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| Credits |
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| CodeIgniter was originally developed by `Rick Ellis <https://ellislab.com/>`_ |
| (CEO of `EllisLab, Inc. <https://ellislab.com/>`_). The framework was written for |
| performance in the real world, with many of the class libraries, helpers, and |
| sub-systems borrowed from the code-base of `ExpressionEngine |
| <https://ellislab.com/expressionengine>`_. |
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| It was, for years, developed and maintained by EllisLab, the ExpressionEngine |
| Development Team and a group of community members called the Reactor Team. |
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| In 2014, CodeIgniter was acquired by the `British Columbia Institute of Technology |
| <http://www.bcit.ca/>`_ and was then officially announced as a community-maintained |
| project. |
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| Bleeding edge development is spearheaded by the handpicked contributors |
| of the Reactor Team. |
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| A hat tip goes to Ruby on Rails for inspiring us to create a PHP framework, and |
| for bringing frameworks into the general consciousness of the web community. |