Xibo (pronounced eX-E-bO) is an an open source, multi-display, multi-zone, fully scheduled digital signage solution controlled from a centrally managed web interface.

It is released under the Affero GNU Public License v3 or any later version. The latest version of the AGPL can be found here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html

Features

Xibo has support for the following types of media:

• Images (PNG, JPG, GIF)
• Text (including formatting)
• Video (any type playable by Windows Media Player)
• Flash (any SWF file that automatically plays)
• Website (embed any webpage)
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• RSS Feed (either as a scrolling ticker, or as individual items. Support reformatting the feed to fit with your layout)

Where did it begin?

Xibo began as the final year project of James Packer while attending the University of Brighton, UK. He developed the first web interface, database and web player for Xibo. After completion of the project and the degree, Xibo was taken up by James Packer and Daniel Garner as a commercial venture. Over the next two years it underwent some heavy development efforts and improvements. Including a complete rewrite of the web interface and a brand new .NET client.

At the end of 2008 the commercial venture ended and Xibo was open sourced – thus the “Xibo Open Source Digital Signage” project was born. Since open sourcing Xibo it has been improved and refined into the stable system it is today.

Looking to the future Xibo is lucky enough the have the support and contribution of Alex Harrington who is developing a cross platform Python client for Xibo. This is set to take Xibo to the next level with exciting new features and uses. Alex was also instrumental in the move to open source and has helped promote Xibo in the open source community!

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