Web site: openacs.org
Category: Network
Subcategory: Content Management System
Platform: Cross-platform
License: GNU GPL
Interface: Web-interface
Wikipedia: OpenACS
First release: 1995
OpenACS – an open-source toolkit for building scalable, community-oriented web applications. OpenACS is the foundation for many products and websites, including the .LRN e-learning platform.
OpenACS is an open web framework focused on creating community sites (and, in particular, e-learning). It comes with ready-made solutions, such as a forum, a news site, e-learning, an online store, etc. It is written in Tcl using the object-oriented XOTcl extension. It runs on AOLServer (or its fork, NaviServer), and uses PostgreSQL or Oracle as a database.
OpenACS is a fork of the ArsDigita Community System (ACS) framework, which has not been developed since 2001. This system took a different path, and its latest bra
ACS was built in the mid-1990s to support the photo.net online community as well as a variety of Internet services from Hearst Corporation.
OpenACS is open source and is available under the GNU General Public License.