Presentations and discussion of innovations and applications with Lucene & Solr, the Apache Open Source Search Engine/Platform for the greater NYC Area.

A group of passionate FreeSWITCH enthusiasts exchanging ideas in an open forum. We're here to explore not just FreeSWITCH but other telecommunications initiatives around open source telephony. The group will consist of formal trainings, informal install fests, lots of Q&A time and general time to just share ideas and meet people. This group is founded by Darren Schreiber - the author of FreePBX v3, FreeSWITCH's mod_nibblebill module and various other open-source telecom software. Meetings …

A group devoted to the use and development of open source, big data, agile intelligence solutions, for the NYC Metro area. Join our group if interested in solving real business problems utilizing open source, big data analytical solutions.

The Kickoff Meetup Was A SUCCESS!! WEB SERVING TO MOBILE PLATFORMS was presented by Twom. I hope that he adds some product model info to this page in a comment!! We will meet again next week and discuss what social networking (SN) means to different industries, with a focus on rapid monetization of hosted SN services. Meetup events will be held the first 3 Wed eves of each month. We will begin hosting private and group Drupal instances to support collaborative learning and development. Please …

With online video becoming a native part of every online interaction, it is crucial that we use agreed standards, and discuss ways to keep video open and free for all. The Kaltura Open Video Group brings together thinkers, hackers, designers and innovators who wish to learn and collaborate on new projects related to online video, and to ease consumption of media online. The group hosts meetups in various cities around the world and holds online webinars and everyone is welcome to present inter …

Government is one of the largest producers and consumers of Data. Open Data — data about us, for us, and paid by us, is now being released by forward-looking governments. This meetup is for anyone interested in using this Big Open Data to create all kinds of innovations - both for profit and the public good.

New York City has opened up hundreds of datasets through NYC OpenData. https://data.ny.gov/ The goal of the group is to use data and visualizations to tell stories about the NYC.

This is a meetup for life-long learners interested in Open Course Ware (OCW) -- free academic resources provided by major universities like MIT, Harvard and Cornell. Meetups will include study groups, lectures, OCW video screenings, and more.

This meetup group is dedicated to organizing New York-based events for the Alfresco Open Source Enterprise Content Management System (http://www.alfresco.com). Users of Alfresco Open Source Enterprise Content Management to exchange information, code, use cases, case studies, demos, ideas and friends. Leverage the transparency (of code and conduct) and community of Open Source. Talk about Social Computing, Enterprise 2.0 topics, Open Source, Web Content Management, and New York!

Unigroup is the oldest and largest Unix User's Group (Unix/Linux/BSD) serving the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s. Unigroup has been serving the NYC Unix Community for over 30 years! Unigroup is a not-for-profit, vendor and platform neutral, member funded, volunteer organization. Unigroup holds regular and special event meetings throughout the year on technical topics relating to Unix and the Unix User Community. Most Unigroup meetings are open to the public! Unigroup p …

OpenStack is a collection of open source technology products delivering a scalable, secure, standards-based cloud computing software solution.  It is used by corporations, service providers, VARS, SMBs, researchers, and global data centers looking to deploy large-scale cloud deployments for private or public clouds leveraging the support and resulting technology of a global open source community. Join us in discussions from users perspectives on OpenStack and cloud computing in general.  Once a …

A group of web developers meets monthly to build web apps and learn how to do it right and fast using open source, web standards and various API (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Meetup and more). @StartupAPI The list of topics ranges from Security and Identity to Usability and Analytics. If you know a good topic we should discuss, please add it to the wiki, maybe even add some links to good articles / videos about it. We also code web applications right at the meetings - using whatever we want …

NYC PHP is one of the largest local PHP communities in the world. Meet PHP Developers near you! Come to a PHP Meetup to exchange ideas and talk about code, architecture, innovation, and open source in general. Anyone interested in PHP is welcome! We have a wide range of topics all related to PHP, Web Development, and Open Source technology. All meetings are free and we encourage everyone to participate and get involved to help grow the PHP community. Calling all presenters: We are looking for p …

Meet others in your local area interested in PostgreSQL: The World's Most Advanced Open Source Database. Discuss this open source database and share the tips and tricks you've learned using it.

