SiteFusion – client-server based application development platform

SiteFusion is an open source client-server based application development platform that allow you to code applications in object-oriented PHP to run on a server, but looks and behaves like native desktop applications through a XULRunner-based thin client.

The client connects to the SiteFusion daemon through an ordinary Web server and applications run in separate continuous processes. it has two-way real-time ZLib compressed communication with client, without the need for additional Web server configurations.

Developer can easily and quickly write both large and small-scale applications that need connectivity to a centralized server. Because the server applications are written in PHP, even novice programmers can quickly produce something that looks professional, while experienced programmers can use a full set of tools behind the scenes.

Features of SiteFusion

1. Platform-independent applications
2. looks and behaves like native desktop applications
3. Writing applications in pure object-oriented PHP
4. No traditional browser security restrictions: access the client file system, run programs, play sounds etc…
5. It’s Fast!
6. API that offers the full set of possibilities that XUL and PHP entail
7. Client connecting through a regular web server, no additional configuration required
8. Thin, update-free XUL client
9. XULCustomTree, the adapted tree class that unlocks all features of the Mozilla tree view including sorting, drag & drop and editable cells. Also supports sparse trees, allowing efficient presentation and operation of trees of over 10000 nodes
10. Continuous processes on the server side governed by a daemon
11. Two-way real-time ZLib compressed communication
12. No exposure of application logic and code
13. Silently pushing these client extensions from the server, without user interaction. This enables the client to effectively transform into any form required by the application.
14. Jobs, cronjob-like timed execution of a PHP script and mailing of the output to a specified address

Download : http://sourceforge.net/projects/sitefusion/files/
Website : http://www.sitefusion.org/