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Plug your favorite tools here! (No "works in progress" please.)

blogging tools

[WWW]movabletype - big boss of the blogging world. you probably already know all about it. -MichalWallace

[WWW]Blosxom - A very UNIX-like, text-based blogging tool. A simple Perl script, with a large supporting plug-in library. -NathanLadd

[WWW]Textpattern - A newer entrant into the field, PHP/MySQL, has a different, but powerful model for content management. -ChrisLott

[WWW]Wordpress - An excellent open-source blogging tool, with a complete feature set that even MovableType has to play catch-up with.

photo albums

[WWW]photostack - php, looks cool, doesn't require mysql. haven't used it though. -MichalWallace

[WWW]gallery - php, no mysql required. uses mod_rewrite for clean urls and a handy java app for easy uploading.

Python application frameworks

[WWW]Webware - Webware for Python is a suite of software components for developing object-oriented, web-based applications. The suite uses well known design patterns and includes popular features such as:

I use it at my cornerhost site [WWW]http://zunzun.com - James Phillips

web-based e-mail

[WWW]IlohaMail - From the web site: IlohaMail (pronounced: e-lo-ha-mail) is a light weight yet full featured multilingual webmail program that is easy to use and install. It runs on a stock build of PHP, and does not require databases (although database support is available) or the IMAP library (it is powered by a custom IMAP/POP3 library).

[WWW]SquirrelMail - From the web site: SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4. It includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no JavaScript required) for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and install. SquirrelMail has all the functionality you would want from an email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation.

ftp tools

A lot of people like [WWW]Transmit for OS X.

I like CoreFTP. It does FTP and SFTP (encrypted ftp sessions). [WWW]Windows only. -Mike Skallas

wiki

[WWW]MoinMoin - Fast, complete wiki written in Python. It's what you're looking at right now.

Read Patrick O'Brien's article [WWW]MoinMoinOnCornerHost.

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