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Top 22 PHP Backend Projects
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Project mention: Claude Code for Symfony and PHP: The Setup That Actually Works | dev.to | 2026-02-26
If you need inspiration, you can check the AGENTS.md file we use in the EasyAdmin project. We're getting excellent results when using it, but it might not work as well in your project. So, don't copy it entirely, just get inspired and copy the ideas you like.
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Project mention: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-08
Hey HN, I am currently working on three main projects:
https://www.fusio-project.org
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XBackBone is a lightweight ShareX upload server with gallery view and user management. It overlaps significantly with Zipline and ChibiSafe but with a smaller feature set — no URL shortener, no paste bin, no S3 support. It runs on PHP with SQLite, making it lighter than both.
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Project mention: Vvveb – open-source CMS drag-and-drop site builder | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-10
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treblle-laravel
The official Treblle SDK for Laravel. Seamlessly integrate Treblle to manage communication with your dashboard, send errors, and secure sensitive data.
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laravel-realworld-example-app
Exemplary RealWorld backend API built with Laravel PHP framework. (by f1amy)
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laravel-backend-template
Api first backend boilerplate build with laravel 🎯 you can use as a template 😉
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BackendAsAService-PHP
A realtime database and backend as a service. (BaaS) Server writen in PHP, Client Framework in Swift
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king
This is not a hobby project - it is a base for an agentic system called "intelligent intern"... which is going to move from it's current python/rust backend to king.. so we eat our own dog food (by Intelligent-Intern)
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mindfula11y
A TYPO3 extension that integrates accessibility tools directly into the TYPO3 backend, helping editors and integrators improve the accessibility of their content.
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SlimStorage
Self-hosted backend for side projects. Key/value store + Event API + Admin dashboard. One PHP file, no Composer, no containers.
Project mention: Show HN: SlimStorage – Self-hosted back end key/values, events store | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-12 -
I built a complete example project to showcase what Query Gate can do. Here's what's included:
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Lumen JSON-RPC
✨ Framework-free JSON-RPC for PHP — clean handlers, strong defaults, auth, gzip, rate limiting, hooks, and docs generation.
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 Backend projects in PHP? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | october | 11,141 |
| 2 | EasyAdminBundle | 4,281 |
| 3 | CRUD | 3,378 |
| 4 | Fusio | 2,098 |
| 5 | XBackBone | 1,139 |
| 6 | osu-web | 1,137 |
| 7 | Vvveb CMS | 1,077 |
| 8 | umbrella-admin-bundle | 144 |
| 9 | treblle-laravel | 135 |
| 10 | laravel-realworld-example-app | 98 |
| 11 | umbrella-admin-demo | 59 |
| 12 | qless-php | 29 |
| 13 | laravel-backend-template | 14 |
| 14 | wfpc | 12 |
| 15 | BackendAsAService-PHP | 7 |
| 16 | king | 6 |
| 17 | mindfula11y | 4 |
| 18 | braindump-api | 3 |
| 19 | SlimStorage | 2 |
| 20 | LQG-example | 2 |
| 21 | ChimpDelivery | 1 |
| 22 | Lumen JSON-RPC | 1 |
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