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Zikula
Developer(s) Zikula Development Team
Stable release Zikula 1.2.3 / *April 20, 2010
Operating
system
Cross-platform
Type Content Management System and Web Application Framework
License GNU General Public License
Website zikula.org [1]
Zikula is a free open source web application framework released under the GNU General Public License. It can be
used to develop robust, secure, interactive and editable websites and web based applications. Zikula is written in
PHP object oriented and fully modular. It requires a database and may use all leading database platforms like
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL Server. In July 2008, PostNuke version 8 was released
as Zikula version 1.
Features
• Templating engine for theming
• API
• RSS feeds
• Forums
• Polls
• Language internationalization
• Galleries
• Chat
• E-Commerce
• Games, Reviews, Links... with many third parties add-ons.
Development
Zikula follows an active development cycle aiming toward frequent releases. Project milestones and roadmap are
posted at the Zikula Code Roadmap. Many 3rd party developers build and contribute to extensions for the Zikula
Application Framework which are often developed and hosted at the Zikula Code website. Extensions perform tasks
like blogging, storing and displaying data, such as images, music, forums, and shopping carts.
Community
Zikula has many active communities around the world with many official and unofficial sites around the world. As
of July 2008 for example, the Zikula community forums contained over 231,421 messages.