####### Credits ####### 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>`_. It was, for years, developed and maintained by EllisLab, the ExpressionEngine Development Team and a group of community members called the Reactor Team. 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. Bleeding edge development is spearheaded by the handpicked contributors of the Reactor Team. 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.