Popular open source projects using Zend Framework

Question

Hello,

I am trying to find any open source project based on Zend Framework. Something well written and as popular as Wordpress or Drupal to see actual benefits of ZF as well as possibly use it as an example.

The only 'showcase' I managed to find is http://framework.zend.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=14134. But this list looks confusing as for the 'official' PHP framework. The same is about ZF statistics by numbers (http://framework.zend.com/about/numbers) - 10 million downloads against 400 actual projects which is less than 500 examples in the user guide... Also Yahoo chose Symfony for their bookmarks service not ZF...

Am I missing something? Thank you!

Answer 1

What I have personally found is that the Zend Framework is primarily being used to build internal websites, much like CakePHP and Symfony. They are the open source project, and they are then being used to build great apps.

Not everyone wants to let people know what backend they are using, or what they are using it for. Zend Framework, and other frameworks stay in the background and help the developer of the website build a great application.

Answer 2

Magento, an e-commerce platform, was built with Zend Framework.

Answer 3

In addition to Magento I have found one more open source project - Digitalus CMS

Answer 4

I dont know of any open source projects, but I have found two aps, intentionaly built to showcase Zend Framework - version 1.8 and 1.9 (should work I think)

• PASTEBIN - application showcasing mostly dojo, but has nicemodel structure, by Mathew - great blog
• StoreFront - a e-commerce application

Answer 5

Large popular open-source projects, I figure, would use their own framework because any existing framework would limit them.

So I think Zend Framework is rather to be found at the basis of many small, medium or even large interactive websites (deliberately ommiting the term applications). I've built a few pages with Zend Framework and will continue to do so. They vary between tiny and medium size projects. I have by far not used all of the ZF components but every now and then I discover a new one and none of them has disapointed me so far.

It is also important to mention that ZF and frameworks in general a still a relatively new phenomenon in the PHP world and ppl adapt only slowly to them.

I know at least of one quite large open source project (LimeSurvey) which is building its next generation version (v2) on top of CakePHP.

Answer 6

These guys rewrote their application using ZF: AtMail webclient

Answer 7

Piwik - an open-source statistics system. An alternative for Google Analytics.

Answer 8

Here's a list of projects using the Zend Framework, though it's dated : http://devzone.zend.com/article/2060.

And the current list of projects using ZF on SourceForge : http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=zend+framework.

Answer 9

TomatoCMS an open source CMS using the Zend Framework and jquery http://www.tomatocms.com/

Answer 10

Pimcore is a great looking cms that uses ZF and ExtJS.

Answer 11

conjoon: www.conjoon.org/,
Tine 2.0: www.tine20.org/,
Zoolu: code.google.com/p/zoolu/,
ecartcommerce: code.google.com/p/ecartcommerce/