Open-Realty is a professional, open-source, web-based real estate listing management system written in PHP that is provided FREE by Transparent Technologies, Inc. Designed to be flexible, powerful, easy to install and maintain, Open-Realty has powered thousands of real estate web sites worldwide. Open-Realty is a mature application that is actively developed, and has been community supported since 2003.
All dynamically generated site-visitor content validates to XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS 2.0 standards.
Graphical site administration interface.
Built in WYSIWYG page editor for creating and modifying the content of key pages, including the one presently being viewed.
Easy to use installer reduces installation time.
Keeps property listings updated -- no special skills required to add, delete, or modify listings.
Built-in photo management -- upload photos via a web browser. If photos are not uploaded for a property listing, a default "photo not available" image will be automatically displayed.
Automatically creates thumbnails -- smaller versions of your photos are automatically created using the industry standard GD Graphics Library.
Optional "Search Engine Optimized" (SEO) page links, and optimization features.
Flexible database abstraction -- compatible with mySQL, postgres, MS SQL, and Oracle via. the ADODB lite database library.
Secure -- no one but the site Administrator or delegated Agents can modify or add listings.
Showcase specific properties -- built-in featured listing management allows custom placement and arrangement of special properties.
Flexible search -- Browse properties according to a definable criteria.
Configurable search forms and fields -- All search forms and fields included in Open-Realty are completely definable to meet any needs.
Template system -- Designers can produce a sophisticated functional site template without any knowledge of PHP.
Integrated add-on system framework for application developers allows for extending or altering Open-Realty's capabilities without altering its source code, making upgrades to newer versions a snap.
Powerful and professional commercial add-ons available.
Established Community support forums.
Open-Realty is written entirely in PHP, and utilizes a standards compliant XHTML template system, designing a new template from scratch or incorporating the look of an existing web site is greatly simplified.