lonnieezell/Bonfire

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1368 stars · 509 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Bonfire is a modular, HMVC-ready application skeleton for CodeIgniter 3.x that provides an admin backend, theming, role-based access control, and built-in user authentication. It is a starting point for building PHP web applications rather than a CMS.

Use cases

• bootstrap a codeigniter admin panel
• add user authentication and roles to a php app
• generate crud modules for codeigniter
• build a modular hmvc php web application
• set up a themeable codeigniter project
• quickly scaffold a backend for a client project

When to choose

• you are building on CodeIgniter 2/3 and want a ready-made admin backend
• you need auth, roles, theming, and CRUD generation out of the box
• you want a modular HMVC structure for a legacy PHP project

When to avoid

• you are starting a new project with modern PHP frameworks
• you need actively maintained software with security updates
• you want a CMS rather than an application skeleton

Facets

framework · maturity abandoned

web-framework auth templating web-development backend developer-tools php self-hosted codeigniter hmvc admin-panel crud-generator boilerplate role-based-access-control theme-system scaffolding web-server

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