The idea of open source has been around for ages, but it was the Internet and software development for this medium that marked a big bang for this production and distribution standard. These days, anywhere you turn, you can find open source alternatives to commercial products that, quite often, match premium products in terms of reliability and functionality. Look no further for excellent examples than the market of operating systems (Linux), word processing tools (Open Office) or web analytics packages (Piwik). At a time when economy is particularly difficult, these free, collaborative applications can be a fantastic way to save costs in companies, on top of giving people a greater control over the source code and the ability to contribute to its development more easily. Here are our open source solutions:

Google2Piwik Exporter – import your Google Analytics to Piwik