Top 10 Free Open Source PHP Apps

A large number of open-source PHP applications have changed the world, changed the Internet, now we list the top free open source php applications, including database programs, blogs and many other types of open-source PHP softwares for web developers.

1. Blog: WordPress

WordPress is a well-known php blog platform to develop blogs, it’s free open source, powerful, as it’s an open source project, which means that there are hundreds of people that are working on it, forever developing it and improving it, you can extend its functions by plenty of free plugins, so wordpress is not only suitable for building blog, but also widely used in various types of network information platform.

2. Forum: phpBB

phpBB is a widely used open source forum software with easy-to-use management panel and user-friendly interface for installation, you can easily set up a forum in minutes, functions can be highly configured, with phpbb, you can build a fully personalized forum.

3. CMS: Drupal

Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS) platform, with powerful features and free configuration, Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.

4. Wiki：MediaWiki

MediaWiki is an open-source PHP wiki platform, the world’s largest Wiki project Wikipedia is based on MediaWiki.

5. Digg: Pligg

Pligg is a Digg like Web2.0 CMS system, it was developed by php, Pliggis an open source social news & voting software. Basically Digg. Anyone can download it for free and install it on their servers. Sites are popping up all over the internet that are like Digg, only targeted to different topics. This means that their users may be a better match for your stories and you may have better success with a Pligg powered site than Digg.

6. Gallery: Gallery

Gallery is a well-known open-source photo gallery application, based on PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. Very powerful, has plenty of extentions downloadable, installation is very simple, there are many plugins available.

7. RSS: Gregarius

Gregarius is an RSS aggregation procedures, free open-source, with a good user experience, easy to operate and manage. It can be used as a RSS reader.

8. E-Commerce: osCommerce

OsCommerce is a free software developed by free software developing community, it’s a solution for online shopping, free open source, and can be applied to any business environment, with it, you can generate a powerful e-commerce site in a short period of time.

9. Ad: OpenX

OpenX (formerly known as phpAdsNew) is a ad management and tracking system for all types of Web sites developed by php. If you’re a website publisher selling ads, you can use Openx to manage the ad campaigns and keep track of ad impressions, click through rates, etc. You can use this data to sell more ad spots on your site to interested advertisers.  Openx also allow you to assign different banners to different companies with their contact information so that you can easily go to one place and have all the information at your fingertips. If you’re an affiliate marketer, you can use it to split test ads (banners, text links, etc.) on your page and track to see which ads perform better.

10. Micro-blog: Laconica

Laconica is an open source micro-blog platform, also a Twitter clone, it has the common features of Microblog, many micro-blog sites are set up with this open-source application.