Arkhon Web Application Framework

Arkhon WAF provides an extremely lightweight, modular and extensible framework for developing scaleable community-based groupware applications through the PHP language.

Arkhon takes care of the following:

  • Quick and intuitive 'skinning' of your web application through the use of themes.
  • Authentication and role based Authorisation
  • Support for multiple database backend.
  • Modular design.
  • Extremely lightweight.

so that you can concentrate on the functionality of you web application.

See the ArkhonExtras page for information on some great extensions and modules.

See the ArkhonThemes page for some sample themes for your Arkhon2 based web site.

Visit the About and Documentation pages for more information and the Downloads page to get your hands on the latest release.

The Roadmap will give you an idea of what new features are planned and when they are due. If you find a bug or require a new feature, raise a Ticket and we'll see what we can do.

Have fun.

Latest Release

On the 11th February 2009 version 0.9.7 of Arkhon2 was released. This release contains numerous enhancements and bug fixes.

Known Projects Using Arkhon

While Arkhon was originally developed for some private projects which are not visible on the Internet, demand is growing for exactly the flexibility that Arkhon provides. Below is a list of the known internet projects which use the Arkhon Framework. If yours is not listed, please send us a link and we'll add it.

Arkhon is used internally to deliver a

  • Single-Sign-On and Federated Identity system at NATO (No URL available)
  • Intelligence Sharing System at NATO (No URL available)
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