Best PHP Tools & Libraries

29 curated PHP tools, libraries, and open-source projects β€” hand-picked and ranked by the community.

coolify

github

An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 280+ one-click services on your own servers.

Database
β˜… 55,866

framework

github

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

Frameworks
β˜… 34,652

symfony

github

The Symfony PHP framework

Frameworks
β˜… 31,003

matomo

github

Empowering People Ethically πŸš€ β€” Matomo is hiring! Join us β†’ https://matomo.org/jobs Matomo is the leading open-source alternative to Google Analytics, giving you complete control and built-in privacy. Easily collect, visualise, and analyse data from websites & apps. Star us on GitHub ⭐️ – Pull Requests welcome!

Marketing
β˜… 21,465

FreshRSS

github

A free, self-hostable news aggregator…

Self-hosted
β˜… 15,129

cachet

github

🚦 Cachet, the open-source, self-hosted status page system.

Self-hosted
β˜… 15,068

yii2

github

Yii 2: The Fast, Secure and Professional PHP Framework

Frameworks
β˜… 14,311

phpstan

github

PHP Static Analysis Tool - discover bugs in your code without running it!

Testing
β˜… 13,926

DVWA

github

Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)

Security
β˜… 13,006

wallabag

github

wallabag is a self hostable application for saving web pages: Save and classify articles. Read them later. Freely.

Self-hosted
β˜… 12,735

Slim

github

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

Frameworks
β˜… 12,247

docker.labs

github

This is a collection of tutorials for learning how to use Docker with various tools. Contributions welcome.

DevOps
β˜… 11,910

pest

github

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

Frameworks
β˜… 11,431

october

github

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

Frameworks
β˜… 11,142

cphalcon

github

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

Frameworks
β˜… 10,835

PHP_CodeSniffer

github

PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards.

CLI Tools
β˜… 10,770

kanboard

github

Kanban project management software

Self-hosted
β˜… 9,603

PrivateBin

github

A minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES.

Self-hosted
β˜… 8,264

awesome-appsec

github

A curated list of resources for learning about application security

Security
β˜… 6,902

MISP

github

MISP (core software) - Open Source Threat Intelligence and Sharing Platform

Security
β˜… 6,270

laravel-backup

github

A package to backup your Laravel app

DevOps
β˜… 5,969

passbolt_api

github

Passbolt Community Edition (CE) API. The JSON API for the open source password manager for teams!

Security
β˜… 5,882

laravel-activitylog

github

Log activity inside your Laravel app

DevOps
β˜… 5,843

telescope

github

An elegant debug assistant for the Laravel framework.

DevOps
β˜… 5,187