The Open Source Awards is an online voting event organized by Packt Publishing. This year marks the fifth edition of the awards, which initially started as a contest exclusively for open-source Content Management Systems (CMS). As the open-source community has grown and diversified, the awards have expanded to include various categories to encourage, support, recognize, and reward different types of open-source projects, allowing more projects to participate.
**Open Source CMS:**
1. CMS Made Simple
2. SilverStripe
3. MODx
**Popular CMS:**
1. WordPress
2. Drupal
3. Joomla!
**Most Promising Open Source Project:**
1. Pimcore
2. TomatoCMS
3. BuddyPress
**Open Source E-commerce Application:**
1. PrestaShop
2. OpenCart
3. Tomato Cart
**Open Source Graphics Software:**
1. Blender
2. GIMP
3. Inkscape
**Open Source JavaScript Library:**
1. jQuery
2. Mootools and Raphael
Original article: [http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home](http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home)