HUBzero is an open source software platform for building websites that support scientific activities.
[1] The platform allows individuals to create web sites that connect a community in scientific research and educational activities.
[2] HUBzero was created by researchers at Purdue University in conjunction with the NSF-sponsored Network for Computational Nanotechnology.
It was based on the Purdue University Network Computing Hubs (PUNCH) project that had begun in the 1990s under Mark Lundstrom, Josef Fortes, and Nirav Kapadia.
[9] The website is built from open-source software: the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, the MySQL database, the Joomla content management system, and the PHP web scripting language.