PHP MySQL

Open-source PHP projects categorized as MySQL

Top 23 PHP MySQL Projects

  1. coolify

    An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.

    Project mention: My official list of post-glitch.com hosting options | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-02

    Note: this isn't my list I'm just posting the title faithfully.

    Personally, I'd recommend https://coolify.io/ if you're willing to cough up $5/mo to have a really great experience you fully control.

  2. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  3. Matomo

    Empowering People Ethically 🚀 — Matomo is hiring! Join us → 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!

    Project mention: Indie Hacking with Open Source Tools: Innovating on a Budget | dev.to | 2025-05-04

    Another case involves a duo launching an eco-friendly e-commerce website. Using WordPress paired with WooCommerce, they built a fully featured site with a sustainable operational model. Enhanced analytics from Matomo brought data-driven insights and growth strategies to life. This project highlights the benefits of cost-effective, community-driven solutions in the competitive e-commerce landscape.

  4. dbal

    Doctrine Database Abstraction Layer

    Project mention: Ignore custom indexes on Doctrine DBAL 4 | dev.to | 2024-07-27

    https://www.liip.ch/en/blog/doctrine-and-generated-columns This was not working anymore as Doctrine DBAL removes the event manager on DBAL 4. (ref)

  5. countries-states-cities-database

    🌍 Discover our global repository of countries, states, and cities! 🏙️ Get comprehensive data in JSON, SQL, PSQL, SQLSERVER, MONGODB, SQLITE, XML, YAML, and CSV formats. Access ISO2, ISO3 codes, country code, capital, native language, timezones (for countries), and more. #countries #states #cities

    Project mention: Open-Source Database for Countries, States, and Cities in Multiple Formats | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-01
  6. phpMyAdmin

    A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB

    Project mention: 4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins emails | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-15
  7. Adminer

    Database management in a single PHP file

    Project mention: Database management in a single PHP file | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-17

    To be fair it's the actual releases that are in a single file.

    Development evidently happens in the traditional sense with the project in a nicely defined tree.

    The build process looks pretty gnarly, but it works! https://github.com/vrana/adminer/blob/master/compile.php

  8. DOLIBARR ERP & CRM

    Dolibarr ERP CRM is a modern software package to manage your company or foundation's activity (contacts, suppliers, invoices, orders, stocks, agenda, accounting, ...). it's an open source Web application (written in PHP) designed for businesses of any sizes, foundations and freelancers.

    Project mention: DOLIBARR ERP & CRM VS LedgerSMB - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/dolibarr | 2025-05-09
  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  10. Medoo

    The lightweight PHP database framework to accelerate the development.

  11. devilbox

    A modern Docker LAMP stack and MEAN stack for local development

  12. Bolt

    Bolt is a simple CMS written in PHP. It is based on Silex and Symfony components, uses Twig and either SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL. (by bolt)

  13. Easy!Appointments

    :date: Easy!Appointments - Self Hosted Appointment Scheduler

  14. PHP-CRUD-API

    Single file PHP script that adds a REST API to a SQL database

    Project mention: Top 8 Open-Source CRUD Projects with the Most GitHub Stars | dev.to | 2024-09-04

    GitHub https://github.com/mevdschee/php-crud-api GitHub Stars 3.6k Most Recent Update on GitHub 2 months ago Open Source License MIT Number of Active Contributors This Year 1 Acceptance of External PRs Yes Official Website / Documentation /

  15. upscheme

    Database migrations and schema updates made easy

  16. takeout

    Docker-based development-only dependency manager. macOS, Linux, and WSL2-only and installs via PHP's Composer... for now.

  17. mysqldump-php

    PHP version of mysqldump cli that comes with MySQL

  18. Part-DB-server

    Part-DB is an Open source inventory management system for your electronic components

  19. MyBB

    MyBB is a free and open source forum software.

  20. postfixadmin

    PostfixAdmin - web based virtual user administration interface for Postfix mail servers

  21. eLabFTW

    :notebook: eLabFTW is the most popular open source electronic lab notebook for research labs.

  22. fluentpdo

    A PHP SQL query builder using PDO

  23. orangehrm

    OrangeHRM is a comprehensive Human Resource Management (HRM) System that captures all the essential functionalities required for any enterprise.

  24. pomf

    Pomf is a simple lightweight file host with support for drop, paste, click and API uploading.

  25. 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 MySQL projects in PHP? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 coolify 43,056
2 Matomo 20,632
3 dbal 9,606
4 countries-states-cities-database 8,482
5 phpMyAdmin 7,557
6 Adminer 6,896
7 DOLIBARR ERP & CRM 6,230
8 Medoo 4,891
9 devilbox 4,443
10 Bolt 4,154
11 Easy!Appointments 3,751
12 PHP-CRUD-API 3,688
13 upscheme 2,146
14 takeout 1,631
15 mysqldump-php 1,268
16 Part-DB-server 1,235
17 MyBB 1,155
18 postfixadmin 1,152
19 eLabFTW 1,126
20 laravel-cross-eloquent-search 1,115
21 fluentpdo 933
22 orangehrm 931
23 pomf 915

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