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Top 23 PHP MySQL Projects
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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.
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Stream
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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!
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.
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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)
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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 -
Project mention: 4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins emails | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-15
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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
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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 -
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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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)
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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 /
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takeout
Docker-based development-only dependency manager. macOS, Linux, and WSL2-only and installs via PHP's Composer... for now.
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postfixadmin
PostfixAdmin - web based virtual user administration interface for Postfix mail servers
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eLabFTW
:notebook: eLabFTW is the most popular open source electronic lab notebook for research labs.
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laravel-cross-eloquent-search
Laravel package to search through multiple Eloquent models. Supports sorting, pagination, scoped queries, eager load relationships and searching through single or multiple columns.
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orangehrm
OrangeHRM is a comprehensive Human Resource Management (HRM) System that captures all the essential functionalities required for any enterprise.
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
PHP MySQL discussion
PHP MySQL related posts
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My official list of post-glitch.com hosting options
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Setting Up a Private Docker Registry with Coolify
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Introducing Nixopus - All in one Open Source VPS Management Solution
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Coolify v5.x Announcement
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4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /QA/ and leaks all admins emails
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Simple Coolify example with Docker Compose + Github
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Mastering MySQL: Digging into Variables
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A note from our sponsor - Stream
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Index
What are some of the best open-source MySQL projects in PHP? This list will help you:
# | Project | Stars |
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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 |