PHP JSON

Open-source PHP projects categorized as JSON

Top 23 PHP JSON Projects

  1. countries

    World countries in JSON, YAML, CSV and XML. Any help is welcome! (by mledoze)

  2. AppSignal

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  3. Polr

    :aerial_tramway: A modern, powerful, and robust URL shortener

  4. JSON Schema

    JSON Schema for PHP

  5. world_countries

    Constantly updated lists of world countries and their associated alpha-2, alpha-3 and numeric country codes as defined by the ISO 3166 standard, available in CSV, JSON , PHP, SQL and XML formats, in multiple languages and with national flags included; also available are the ISO 3166-2 codes of provinces/ states associated with the countries

    Project mention: I Published 31 SEO Blog Posts in Six Months. Google Sent Me 10 Clicks | dev.to | 2026-10-05

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  6. JsonMapper

    Map nested JSON structures onto PHP classes

    Project mention: JsonMapper VS json-mapper - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/jsonmapper | 2026-08-22
  7. php-standard-library

    PHP Standard Library

  8. Bludit

    Simple, Fast, Secure, Flat-File CMS

    Project mention: Bludit VS Typemill - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/bludit | 2026-08-18
  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  10. composer-normalize

    🎵 Provides a composer plugin for normalizing composer.json.

  11. laravel-schemaless-attributes

    Add schemaless attributes to Eloquent models

  12. jikan

    Unofficial MyAnimeList PHP+REST API which provides functions other than the official API

  13. Hateoas

    A PHP library to support implementing representations for HATEOAS REST web services.

  14. schema

    📐 Validating data structures against a given Schema. (by nette)

  15. SleekDB

    Pure PHP NoSQL database with no dependency. Flat file, JSON based document database.

  16. jwt-framework

    JWT Framework

  17. json-parser

    🧩 Zero-dependencies lazy parser to read JSON of any dimension and from any source in a memory-efficient way. (by cerbero90)

  18. uinames

    A simple tool to generate names for use in designs and mockups.

  19. doctrine-json-odm

    An object document mapper for Doctrine ORM using JSON types of modern RDBMS.

  20. mysql-country-list

    mysql insert country list into database

  21. stream-parser

    ⚡ PHP7 / Laravel Multi-format Streaming Parser

  22. Serde

    Robust Serde (serialization/deserialization) library for PHP 8. (by Crell)

  23. imbo

    Imbo is an application that can add/get/delete/transform images using a RESTful interface.

  24. TelegramRSS

    Convert telegram posts to RSS or json in amphp server

  25. Lazer-Database

    🟢 ACTIVELY MAINTAINED. PHP flat file database to store data with JSON. Relationship Support. Move DB files anywhere. HIT THE STAR ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

  26. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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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 JSON projects in PHP? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 countries 6,267
2 Polr 5,096
3 JSON Schema 3,626
4 world_countries 1,591
5 JsonMapper 1,574
6 php-standard-library 1,569
7 Bludit 1,467
8 composer-normalize 1,126
9 laravel-schemaless-attributes 1,085
10 jikan 1,076
11 Hateoas 1,042
12 schema 1,012
13 SleekDB 1,001
14 jwt-framework 954
15 json-parser 809
16 uinames 743
17 doctrine-json-odm 632
18 mysql-country-list 481
19 stream-parser 442
20 Serde 354
21 imbo 333
22 TelegramRSS 300
23 Lazer-Database 284

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