Credits, in chronological order ¶

• Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller.com>
  • creator of the phpMyAdmin project
  • maintainer from 1998 to summer 2000
• Marc Delisle <marc_at_infomarc.info>
  • multi-language version in December 1998
  • various fixes and improvements
  • first version of the SQL analyser (most of it)
  • maintainer from 2001 to 2015
• Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
  • started SourceForge phpMyAdmin project in March 2001
  • sync'ed different existing CVS trees with new features and bugfixes
  • multi-language improvements, dynamic language selection
  • many bugfixes and improvements
• Loïc Chapeaux <lolo_at_phpheaven.net>
  • rewrote and optimized JavaScript, DHTML and DOM stuff
  • rewrote the scripts so they fit the PEAR coding standards and generate XHTML1.0 and CSS2 compliant codes
  • improved the language detection system
  • many bugfixes and improvements
• Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
  • database maintenance controls
  • table type code
  • Host authentication IP Allow/Deny
  • DB-based configuration (Not completed)
  • SQL parser and pretty-printer
  • SQL validator
  • many bugfixes and improvements
• Armel Fauveau <armel.fauveau_at_globalis-ms.com>
  • bookmarks feature
  • multiple dump feature
  • gzip dump feature
  • zip dump feature
• Geert Lund <glund_at_silversoft.dk>
  • various fixes
  • moderator of the phpMyAdmin former users forum at phpwizard.net
• Korakot Chaovavanich <korakot_at_iname.com>
  • "insert as new row" feature
• Pete Kelly <webmaster_at_trafficg.com>
  • rewrote and fix dump code
  • bugfixes
• Steve Alberty <alberty_at_neptunlabs.de>
  • rewrote dump code for PHP4
  • mySQL table statistics
  • bugfixes
• Benjamin Gandon <gandon_at_isia.cma.fr>
  • main author of the version 2.1.0.1
  • bugfixes
• Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
  • MySQL 4.0 / 4.1 / 5.0 compatibility
  • abstract database interface (PMA_DBI) with MySQLi support
  • privileges administration
  • XML exports
  • various features and fixes
  • German language file updates
• Mike Beck <mike.beck_at_web.de>
  • automatic joins in QBE
  • links column in printview
  • Relation view
• Michal Čihař <michal_at_cihar.com>
  • enhanced index creation/display feature
  • feature to use a different charset for HTML than for MySQL
  • improvements of export feature
  • various features and fixes
  • Czech language file updates
  • created current website for phpMyAdmin
• Christophe Gesché from the "MySQL Form Generator for PHPMyAdmin" (https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmysqlformgen/)
  • suggested the patch for multiple table printviews
• Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
  • built the patch for vertical display of table rows
  • built the Javascript based Query window + SQL history
  • Improvement of column/db comments
  • (MIME)-Transformations for columns
  • Use custom alias names for Databases in left frame
  • hierarchical/nested table display
  • PDF-scratchboard for WYSIWYG- distribution of PDF relations
  • new icon sets
  • vertical display of column properties page
  • some bugfixes, features, support, German language additions
• Yukihiro Kawada <kawada_at_den.fujifilm.co.jp>
  • japanese kanji encoding conversion feature
• Piotr Roszatycki <d3xter_at_users.sourceforge.net> and Dan Wilson
  • the Cookie authentication mode
• Axel Sander <n8falke_at_users.sourceforge.net>
  • table relation-links feature
• Maxime Delorme <delorme.maxime_at_free.fr>
  • PDF schema output, thanks also to Olivier Plathey for the "FPDF" library (see <http://www.fpdf.org/>), Steven Wittens for the "UFPDF" library and Nicola Asuni for the "TCPDF" library (see <https://tcpdf.org/>).
• Olof Edlund <olof.edlund_at_upright.se>
  • SQL validator server
• Ivan R. Lanin <ivanlanin_at_users.sourceforge.net>
  • phpMyAdmin logo (until June 2004)
• Mike Cochrane <mike_at_graftonhall.co.nz>
  • blowfish library from the Horde project (withdrawn in release 4.0)
• Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_at_users.sourceforge.net>
  • mysqli support
  • many bugfixes and improvements
• Nicola Asuni (Tecnick.com)
  • TCPDF library (<https://tcpdf.org>)
• Michael Keck <mkkeck_at_users.sourceforge.net>
  • redesign for 2.6.0
  • phpMyAdmin sailboat logo (June 2004)
• Mathias Landhäußer
  • Representation at conferences
• Sebastian Mendel <cybot_tm_at_users.sourceforge.net>
  • interface improvements
  • various bugfixes
• Ivan A Kirillov
  • new relations Designer
• Raj Kissu Rajandran (Google Summer of Code 2008)
  • BLOBstreaming support (withdrawn in release 4.0)
• Piotr Przybylski (Google Summer of Code 2008, 2010 and 2011)
  • improved setup script
  • user preferences
  • Drizzle support
• Derek Schaefer (Google Summer of Code 2009)
  • Improved the import system
• Alexander Rutkowski (Google Summer of Code 2009)
  • Tracking mechanism
• Zahra Naeem (Google Summer of Code 2009)
  • Synchronization feature (removed in release 4.0)
• Tomáš Srnka (Google Summer of Code 2009)
  • Replication support
• Muhammad Adnan (Google Summer of Code 2010)
