CIForge is a site dedicated to providing project and source code management to CodeIgniter-related projects.
CodeIgniter is an excellent light-weight PHP framework for writing applications. It provides an excellent MVC style base with many helper functions and libraries, yet stays out of the way and lets you code the way that you want to.
Because CodeIgniter is so lightweight, it's often criticized for lacking functionality that other frameworks provide, however, this is really a benefit because it means as a developer you can pick and choose the best library or plugin for your project that provides the functionality that you want. There are several database libraries, several ways to provide "AJAX" functionality, several ways to implement user authentication and so on. Not all developers agree on the best way to implement these functions, and indeed many projects have very different requirements.
CodeIgniter takes the approach that it shouldn't force you into doing any of these functions in one particular way. CIForge exists to complement CodeIgniter and provide a central point of development for these additional projects.
Hosting for projects is provided free of charge, and only requires that your project is licensed under an OSI-approved open source licence and that it is providing a useful add-on to CodeIgniter. Approving projects is currently a manual process and we try to approve projects within a day or so.
If you're interested in applying for a project, please submit a new project application. If you would like to get in touch with us at CIForge or help out in some way, please contact us. We are just starting out any suggestions, comments or questions are welcome!
