Microsofts most active open source projects on CodePlex

Microsoft's CodePlex is an open source project hosting website. Microsoft has no control, review, revising, endorsing or distributing control over any projects on the website. They simply provide the web storage for developers.

So many new projects have been created to share with other developers on CodePlex, and the system seems to be progressing quite nicely. PlentyofCode lists out the current top 25 live projects that are being hosted, and describes what they do.

This is a great initiative that Microsoft has underway, demonstrating that the open source Windows platform is a going to be a great opportunity for them.

Some top ones from the list include:

• BlogEngine.NET - a .NET blog engine.
• SharpMap - a map rendering and display engine.
• Facebook Developer Toolkit - the original Facebook Developer Toolkit.
• Community Kit for SharePoint - templates, web parts, tools and source code for creating a community on SharePoint.

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