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ProjectsASK-Solutions uses the word project for long-running lines of work that produce knowledge, software, documentation, repair methods, public examples, tools, educational material or reusable models. Some projects are active development efforts. Others are historical project lines that remain important because their code, documentation, methods or lessons still explain where the foundation’s work comes from.
This overview links to project pages on this site first. Those pages explain the project in the context of ASK-Solutions. From there, you can follow links to separate project websites, archives, downloads, documentation or related articles.
The projects below are not only products or services. They are ways in which the foundation works on shared knowledge, practical technical education, repair, free software, free hardware, privacy, digital autonomy and user control.
current concept and working model
The Owl’s Nest is a reusable public-benefit working model for places where repair, making, shared tools, careful explanation and practical learning come together. The project page explains the ASK-Solutions context and links to the separate concept and HPL site.
Read more about The Owl’s Nest project.
current free software project
Nocterra is a general-purpose free software CMS for fast, accessible, maintainable and small to large portable websites. It uses source-based publishing, reusable extensions and add-ons, predictable generated output and the AGPLv3 to support long-term control without marketplace-driven plugin or theme lock-in.
Read more about the Nocterra project.
current project line
Repair, reuse, Right to Repair, Right to Ownership and practical digital autonomy are longstanding concerns in the foundation’s work. This project line collects repair knowledge, articles, examples and documentation around keeping technology understandable and usable.
Read more about the Repair and ownership project.
current free hardware and free software project
Bōzuki is a phased free hardware and free software build project around an older Suzuki Swift, used as a lasting demonstration object for practical ownership, design, fabrication, electronics, documentation and technical learning. The project shows how far safe and responsible modification can go, while sharing patterns, designs, software and knowledge where possible.
Read more about the Bōzuki project.
current free software project
Bookkeeping is an active Java client/server administration platform used by ASK-Solutions for bookkeeping, VAT, ledger work, reporting, relations, project definitions, bank statements, subscriptions, mileage and internal processes. It also provides REST API integration for a Nocterra self-service portal and operational support for domain and email administration.
Read more about the Bookkeeping project.
current, free software project
WasteBug is a minimalistic, yet usable developer-oriented bug tracker originally written by Pihlaja Voipio in 2004. ASK-Solutions uses and preserves it for Nocterra, Bookkeeping, system administration and other internal work, while documenting recovered code, missing features and later additions such as MySQL support, Task Units and WasteTime.
Read more about the WasteBug project.
historical free software and hardware project
A340GC, libgc and RDDP grew from simulator-related software, distributed communication, interface work and educational projects. This line shows how one-off simulator work developed into reusable components and protocols.
Read more about the A340GC, libgc and RDDP project.
historical free hardware project
BFX and OpenBus belong to the simulator and interface lineage of the foundation. It connects real hardware, software, communication protocols and documentation in ways that could be understood, adapted and reused.
Read more about the BFX and OpenBus project.
historical free software project
Synergos evolved from BackPage into a free software, web-administered publishing and catalogue system with SQL-backed structure, WYSIWYG editing, products, ordering and payment handling. Its GPLv2 and later GPLv3 releases form the bridge between BackPage and Nocterra, and its maintenance lessons helped define Nocterra’s clearer source-based publishing scope.
Read more about the Synergos project.
historical free software project
BackPage was an early free software publishing system made available under the GNU GPLv2. It generated websites from structured source files using GNU tooling such as make, sed and awk, solving repeated navigation, layout and site-structure maintenance without depending on desktop web-authoring tools, special upload workflows or server-side publishing extensions.
Read more about the BackPage project.
historical simulator software
FSLink connected Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 to external hardware and software. Simulated Dynamics was an unregistered working name around early software presentation, not the name of the later foundation.
Read more about the FSLink and Simulated Dynamics project.
historical educational and publishing project
IslamicScience grew from the Witte Tulp guidance work and focused on the history of science, mathematics, architecture, manuscripts and technology in Islamic civilisation. The website ran on Synergos and shows how ASK-Solutions connected cultural confidence, science communication and structured web publishing.
Read more about the IslamicScience project.
historical educational and community project line
This later project line ran partly in parallel with the Cosmicus work and connected mentoring, cultural confidence, learning support, safe internet access and computer infrastructure. It shows how ASK-Solutions combined social, educational and technical support from the beginning.
Read more about the Guidance with Stichting Witte Tulp project.
historical educational and social simulator project
The Cosmicus A340 simulator was one of the foundation’s first official projects. Funded by the then Dutch Ministry of Education and carried out with Stichting Cosmicus in Amsterdam, it used flight simulation, free software, free hardware and real simulator components as a practical learning environment for children with fewer opportunities.
Read more about the Cosmicus A340 simulator project.
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