Aiki Framework is a PHP and MySQL (LAMP) web application framework that allows designers and programmers to create and work with existing content management systems from the web. The Fabricatorz global production company was its commercial steward and has used it to build Open Clip Art Library 3.0 and the now public Open Font Library. Both sites using Aiki Framework were publicly announced at Libre Graphics Meeting 2011.
Status
The last release of the software approximately coincided with the March 15, 2012 detainment in Syria of the technology's inventor, Bassel Khartabil. Aiki Framework was for a long time the underlying technology of the Open Clip Art Library and still is for Open Font Library, but the technology was deprecated since 2016 when it was resurrected and put on GitHub. The history of changes was imported to git from last zip file taken from archive.org and controlled by bazaar version control.
Usage
The goal of Aiki Framework is to make a fast system for developing heavily trafficked communities where developers are used to editing source code, but can not directly because of necessary security precautions in running a web server.
Examples
Open Clip Art Library
Open Font Library
Participants
Christopher Adams
Dave Crossland
Steven Garcia
Brad Phillips
Jon Phillips
Bassel Safadi
Barry Threw
Jakub T. Jankiewicz
Bassel Khartabil
On 1 August 2017, it was reported that the inventor of Aiki, Bassel Khartabil (known as Bassel Safadi), had been executed in prison by the Syrian government.