Welcome to MusterDB.org

This project has been superceded by http://mustersoftware.net

Created April 2010, updated June 2010

MusterDB is an open source project of Henrik Bechmann.

Status: MusterDB is currently what I would refer to as a "functioning prototype". That is because the key components have been used to create its first functioning browser-based database application: the CELOS Regulatory Research Database (celos.ca/database released June 2010).

I am currently systematically porting the MusterDB module to Kohana 3.0.7 (see Roadmap), in the process clarifying designs and resolving issues. The goal is to create a deployable MusterDB module, as per the roadmap.

The MusterDB mission is to create an application framework for browser-based database applications which

• has a small footprint
• is flexible
• is extensible
• is scalable
• supports rapid browser-based database application development

The framework is built on top of a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP).

The components I have selected for the framework are:

Third party (supporting code):

• kohana MVC application framework [currently deployed - version 2.3.4]
• jquery to support javascjript operations, and the dlml below [currently deployed]
• ckeditor to support wysywig editing [pending]

Internal - created as projects of bechmann.ca

• MusterDB module for kohana (mainly auth & auth; form management; object relational manager) [currently deployed]
• simplewiki markup language for rapid content posting [currently deployed]
• dlml (dynamic layout markup language implementation) [under developement]

Although I will remain the project lead (and reserve ultimate rights to decisions) for the foreseeable future, I more than welcome participation in the development of this project.

The components (including those that I and others contribute) are all open source (the MusterDB module is licenced under BSD Licence, as is Kohana; jQuery is licenced under the MIT Licence).

- Henrik Bechmann, developer