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Open-source PHP projects categorized as Framework

Top 23 PHP Framework Projects

  1. Laravel

    Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.

    Project mention: How Blade's @context directive broke our JSON-LD | dev.to | 2026-04-25

    We hit this last week on a blog index running 12.44.0. The page returned HTTP 500 for every visitor for three weeks before anyone noticed. There is a public issue with the same symptom against 12.20+: laravel/framework#56248.

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  3. Symfony

    The Symfony PHP framework

    Project mention: Symfony 8.1, the big CLI update | dev.to | 2026-05-08

    I have written about the TUI component but now it is a part of the framework.

  4. Yii2

    Yii 2: The Fast, Secure and Professional PHP Framework

  5. Slim Framework

    Slim is a PHP micro framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful web applications and APIs. (by slimphp)

  6. Pest

    Pest is an elegant PHP testing Framework with a focus on simplicity, meticulously designed to bring back the joy of testing in PHP.

    Project mention: Copy-Pasting HTTP Fakes by Hand? Laravel Http Automock Can Do It For You | dev.to | 2026-03-10

    Requires PHP 8.2+, Laravel 11+, and Pest Works only with Laravel's HTTP client.

  7. october

    Self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.

  8. Phalcon

    High performance, full-stack PHP framework delivered as a C extension.

  9. API Platform

    🕸️ Create REST and GraphQL APIs, scaffold Jamstack webapps, stream changes in real-time.

  10. Sylius

    Headless open-source eCommerce platform on top of PHP/Symfony/API Platform

    Project mention: Sylius – open-source Headless eCommerce Platform | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-28
  11. web-frameworks

    Which is the fastest web framework?

  12. hyperf

    🚀 A coroutine framework that focuses on hyperspeed and flexibility. Building microservice or middleware with ease.

  13. swoft

    🚀 PHP Microservice Full Coroutine Framework

  14. wp-cli

    ⚙️ WP-CLI framework

    Project mention: Solved: Stop blaming “plugins” when your WordPress site is slow | dev.to | 2025-12-27

    WordPress Integration: Install a WordPress object cache drop-in (e.g., from the WP-CLI project or a plugin like Redis Object Cache). Copy the object-cache.php file to your wp-content directory.

  15. Laravel-Zero

    A PHP framework for console artisans

  16. huge

    Simple user-authentication solution, embedded into a small framework.

  17. Spiral Framework

    High-Performance PHP Framework (by spiral)

  18. mix

    ☄️ PHP CLI mode development framework, supports Swoole, WorkerMan, FPM, CLI-Server / PHP 命令行模式开发框架,支持 Swoole、Swow、WorkerMan、FPM、CLI-Server (by mix-php)

  19. Elgg

    A social networking engine in PHP/MySQL

  20. framework

    :gem: Go! AOP PHP - modern aspect-oriented framework for the new level of software development (by goaop)

  21. lumen-framework

    The Laravel Lumen Framework.

  22. Restler

    Zero-boilerplate REST API framework for PHP 8+. Auto-generates routes, docs, validation.

  23. leaf

    🍁 Go from idea to launch with clean and elegant PHP that grows with you. The framework for makers (by leafsphp)

  24. one

    A minimalist high-performance php framework that supports the [swoole | php-fpm] environment (by lizhichao)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Framework projects in PHP? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Laravel 34,777
2 Symfony 31,078
3 Yii2 14,294
4 Slim Framework 12,261
5 Pest 11,543
6 october 11,141
7 Phalcon 10,830
8 API Platform 9,155
9 Sylius 8,487
10 web-frameworks 7,085
11 hyperf 6,852
12 swoft 5,540
13 wp-cli 5,107
14 Laravel-Zero 3,963
15 huge 2,169
16 Spiral Framework 2,049
17 mix 1,928
18 Elgg 1,674
19 framework 1,666
20 lumen-framework 1,506
21 Restler 1,382
22 leaf 1,302
23 one 873

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