Links:

- [Project homepage](https://beansbooks.com/home/opensource)
- [Source code](https://github.com/system76/beansbooks/tree/master/application/config)

## Technical

- PHP, with the [Kohana](http://kohanaframework.org/) framework
- Supports MySQL and PDO databases
  - In turn, [PDO supports](http://www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.drivers.php)
    - MySQL
    - PostgreSQL
    - SQLite
    - Oracle
    - ODBC and DB2
    - 4D
    - MS SQL
    - CUBRID
    - Informix
    - Firebird
    - IBM

## Preliminary evaluation

- [Initial open source release in August 2013](https://github.com/system76/beansbooks/commit/96e8605d7553e56004376336bb961ffcd9380b3c)

### Positive

- Built on an existing framework
- i18n
- l10n

### Negative

- 1 [active contributor](https://github.com/system76/beansbooks/graphs/contributors) as of 2013-11-12
- Odd licensing: <https://beansbooks.com/home/opensource>