Why enterprise and medium-size companies should consider using Sandstorm

Sandstorm is an open source project built by a community of volunteers with the goal of making it really easy to run open source web applications.

It offers more than 80 apps of useful apps in several categories as project management, task management, communication, collaborative writing,  

Why you should consider Sandstorm?

Sandstorm sandboxes all of the included apps with offers a strong protection layer against bugs, security threats, and hackers.

A Sandstorm app cannot talk to the rest of the world unless you give it permission. That means you can put sensitive secrets in any app and rest assured that your data is safe. It also means that apps cannot "phone home" to their developers in order to spy on you.

Features

1. It includes multiple apps with one setup
2. Easy to setup, configure, and update
3. It has a built-in Single Sign-on (SSO)
4. Sandstorm has a growing ecosystem that includes dozens of enterprise applications
5. Unified sharing access control
6. Apps are connected within Sandstorm
7. Apps are sandboxed and protected
8. Sandstorm comes with a built-in Auditable access
9. Automatic updates
10. Built-in notification
11. User can setup automated backups
12. Tabbed user-interface
13. User can mention other users in all apps
14. Search: Search across all apps with one search bar
15. Join and connect identities
16. LDAP, SAML and Active Directory integration
17. Global Access Control
18. Global Audit Logging
19. Automatic Encryption
20. Developer-friendly: enterprise developers can easily add their custom application or any other open-source apps
21. In-app Billing
22. Enterprise integration
    
    

Sandstorm app market

Here are some of the outstanding applications in Sandstorm app market:

1. Waken: an open-source Kanban board project management system
2. Etherpad: a collaborative documentation editor
3. Rocket.Chat: an open-source Slack alternative written with Meteor
4. Davros: an open-source Dropbox self-hosted alternative
5. FileDrop: a self-hosted file sharing system for teams
6. SandForms: an open-source form creation app
7. QuickSurvey: helps enterprise create an impressive survey in no time
8. Contact Otter: an open-source personal CRM
9. Dillinger: A Markdown editor
10. NodeBB: a useful lightweight forum
11. EtherDraw: a simple collaborative Whiteboard
12. DokiWiki: a PHP-based wiki engine for teams
13. Scrumble: yet another kanban board management system

License

Sandstorm is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0.

Resources

• https://sandstorm.io/
• https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm