From Scratch Biscuits

Dents is a from-scratch implementation of the server side of the DNS protocol, sharing no code with any other project. Among its several features are compatibility with named, a modular driver system and an extensible control facility which allows the administrator to control the running server....

ProFTPD is a proven, high-performance, scalable FTP server written from scratch, with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. Naturally, ProFTPD powers some of the largest sites on the Internet. ProFTPD features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, modules, and a...

LibsX (formerly LibSpeedX) is a C++ multi-platform set of basic libraries (like strings, ini files, etc) optimized for speed and made from scratch. LibsXs goal is to make programs like games with basic libraries highly optimized for speed and without unnecesary checks or code, so when a project...


Platforms: *nix

Cross-LFS stands for Cross Linux From Scratch (CLFS) and is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own customized Linux system entirely from source. Why would I want a CLFS system? Many wonder why they should go through the hassle of building a Linux...


Platforms: *nix

Writing your own plane and clear (*.html, *.css, *.js, *.php, *.asp, *.cfm, *.aspx) files from scratch is fun, very flexible and you keep it all under your control! Writing your own sitemap and navigation is a different story! Keeping it all up to date on all pages is most likely to end up in a...


Platforms: Windows

Allows you to easily create Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) from scratch, and/or modify existing ones, using a familiar point-and-click interface. - import and export existing stylesheets - drag and drop re-ordering of styles - create and manage multiple projects - instant preview of active style -...


Platforms: Mac

LoseThos is a 64-bit, multi-cored, ring 0 only, preemptive multi-tasking, open source, public domain, free, x86 PC operating system written from scratch. It is not a unix. Its purpose is for recreational programming. It has no networking. You will dual boot LoseThos or run it in VMWare because it...


Platforms: Not Applicable

You specify a desired domain-logic in UML, optionally some parts in Python, from scratch or reused. This custom application model is dynamically executed or updated. - Aeonic is a project to develop that kind of MDD technology for modern server apps.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

The project aims to extend the PHP scripting language to enable PHP developers to write bioinformatics applications more rapidly than if they had to start from scratch using 'vanilla php'.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

A fun, playable, 2D network multiplayer space shooter game, written from scratch using c/c++ and OpenGL. Inspired by the Amiga classic Gravity Force. Play race, mission or dogfight. Single player, with friends or against AI. There are now 50+ levels and a map-editor included. The game features...


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

A project created from scratch to gain experience with game design and graphics engines. Currently it contains a solid GUI framework, terrain/world editor, sprite system, sky box system and entity manager.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

JMud is a MUD server written in Java(TM) from scratch.Portuguese (Brazilian) version is available right now.Multi-lingual support is in progress for Spanish and English.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

A small fast, lightweight nntp news client for OSX written from scratch in Objective C and Cocoa. Uses a simple clean interface similar to mail.app and KHTML to render messages


Platforms: Mac, BSD, Linux

An utility to generate random names using high order Markov chains and several language rules which can be generated from scratch, from a word list or by randomly generating a new language from several user-defined parameters


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

chaos is a new operating system - written from scratch by a young group of people. Unlike most other systems, we do not try to reimplement something else, but rather tries to do things in our own (hopefully better) way.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Unit++ is a C++ framework in the spirit of junit, but implemented from scratch in C++. This is done to work better with the C++ world, than a port of the Java version can.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

The user can synthesize sound effects and music effectively from scratch using this program. Musical pitches are constructed using a system of frequency ratios, rather than the conventional equal-temperament notation; however MIDI pitch numbers can be used to specify a base note from which other...


Platforms: Mac

LibCGI is a library written from scratch to easily make CGI applications in C. There are a lot of functions like string manipulation, session and cookie support, GET and POST methods manipulation etc..., to help you to quickly write powerful CGI programs.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, C/C++, BSD Solaris

libFAD is an open source Flash Animation Decoding library, which was implement in C language from scratch. our goal is to create a powerful and high-performance Flash Animation Decode library for embedded device. Features - Flash player base on cairo - Image/gradient fill style - Shape,...


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, C/C++, BSD Solaris

mtPaint is a painting program which Mark Tyler developed from scratch so he could easily create pixel art and manipulate digital photos. It uses the GTK+ toolkit (version 1 or 2) and runs on PC's via the GNU/Linux or Windows operating systems. Due to its efficient design it can run on older PC...


Platforms: *nix, C/C++, BSD