.png.webp 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The line-up of nominees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analytics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/awstats.sourceforge.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AWStats<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/matomo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Matomo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwebanalytics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Open Web Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plausible.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Plausible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community and Social<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discourse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Discourse<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flarum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Flarum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Forem<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phpBB<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joinmastodon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mastodon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vanillaforums.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Vanilla Forums<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CMS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Drupal<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ghost.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ghost<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joomla.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joomla!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opencms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OpenCMS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ecommerce<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cubecart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CubeCart<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.adobe.com\/uk\/products\/magento\/magento-commerce.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Magento<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prestashop.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">PrestaShop<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opencart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OpenCart<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zen-cart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ZenCart<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knowledge &amp; Documentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Etherpad<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joplinapp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joplin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Laverna\/laverna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Laverna<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/MediaWiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MediaWiki<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/standardnotes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Standard Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Communication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chatwoot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Chatwoot<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/element.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Element<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mattermost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mattermost<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rocket.chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rocket.Chat<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zulip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Zulip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CRM and Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chaskiq.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Chaskiq<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dolibarr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dolibarr<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osticket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">osTicket<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yetiforce.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YetiForce<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/suitecrm.com\/\">SuiteCRM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Email<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getmailspring.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mailspring<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainloop.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">RainLoop<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/roundcube.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Roundcube<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/squirrelmail.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SquirrelMail<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thunderbird.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Thunderbird<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Password Managers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bitwarden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bitwarden<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keepass.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KeePass<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passbolt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Passbolt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teampass.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Teampass<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dotproject.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">dotProject<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.focalboard.com\/\">Focalboard<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kanboard.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kanboard<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Phproject<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wekan.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WeKan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free and Open Source: Free and Open Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want to get as many votes as possible, so the FOSS Awards are open to anyone to vote. It\u2019s a simple matter of clicking on the software you want to vote for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u2019t have to vote in every category: you could just choose one if you prefer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s no need to provide any personal information. We\u2019ll publicise the winners, but if you\u2019d like to be sent an email notification, you can<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/doO-lD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> sign up to the 20i newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vote today!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/foss-awards\">voting<\/a> is open now, and is available until 31st March 2022. We\u2019ll announce the winners on 12th April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give your favourite FOSS some love to thank them for the time and money they\u2019ve saved you. ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/foss-awards\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-button.png\" alt=\"FOSS Awards vote now\" class=\"wp-image-7747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-button.png 600w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/02\/blog-button-300x58.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/02\/blog-button-370x71.png.webp 370w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/02\/blog-button-270x52.png.webp 270w, https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/02\/blog-button-570x109.png.webp 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where would we be without Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)? FOSS is everywhere, from publishing personal blog&hellip;","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7736,"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":[46,51],"tags":[94,92],"class_list":["post-7721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-20i","category-technology","tag-open-source","tag-self-hosted-apps","cs-entry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-hero.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Richard Chambers","author_link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/author\/richardchambers\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7721","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7721"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18213,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7721\/revisions\/18213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}