ArsDigita Community System

The ArsDigita Community System (ACS) was an open source toolkit for developing community web applications developed primarily by developers associated with ArsDigita Corporation. It was licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, and is one of the most famous products to be based completely on AOLserver. Although there were several forks of the project, the only one that is still actively maintained is OpenACS.

Features of ACS included a core set of APIs, datamodels, and database routines for coordinating information common to all community web applications, as well as modules such as workflow management, CMS, messaging, bug/issue tracking, project tracking, e-commerce, and bboards.

See also

• Web content management
• Solution stack

External links

• ACS may be downloaded from http://www.eveandersson.com/arsdigita/acs-repository/
• Official website
• the philosophy behind the toolkit is explained at http://philip.greenspun.com/panda/community