  • Relation schema export to multiple formats
• Lori Lee (Google Summer of Code 2010)
  • User interface improvements
  • ENUM/SET editor
  • Simplified interface for export/import
• Ninad Pundalik (Google Summer of Code 2010)
  • AJAXifying the interface
• Martynas Mickevičius (Google Summer of Code 2010)
  • Charts
• Barrie Leslie
  • BLOBstreaming support with PBMS PHP extension (withdrawn in release 4.0)
• Ankit Gupta (Google Summer of Code 2010)
  • Visual query builder
• Madhura Jayaratne (Google Summer of Code 2011)
  • OpenGIS support
• Ammar Yasir (Google Summer of Code 2011)
  • Zoom search
• Aris Feryanto (Google Summer of Code 2011)
  • Browse-mode improvements
• Thilanka Kaushalya (Google Summer of Code 2011)
  • AJAXification
• Tyron Madlener (Google Summer of Code 2011)
  • Query statistics and charts for the status page
• Zarubin Stas (Google Summer of Code 2011)
  • Automated testing
• Rouslan Placella (Google Summer of Code 2011 and 2012)
  • Improved support for Stored Routines, Triggers and Events
  • Italian translation updates
  • Removal of frames, new navigation
• Dieter Adriaenssens
  • Various bugfixes
  • Dutch translation updates
• Alex Marin (Google Summer of Code 2012)
  • New plugins and properties system
• Thilina Buddika Abeyrathna (Google Summer of Code 2012)
  • Refactoring
• Atul Pratap Singh (Google Summer of Code 2012)
  • Refactoring
• Chanaka Indrajith (Google Summer of Code 2012)
  • Refactoring
• Yasitha Pandithawatta (Google Summer of Code 2012)
  • Automated testing
• Jim Wigginton (phpseclib.sourceforge.net)
  • phpseclib
• Bin Zu (Google Summer of Code 2013)
  • Refactoring
• Supun Nakandala (Google Summer of Code 2013)
  • Refactoring
• Mohamed Ashraf (Google Summer of Code 2013)
  • AJAX error reporting
• Adam Kang (Google Summer of Code 2013)
  • Automated testing
• Ayush Chaudhary (Google Summer of Code 2013)
  • Automated testing
• Kasun Chathuranga (Google Summer of Code 2013)
  • Interface improvements
• Hugues Peccatte
  • Load/save query by example (database search bookmarks)
• Smita Kumari (Google Summer of Code 2014)
  • Central list of columns
  • Improve table structure (normalization)
• Ashutosh Dhundhara (Google Summer of Code 2014)
  • Interface improvements
• Dhananjay Nakrani (Google Summer of Code 2014)
  • PHP error reporting
• Edward Cheng (Google Summer of Code 2014)
  • SQL Query Console
• Kankanamge Bimal Yashodha (Google Summer of Code 2014)
  • Refactoring: Designer/schema integration
• Chirayu Chiripal (Google Summer of Code 2014)
  • Custom field handlers (Input based MIME transformations)
  • Export with table/column name changes
• Dan Ungureanu (Google Summer of Code 2015)
  • New parser and analyzer
• Nisarg Jhaveri (Google Summer of Code 2015)
  • Page-related settings
  • SQL debugging integration to the Console
  • Other UI improvements
• Deven Bansod (Google Summer of Code 2015)
  • Print view using CSS
  • Other UI improvements and new features
• Deven Bansod (Google Summer of Code 2017)
  • Improvements to the Error Reporting Server
  • Improved Selenium testing
• Manish Bisht (Google Summer of Code 2017)
  • Mobile user interface
  • Remove inline JavaScript code
  • Other UI improvements
• Raghuram Vadapalli (Google Summer of Code 2017)
  • Multi-table query interface
  • Allow Designer to work with tables from other databases
  • Other UI improvements
• Maurício Meneghini Fauth
  • Major improvements and upgrades to the JavaScript core
  • Modernize JavaScript library functionality
  • Modernize templating and introduce Twig
• William Desportes
  • Coding style improvements based on PHPStan
  • Improve links to external MySQL and MariaDB documentation
  • Numerous other bug fixes
• Emanuel Bronshtein
  • Comprehensive security assessment and suggestions
• Lakshya Arora (Google Summer of Code 2018)
  • Various improvements including:
    • Integrate user preferences with local storage
    • Use a modal login after session expiration
    • Add support for CHECK CONSTRAINTS
    • and more!
• Saksham Gupta (Google Summer of Code 2018)
  • Automated theme generator tool
• Leonardo Strozzi (Google Summer of Code 2018)
  • Refactoring Twig templates and other internal code improvements
• Piyush Vijay (Google Summer of Code 2018)
  • Modernize the JavaScript code including introducing Webpack, Babel, and Yarn as well as eslint and Jsdoc

And also to the following people who have contributed minor changes, enhancements, bugfixes or support for a new language since version 2.1.0:

Bora Alioglu, Ricardo ?, Sven-Erik Andersen, Alessandro Astarita, Péter Bakondy, Borges Botelho, Olivier Bussier, Neil Darlow, Mats Engstrom, Ian Davidson, Laurent Dhima, Kristof Hamann, Thomas Kläger, Lubos Klokner, Martin Marconcini, Girish Nair, David Nordenberg, Andreas Pauley, Bernard M. Piller, Laurent Haas, "Sakamoto", Yuval Sarna, www.securereality.com.au, Alexis Soulard, Alvar Soome, Siu Sun, Peter Svec, Michael Tacelosky, Rachim Tamsjadi, Kositer Uros, Luís V., Martijn W. van der Lee, Algis Vainauskas, Daniel Villanueva, Vinay, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Chee Wai, Jakub Wilk, Thomas Michael Winningham, Vilius Zigmantas, "Manuzhai".