After five-years of being around open source projects with hundreds of thousands of users, joining the JasperSoft community, with downloads well over one-million, gave me pause. Especially now, as the team puts the finishing touches on what will become JasperForge.org 1.0, I stop to think about what our singular focus on “Business Intelligence for Everyone” truly means for the largest open source business intelligence community in the world.

For us, “Business Intelligence for Everyone” means providing the right kind of operational intelligence for the right person at right time. No mamoth systems, just great insight when you need it and where you expect it.

JasperSoft has demostrated a commitment to “Business Intelligence for Everyone” with the creation of JasperForge.org; the center of the JasperSoft open source ecosystem.

I’d like to point out just a few of the highlights you’ll find on JasperForge.org:

JasperSoft-Sponsored Projects
JasperSoft sponsors the leading open source business intelligence projects. These projects form the core of JasperForge.org and the broader JasperSoft community. These projects are open to all JasperForge.org members to view.

Documentation & Report Samples
Start in the Documentation area for documentation, samples, and helpful articles about JasperReports. Find links to free documentation as well as detailed project-specifc documents. Consult the projects in the Developer Forge for other project documents.

Blogs
JasperSoft developers are a major part the JasperForge.org community and blog when the are not working on the next release of JasperIntelligence! As a JasperForge.org member, your personal blog is accessable from your My Details page.

Developer Forge
The Developer Forge has everything you need for collaborative development with the JasperSoft community; bug tracking, version control, document sharing, document wiki, and a lot more.

Forums
Need help? Look into the forums for assistance. Search, read, and ask. The Forum will always have your answer.