eZ Publish (pronounced "easy publish") is an Open Source Content Management System that provides a platform for multi-channel publishing. eZ Publish is ideal for the development of customized web and mobile applications. The mission of the New York eZ User Community is to lead the community in the New York area, to facilitate collaboration between the local community and eZ Systems, to encourage sharing of relevant ideas, experiences, and "best practices" among members, and to foster innovation …

Group people who develop application with Python on Django framework. We love open source, we love web applications

NewJerseyR NewJerseyR will be a free informal event, held quarterly and intended to serve as a platform for all local (and regional) R users to present and exchange their experiences and ideas around the usage of R. A typical meeting will consist of 3-4 talks of about 20-25 min to give plenty of room for sharing your R experiences, discussions and exchange of ideas. What is R? R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S l …

The Design Task Force for Global Change is an interdisciplinary team that addresses the citizen usability of software and mobile applications with organizations such as The Guardian Project, Open Internet Tools Project, Witness.org, Georgia Law Society Project, and many more. Comprised of designers and open source developers, The Task Force meets semi-regularly to discuss the UX/UI/design strengths and weaknesses of current software projects in development; discuss software usability from a desi …

NYLUG.org is New York's Linux Users Group supporting all things Linux and Open Source in the greater New York area. Members are Linux enthusiasts who come to the meetings and installfests, subscribe to a mailing list, and/or participate in keysignings and other NYLUG events. Meetings are free and open to the public (RSVP usually required). Meetings will usually (but not always) take place the second Thursday of the month starting at 6:30pm. Meetings are announced on the NYLUG-Announce mailing li …

IXR is a new makerspace at the Jersey Shore, located at the InfoAge Science and History Learning Center in Wall, NJ (at the former Camp Evans).  We are an open collective of geeks, artists, and techie-creative-types who come together to share tools, resources, knowledge, and ideas. IXR’s mission is to help lower the barriers to invention, creativity, and innovation - by providing access to resources, equipment, and community - that an individual maker may not have otherwise. We embrace the shari …

Meet with other users of the open-source programming language. Previous this meetup focused only on the R language, but now are focused on all open-source data analysis tools; oincluding but not limited to, Python, WEKA, Sage, etc. Learn and share tricks and techniques from and with other users. Beginners welcome.

GeoNYC brings together enthusiasts, users, and developers interested in the technical and social aspects of maps.  Whether you're that desktop aficionado, rand mcnally addict, mobile application savant, open source evangelist, or spatial student of tomorrow -- if you ever wonder at the power of maps to visualize and transform our worlds -- this meetup is for you. An open, friendly, educational salon of geospatial ideas and projects. Events are held within a social environment focused on a handfu …

Central New Jersey area Drupal users group. All experience levels welcome. We usually meet in the Princeton area. We are also part of groups.drupal.org (groups.drupal.org/new-jersey) "Drupal is a free, open-source software package that allows an individual, a community of users, or an enterprise to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website." -drupal.org

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

A group for Python ladies of all levels of programming experience, in the NYC metro area. Pyladies is an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings. PyLadies also aims to provide a friendly support network for women and a bridge to the larger Python world …

Meet other local users of WordPress, the Internet's most popular blogging platform and fastest growing content management system. Gather and discuss the best ways to work WordPress, develop and design themes and plugins, tips and tricks for WordPress, and more. Group is for beginners and experts alike so come out and share your love for WordPress! We plan on discussing a variety of topics including WordPress usage, designing WordPress Themes and styles, creating WordPress Plugins and Widgets, an …

BitcoinDemosNYC is for anyone, regardless of technical knowledge, who is interested in learning about digital money. Recently, digital money has become increasingly popular, and many people are curious about it. If you are curious about how digital money works, this group is for you--we seek to answer all of your practical questions about digital money. This group does not promote any specific services or products; we merely answer questions about digital money protocols and discuss them in a fr …

Yes there are developers on Long Island. We're a group of Long Island developers who share an interest in code craftsmanship and new technology. Professionally we work in Node.js, Ruby, Clojure, Hadoop (EMR), Mongodb, and a long list of related technologies. We organize, and contribute to, open source projects on github. We work hard and love to have fun in the process.