Laravel
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation for your next big idea — freeing you to create without sweating the small things. (by laravel)
Slim Framework
Slim is a PHP micro framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful web applications and APIs. (by slimphp)
Laravel | Slim Framework | |
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417 | 10 | |
80,647 | 12,072 | |
1.1% | 0.2% | |
8.8 | 5.3 | |
8 days ago | 22 days ago | |
Blade | PHP | |
MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Laravel
Posts with mentions or reviews of Laravel.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-04-21.
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How to Build a Blog with Laravel (& Send Slack Notifications)
Laravel is a full-stack PHP framework that can be integrated with powerful front-end frameworks such as React or Vue.js. With Laravel, you’ll be creating websites and apps that are scalable and capable of growth.
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Everything about AI Function Calling (MCP), the keyword for Agentic AI
If you're planning to convert a backend server to an AI agent using function calling, avoid languages and frameworks that require developers to manually write JSON schemas, such as PHP Laravel and Java Spring RestDocs.
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A Structured Workflow for "Vibe Coding" Full-Stack Apps
Using a full-stack framework with batteries-included, such as Wasp for JavaScript (React, Node.js, Prisma) or Laravel for PHP, takes the complexity out of piecing the different parts of the stack together. Since these frameworks are opinionated, they've chosen a set of tools that work well together, and the have the added benefit of doing a lot of work under-the-hood. In the end, the AI can focus on just the business logic of the app.
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How to Implement Google Login in Laravel
Laravel installed (version 8+ recommended)
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Laravel is How Development Should Be
I have been learning Laravel. If you read this article of mine you will recall I said I wouldn't reach for Laravel because I already use TYPO3. I had to walk back that statement when I realised while I have TYPO3, it is better suited to more involved projects.
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Ask HN: What's the ideal stack for a solo dev in 2025
I'll echo @ejs and say it depends, but I'm a huge fan of Laravel (https://laravel.com/)! The team recently released some updated starter kits (https://laravel.com/starter-kits) as well which are nice (Vue, React, and Livewire)
For the uninitiated, Laravel is an opinionated, "batteries included" stack that lets you get right to the meat of the application without spending time working on authentication, routing, html templating, and so much more.
There are also several (paid) resources the organization provides that allow you to get your app hosted pretty quickly (see Forge and Cloud).
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How To Use React JS In a Laravel Project
If you want to explore Laravel further, check out its official site.
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19+ Laravel Best Practices for Developers in 2024
Laravel is a popular and respected open-source, free PHP programming language framework that is aimed at making development processes appealing without having to sacrifice quality. It uses an MVC (Model View Controller) pattern which makes the language more relatable and adaptable. It can also be regarded as a web application framework with expressive and elegant syntax that attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in web projects and applications.
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2025 Best PHP Micro Frameworks: Slim, Flight, Fat-Free, Lumen, and More!
Lumen sneaks into our top four as Laravel’s little sibling, designed for microservices and APIs. It’s got a minimalist vibe, but here’s the tea: it’s basically Laravel Lite, carrying some of the same heft under the hood. While it’s fast for a Laravel offshoot, its performance lags behind true micro frameworks like Flight or Slim—check the TechEmpower benchmarks for proof.
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Laravel modular folder structure
Most people that know Laravel know the AppServiceProvider. I'm named it ModuleServiceProvider and only have the boot method. Because I'm going to use modules in the app directory I removed the Http/Controllers and Models directories. For this post I'm going to use a User module to demonstrate the folder structure.
Slim Framework
Posts with mentions or reviews of Slim Framework.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-02-27.
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2025 Best PHP Micro Frameworks: Slim, Flight, Fat-Free, Lumen, and More!
Slim PHP is like that reliable friend who always shows up on time—minimalist, focused, and ready to handle your HTTP requests with finesse. It’s a micro framework kingpin, loved for its simplicity and flexibility, especially when crafting RESTful APIs. Slim 4 (the latest as of 2025) keeps things lean with no third-party dependencies out of the box, but it’s extensible enough to grow with your project.
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Best PHP Micro Frameworks for 2024
Slim Framework
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Top 12 PHP Frameworks For Web Development in 2024
Slim is a micro PHP framework used for web development with 11.7k stars and 2k forks on GitHub. It has a simple and intuitive API development process. It is a micro-framework, meaning you only get a minimum of support for HTTP requests and forwarding requests to appropriate controllers. So the question is, why should you choose a micro-framework? Because it offers you flexibility and high extensibility.
- Slim, possívelmente o framework ideal para quem vem do Golang
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Any backend framework that just 'works'? I find Spring very difficult and cumbersome.
Slim is very lightweight and has a similar API to Express https://github.com/slimphp/Slim
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Intermittent PHP Abstract Class Error
Yes, I've opened a ticket with Slim. I also saw it in a non-slim file (Pimple) so I don't think it is a Slim issue.https://github.com/slimphp/Slim/issues/2160
- Decorator pattern implementing interface
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Piko router, a fast router for PHP based on radix tree
Sounds like part of Slim's RoutingResults. Which then is pretty much:
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Nine years after, how much of this is still true about PHP?
Switched from Python to PHP and now using Slim. Very happy with the move so far.
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PHP routing library for fast API development
At my day job we needed to develop an API and I've never really tried to build one using vanilla PHP, but instead used frameworks such as CodeIgniter or Slim or just a simple file that would mimic the functionality of an API but not be a proper one. Also we had a requirement that we needed to have full control over the code so we were not supposed to use any of the pre built solutions because of that requirement.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Laravel and Slim Framework you can also consider the following projects:
Spiral Framework - High-Performance PHP Framework
CodeIgniter - Open Source PHP Framework (originally from EllisLab)
Yii2 - Yii 2: The Fast, Secure and Professional PHP Framework
Symfony - The Symfony PHP framework
Phalcon - High performance, full-stack PHP framework delivered as a C extension.