The concept of open source can be defined as offer of free or unlock access to the source of the product for the purpose of designing, developing, and distributing. In the terms of web development open source conception has taken rise with the development and use of internet frequently by the people.

In the world of web development there are various open source products available for the creation of dynamic websites and other business promotion online tools. In the global online business environment many web development companies offer the professional services for the development of online business tools. Listing up some popular open source products includes, Joomla, Mambo, Drupal, CakePHP, Oscommerce, Ruby on Rails, etc. Most of the products are used by the developers for the dynamic presentation of businesses from various industries in customized manner in form of websites, templates and other online presentation tools.

Counting all benefits of using open source products will turn into long list, collection of most important advantages include Cost effectiveness which is one of the most significant benefits as all open source product's source code are freely available on the net. Any internet user can access the source code of these products for development of websites and other open source web development tools. Using open source products in website development helps the developers at great extent for the dynamic presentation of the content as well as modification and integration of new features to the websites is possible by using open source technologies. Using open source products in the website development makes the websites more interactive, great user interface, strong administrative rights and smooth functionality.

Customized website development is one of the most popular advantages of using open source products in the web development market and active technical and non technical support from the communities which help the developers for the development of web. Adaptability factor of open source helps the developers to provide innovative products as open source allows the changing business environment and developers use to enjoy more flexibility and freedom in the website development. Open source products offers simplicity factor such as easy to find, easy to implement and easy compatibility with other technologies. To improve the system reliability and security experienced developers prefers use of Open Source Software (OSS) which is also very cost effective.

Content management is also another big advantage of using open source products and there are browsers like Mozilla Firefox, operating systems like Linux comes under open source phenomenon. Open source is very useful in specific business operations and other office related works and thus they are widely used by big and small organizations all over the business world.

Power of open source concept in the web development has changed the form of global online business environment.