PHPwnage
PHPwnage is an open-source internet forum written in PHP which uses MySQL for database storage. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 and contains third-party libraries under the LGPL and other open-source licenses.
Development
Development of PHPwnage started in early 2007. The original goal of the project was to create a simple, custom forum for another project also under development by the creator. Development later moved towards a release-centric model and the name PHPwnage was decided on as a combination of PHP and the gaming term pwnage. In July of 2008, the project moved to Launchpad and was licensed under the GPL to allow other developers easier access to source code and allow for collaborative development. The development team behind PHPwnage is currently working on implementing a complete template system and will be including a package manager in the next stable release.
Feature Set
Flat-topic forum with bbCodePrivate messagingAvatars and signaturesImage galleryCalendarWYSIWYG editor (In current development release)CSS-based themesUser-configurable icon setsTranslation (Only released in American English)Movable, floating panel that displays user information such as recent private messages and upcoming events
Third-Party Integration
Since version 1.7, PHPwnage has made use of icons from the Tango Desktop Project. While a captcha is included with PHPwnage, it can also be used with the reCAPTCHA service. A WYSIWYG editor using TinyMCE is integrated into the current development release, 1.9. A template-based theme system is currently being developed for version 2.0 using Smarty.