Opensourcetesting.org aims to boost the profile of open source testing tools within the testing industry, principally by giving users easy access from one central location to the wide range of open source testing tools available.

These tools are free as in speech, not free as in beer. While you will not need to pay a vendor to use the tools, they still have a cost of ownership through evaluation, implementation, training and maintenance costs, the same as any software does. But with a handful of commercial vendors dominating the proprietary software testing tools market, make no mistake about it – these tools can make a real difference to your life as a testing professional!

Opensourcetesting.org was started in March 2003 with what amounted to a personal list of about 50 tools found that I’d come across on Sourceforge and thought the world should know about! Following a one-off evening of marketing activity, comprising a targeted press release and a couple of forum postings to comp.software.testing and qaforums.com, the ball started rolling. The first month averaged about 300 unique users per week and it’s since been rising steadily month-on-month to about 1200 unique users per week after 9 months, and continues to rise steadily.

Feedback has been really positive and testing professionals across the world have expressed gratitude at having access to such a valuable resource. To have made that difference makes the site an instant success in my eyes. Of particular note has been the ongoing discussion at Qaforums.com, where Elfriede Dustin started an excellent topic relating to this site.

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