Gibbon Core
Gibbon is a flexible, open source school management platform designed to make life better for teachers, students, parents and schools.
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A flexible, open-source school management platform.
Core Features
- Modular architecture with extensions and themes
- Multilingual support via POEditor volunteer translators
- Comprehensive documentation and community support forum
- Stable release with optional cutting-edge branch for testing
What It Can't Do
- •Never use the Cutting Edge branch on a production server (risk of data loss). Verify server PHP extensions and MySQL version before installation. Always backup data before migrations.
Use Cases
- K-12 school administration (students, teachers, grades, attendance)
- Home-school communication and report generation
Detailed Introduction
Gibbon Core is the central repository that contains all primary functionality of the Gibbon school management platform. It can be extended with modules and themes, allowing schools to customize features as needed. The platform covers student records, attendance, grades, timetabling, behavior tracking, communication, and more. Built with PHP and MySQL, it runs on standard LAMP/LEMP stacks. Gibbon is actively maintained by an open source community and translated into many languages through POEditor. It offers comprehensive documentation and a supportive forum (ask.gibbonedu.org). While the cutting-edge branch provides early access to new features, it is not stable for production use.
Troubleshooting & FAQ (2)
TroubleshootingWhy are user roles not translated in the Gibbon Planner module?
This was a bug in versions before v29.00.00 where the role string was not passed through the translation function. The fix is to upgrade to Gibbon v29 or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, manually edit modules/Planner/planner_view_full.php and change line 1291 from $cell->addContent($person['role']); to $cell->addContent(__($person['role']));
TroubleshootingWhy does my Gibbon form number field reject decimal values and show 'Must be in format %1$s'?
This is a known bug in Gibbon v28.0.01 where the HTML step attribute is not set on number inputs with decimal places, causing the browser's default step of 1 to reject decimals. The error message 'Must be in format %1$s' appears from the custom validation fallback. To fix, edit src/Forms/Input/Number.php and implement step logic: add a step property and set it to '0.' followed by (decimalPlaces-1) zeros and '1' (e.g., step='0.1' for 1 decimal place). If a custom step is set via a new step() method, use that value instead. Until the patch is merged, a temporary workaround is to use a text input with pattern validation or override the step attribute using JavaScript.
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Step 1: Set up LAMP/LEMP stack (Apache/Nginx + PHP 7.4+ + MySQL 5.7+)
Step 2: Download the latest stable release from GitHub or the official site
Step 3: Extract to web directory, visit the install page and follow the wizard
- Step 1: Set up LAMP/LEMP stack (Apache/Nginx + PHP 7.4+ + MySQL 5.7+)
- Step 2: Download the latest stable release from GitHub or the official site
- Step 3: Extract to web directory, visit the install page and follow the wizard
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