README

Note:
This development of this build is live again. A bugfix release is coming due the currently known errors. Pull requests are welcome and will still be accepted. If you want to see a feature, feel free to contribute it. Thanks to @greenreader9 for answering people's questions and solving their issues while i was gone.

👀 What is Bixa?

Bixa is a hosting account and support management system especially designed to work with MOFH (MyOwnFreeHost). Bixa currently has a limited number of features which are listed below:

🎮 Features

User Management
Theme Management
Support Management
Administrative Access
Integrates With:
- MOFH (MyOwnFreeHost)
- Google reCAPTCHA
- hCaptcha
- Cloudflare Turnstile
- GoGetSSL
- ACMEv2 (Let's Encrypt, ZeroSSL and Google Trust)
- Site.Pro
- SMTP
Update Manager
Multi-lingual

🤸 Getting Started

🚅 Requirements

Your server needs to meet the following minimum requirements to run Bixa:

PHP v8.1 or above.
MySQL v5.7 or above.
A valid, trusted SSL certificate.

💾 Installation

The installation of Bixa is much easier than you think!

Download the Bixa installation files here. Alternatively, get the latest development version here.
Extract the ZIP file and upload the contents to your web hosting account.
Create a new database for Bixa.
Go to https://{your.domain}/{bixa-directory}/install.php and click on the 'Get Started' button.
Set your website's Website URL, Cookie Prefix, enable CSRF Protection and hit the 'Next Step' button.
Edit the database credentials and click on the 'Next Step' button (this will automatically import tables and records to the database).
Register an admin account and log in to your admin panel.
Replace the logo and favicon located in assets/default/img/ with your own.
Setup SMTP (see below for some services you can use).

📧 SMTP

Here are some widely used SMTP services. They all have free plans with some limitations, and are compatible with Bixa.

Production Environment

Information shown below was last updated in December 2024 and may not be accurate.

Mailtrap:
- Email Testing Environment (500 emails/month free)
- Production SMTP Service (1,000 emails/month free)
- Good for both development and production
- Includes email testing and debugging features
Mailjet:
- Production SMTP Service (6,000 emails/month free)
SendGrid:
- Production SMTP Service (1000 emails/day free)

🤔 Help

You can open an issue here if you have discovered a bug or have an issue. Please ensure your topic has not been previously discussed, if it has, please contribute to that discussion instead of creating a new one if possible.

👍 Like Bixa?

If you like project Bixa please donate here.

©️ Copyright

Code released under the GPL-2.0 license.

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