Projects

FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education) project promotes the use of FLOSS tools in academia and research. The FOSSEE project is part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. Below is the list of projects which are promoted by FOSSEE.

Scilab

Scilab is free/libre and open-source software for numerical computation developed by Scilab Enterprises in France. Scilab also includes Xcos, which is an open source alternative to Simulink.

Python

Python is a general-purpose, high-level, and remarkably powerful dynamic programming language used in a wide variety of application domains. It supports multiple programming paradigms.

eSim

eSim (formerly known as Oscad/FreeEDA) is an EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis, and PCB design. It is developed by the FOSSEE team at IIT Bombay as a free/libre and open-source alternative to OrCAD.

OSDAG

Osdag is a free/libre and open-source software which allows the user to design steel structures using a graphical user interface. The GUI also provides 3D visualization of the designed component and images

DWSIM

DWSIM is a free/libre and open source CAPE-OPEN compliant chemical process simulator. Helps understand the behavior of Chemical Systems by using rigorous thermodynamic and unit operations models.

Activities

Textbook Companion

The Textbook Companion (TBC) activity aims to port solved examples from standard textbooks using a Free/Libre and Open source software.

Objectives:

  1. Make individuals learn FLOSS through a practical approach.
  2. Provide a huge database of Textbook Companions as a learning resource.
  3. To make it easy for users of such textbooks to start using FLOSS.
  4. To improve the documentation available for FLOSS.

Note: Due to the shortage of funds, the FOSSEE Project is not in a position to pay you the honorarium for activities like Textbook Companion, Lab Migration and Niche Software Activities. However, we will continue to issue the e-certificate and give credits on our website for the contributions made. This policy will be effective for proposals accepted on or after 10 August 2020. Please note that the FOSSEE project may change this policy in the future.


 

This internship is available for the following FLOSS supported by FOSSEE:

Lab Migration

Lab Migration aims to migrate labs that use proprietary software to a Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) only lab. Colleges can save a large amount of money that is spent on procuring licenses for commercial software by switching to FLOSS.

Objectives:

  1. Provide suggestions on the different ways FLOSS can be implemented in the laboratory.
  2. Coordinate the migration of the lab to a FLOSS only laboratory.
  3. Provide solutions to the lab's problem statements.

Note: Due to the shortage of funds, the FOSSEE Project is not in a position to pay you the honorarium for activities like Textbook Companion, Lab Migration and Niche Software Activities. However, we will continue to issue the e-certificate and give credits on our website for the contributions made. This policy will be effective for proposals accepted on or after 10 August 2020. Please note that the FOSSEE project may change this policy in the future.


 

We currently offer Lab Migration for the following FLOSS: