Open Journal Systems (OJS) has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project. For general information about OJS and other open research systems, visit the PKP web site.

You will find detailed guides in docs folder.

Checkout submodules and copy default configuration :

git submodule update --init --recursive
cp config.TEMPLATE.inc.php config.inc.php

If your PHP version supports built-in development server :

php -S localhost:8000

See Wiki for more complete development guide.

Specific requirements : PHPunit. Installing with pear for example :

pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de
pear install phpunit/PHPUnit

Setting up test environment :

mysql -u root -e 'create database ojs'
mysql -u root ojs < tests/functional/testserver.sql
cp config.TRAVIS.inc.php config.inc.php

Running the tests :

./lib/pkp/tools/runAllTests.sh -Cc

See https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/#issues for information on reporting issues.

This software is released under the the GNU General Public License.

See the file COPYING included with this distribution for the terms of this license.

Third parties are welcome to modify and redistribute OJS in entirety or parts according to the terms of this license. PKP also welcomes patches for improvements or bug fixes to the software.