Top 23 PHP Framework Projects

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1. Laravel

   1 247 34,777 10.0 PHP

   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

   2 192 31,078 10.0 PHP

   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

   3 32 14,294 9.3 PHP

   Yii 2: The Fast, Secure and Professional PHP Framework

   

5. Slim Framework

   4 11 12,261 6.8 PHP

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

   

6. Pest

   5 43 11,543 9.0 PHP

   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

   6 21 11,141 9.4 PHP

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

   

8. Phalcon

   7 38 10,830 9.9 PHP

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

   

9. API Platform

   8 55 9,155 6.0 PHP

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

   

10. Sylius

    9 31 8,487 9.9 PHP

    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

    10 26 7,085 9.9 PHP

    Which is the fastest web framework?

    

12. hyperf

    11 10 6,852 8.9 PHP

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

    

13. swoft

    12 1 5,540 0.0 PHP

    🚀 PHP Microservice Full Coroutine Framework

    

14. wp-cli

    13 14 5,107 9.6 PHP

    ⚙️ 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

    14 10 3,963 6.8 PHP

    A PHP framework for console artisans

    

16. huge

    15 1 2,169 0.0 PHP

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

    

17. Spiral Framework

    16 16 2,049 7.3 PHP

    High-Performance PHP Framework (by spiral)

    

18. mix

    17 1 1,928 2.8 PHP

    ☄️ 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

    18 11 1,674 9.7 PHP

    A social networking engine in PHP/MySQL

    

20. framework

    19 2 1,666 9.2 PHP

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

    

21. lumen-framework

    20 2 1,506 5.6 PHP

    The Laravel Lumen Framework.

    

22. Restler

    21 0 1,382 8.0 PHP

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

    

23. leaf

    22 14 1,302 5.9 PHP

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

    

24. one

    23 3 873 6.1 PHP

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

    

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