# Open Journal Systems > 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][pkp]. [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/pkp/ojs.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/pkp/ojs) ## Documentation You will find detailed guides in [docs](docs) folder. ## Using Git development source Checkout submodules and copy default configuration : git submodule update --init --recursive cp config.TEMPLATE.inc.php config.inc.php Install or update dependencies via Composer: cd lib/pkp # if you don't already have Composer installed: curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php php composer.phar update If your PHP version supports built-in development server : php -S localhost:8000 See [Wiki][wiki-dev] for more complete development guide. ## Running Tests Specific requirements : [PHPunit][php-unit]. Installing with pear for example : wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar chmod +x phpunit.phar sudo mv phpunit.phar /usr/local/bin/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 ## Bugs / Issues See https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/#issues for information on reporting issues. ## License This software is released under the the [GNU General Public License][gpl-licence]. See the file [COPYING][gpl-licence] 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. [pkp]: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ [readme]: docs/README [wiki-dev]: http://pkp.sfu.ca/wiki/index.php/HOW-TO_check_out_PKP_applications_from_git [php-unit]: http://phpunit.de/ [gpl-licence]: docs/COPYING