PHP Micro Frameworks

Open-source PHP projects categorized as Micro Frameworks

Top 8 PHP Micro Framework Projects

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  1. Laravel-Zero

    A PHP framework for console artisans

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  3. Slim

    Slim Framework 4 Skeleton Application

    Project mention: 2025 Best PHP Micro Frameworks: Slim, Flight, Fat-Free, Lumen, and More! | dev.to | 2025-02-27

    Hey PHP fans! Welcome to 2025—a year where PHP continues to shine as the backbone of the web (sorry, haters, it’s not going anywhere!). If you’re building a slick API, a lightweight app, or just want to ditch the bloat of full-stack frameworks, micro frameworks are your ticket to coding bliss. Today, we’re diving into the top four PHP micro frameworks: Slim PHP, Flight PHP, Fat-Free Framework (F3), and Lumen—plus a few honorable mentions to keep things spicy.

  4. Silly

    Silly CLI micro-framework based on Symfony Console

  5. Bullet PHP

    A resource-oriented micro PHP framework

  6. Wolff

    🐺 Lightweight and easy to use framework for building web apps. (by Usbac)

  7. DemirApp Minimal PHP Framework

    Simple and minimal yet another PHP 7 Framework (by yidemir)

  8. Liten

    Liten is a small and simple micro framework which can be used to build restful services and apps.

  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.

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  10. csrf

    Csrf Package provides Cross Site Request Forgery protection by comparing provided token with session token to ensure request validity. (by glowyphp)

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 Micro Framework projects in PHP? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Laravel-Zero 3,810
2 Slim 1,600
3 Silly 925
4 Bullet PHP 417
5 Wolff 217
6 DemirApp Minimal PHP Framework 15
7 Liten 9
8 csrf 3

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