Zikula is an Open Source Web Application Framework written in the popular web scripting language PHP. It is free to download and use, and is supported by a large community of many thousands of people across the globe. There are over 500,000 websites using the Zikula Framework on the web today. The Zikula Software Foundation was established in 2005 to ensure the longevity of the project, and is a non profit organization that assists the project in its long term strategic goals. The members of the Foundation's board are all volunteers and members of the project. Zikula itself is managed day to day by a five person steering committee, elected by the members of the Software Foundation. The core code is developed by around twenty developers, though there are many other regular contributors who submit patches and changes both small and large to the core code and these are often incorporated into the next release. The project’s biggest advantage is the mass of third party developments available. Much like other web application frameworks, the project lives and dies by the third party developments which are available, and these are hundreds for Zikula, from basic content modules to forums and download management scripts. These range from the complicated to the simplistic, and the system can be customized to an individual user’s need depending on the type of website they are trying to create.