Having observed widespread concern and disappointment expressed on various online forums regarding the status of Osclass, we undertook the initiative of disproving the notion that it is a dead project.
- Features: we're mostly on par, as we have some features they lack (security and business oriented), and they have some features we don't have (user-friendliness related).
- Performance: I'd say Osclass Enterprise is a bit faster, as it uses lesser and lighter code and doesn't have all the bloat that the other version has (like an external connection to the Point API, translations management system ...).
- Security: We believe that Osclass Enterprise is the winner, as it's the only Osclass version that offers a complete Spam Protection System and a Firewall, for free. Also, we've made lots of improvements regarding this area, like better sanitization, fixed vulnerabilities etc.
- Availability: Unlike its closed-source counterpart, Osclass Enterprise is open-source and allows for greater flexibility and customization and also ensures that the system remains transparent and secure, as the source code is accessible for review and auditing by developers and security experts.
We also give credit to the contributors that helped build this over the years. This is the open-source way!
- You are a beginner hobbyist, have money to spend and want to build a quick classifieds website, go with OCPoint.
- You are an enterprise user that plans on growing big, and you need a solid platform to develop your business, go with Osclass Enterprise.
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If you check the recent changelog, you'll notice that we added PHP 8.1+ compatibility. Yes, you read that right, PHP 8.1+ on Osclass. LOL!
Now in all seriousness, the PHP 8.1+ support, even if experimental, means that the entire Osclass Core codebase is more robust and does far less stuff that it shouldn't do, resulting in better performance and stability even on older PHP versions (7.1+).
Also, it gives you the peace of mind that once installed, you can confidently run this Core version for 10+ years without worrying about stuff breaking.
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Do note that almost all free themes and plugins have one of the most idiotic and hard to work with code you've ever seen!😵
It literally took weeks just to get them to a professional-working state. If you want to see what it took, just do a comparison between the original files and ours.
I can't believe that people were actually using these before, and some even made money off of them...
We plan on adding more to our Free selection, based on your requests and the available time.
We strongly hope to have changed that with Osclass Enterprise and Enterprise Classifieds. 🙂
Nice job, congrats. I copied the post as a blog post also.
And good luck !!
@editor Thank you!
I hope this will keep the Osclass flame burning, as over the years I really tried to find something better that offers this bend of power and simplicity, but couldn't.
And Osclass is the only script that can do this (run like a tank, forever).
With Osclass Enterprise we tried to keep the same approach - have a script that would run on autopilot, with as few headaches as possible for the admin.
We call it the "Install and Forget" system. 😀
Also, Osclass Enterprise is the ONLY Osclass version that:
- Fixed the bad Search mechanism (this is still a HUGE issue in all other versions).
- Fixed the aggressive spamming issue.
- Fixed some hidden vulnerabilities.
There is hope after all. Good luck from me also.
There are 5 themes from Drizzle, old ones, 2-3 of them look really good. Abandoned. Not sure if you can refactor them or if you are allowed to do so.
If interested, i have them and i can post them at the forums. They are:
1. Boxer
2. Extroll
3. Flatter
4. Glider
5 Liberty
They were posted at osclass community forum.
I'll see what I can do.
Tested a couple of them a while back, and they were broken pretty badly (errors even on PHP 7.3, missing basic features, deprecations etc.)
It will take some time to bring them to Enterprise quality.
Everything from defunct providers is now public domain.
Some of those products were abandoned even before Osclass was shut down (2018), and by refactoring them, you're actually adding a whole new value.
It's not just copy-paste reshare like I've seen on most Osclass markets.
At Osclass Enterprise, we make sure that a product is rebuilt and works perfectly before it gets listed on the website.
To give you an example, the Symnel theme took almost 2 weeks of work to make it functional.
OsclassWizards, which apparently was a great theme from the start and one of the most used ones, took about 1 week to refactor, as I found tons of issues all over the place...
So as you can see, 3 weeks of work for 2 free products.
Then there's the part where people will copy-paste and start resharing/reselling these free products everywhere, so you're basically working for free and not getting any credit or compensation for your hard work and effort. ☹️
@enterpriseclassifieds Sure, i'm not asking for anything. I posted in case you didn't know or have them.