Free Mockup Designer - Pencil - FireFox

As a matter of interest I was trying to find out more about how to create digital mockups of software.

I have seen people using Visio, Adobe illustrator etc in the past. But in the world of open source there is a need of a good mockup designer.

Google my friend showed me some options.

ForeUI - Trial period - 7 days - not worth it , big download and no advantage
DesignerVista - Trial period - 20 days - save and print feature disabled - good for nothing
Balasmiq - Again we need to buy it aftera few days of trial, but good for its purpose i have read.

Fnally i chose Pencil , a plugin for firefox 3 onwards. Its allows the user to create mockups using windows widgets and some GTW widgets. We can also export the same to PNGs , which we can use in our high level designs and low level designs.

Served my purpose.

You can visitit at http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/

Free Project Hosting

Disclaimer : I am speaking ahead of myself , when I talk about this. But I have read and sound a few good options.

SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/ - Open Source, Free
Google : http://code.google.com/projecthosting/ - Open Source
China University : https://opensvn.csie.org/ - Unlimited Storage , Free-Private
Project Locker: https://www.projectlocker.com - 500MB storage , free - 5 users-Private

These sites also provide free bug tracking , wiki, dashboard and integration and review facilities.