Open Source Finance Software Stack
Contents
Definition
This is an overview of the overall open source finance software stack. Different service domains will utilize different parts of this stack.
The lower levels of the stack tend to be general purpose and used in many other domains besides finance. The higher levels of the stack tend to be finance specific
Operating Systems
Communication Protocols
Databases
Applications
Client Facing Applications
This category includes all applications that are exposing the financial service to the end users
- Mobile
- Web applications
- Desktop applications
Internal Applications
This category includes all applications that are used internally by the financial services provider to enable the service provision (excluding the database category). It does not include general purpose applications that are also used for financial services
- Middleware
- Ledgers
API's and Standards
Application Programming Interfaces ensure a measure of interoperability between different applications
