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1. CakePHP

   1 30 8,754 9.8 PHP

   CakePHP: The Rapid Development Framework for PHP - Official Repository

   

   Project mention: CakePHP 5.1.0 Released | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-20

2. Stream

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3. laravel-mongodb

   2 11 7,083 9.2 PHP

   A MongoDB based Eloquent model and Query builder for Laravel (Moloquent)

   

   Project mention: Laravel Migration With Schema Validation in MongoDB | dev.to | 2025-06-20

   The freshly created Laravel project comes with configurations for relational databases out of the box. We further need to configure it to work with MongoDB by installing the mongodb/laravel-mongodb package. Install it by running the command below in your terminal in the project directory.

4. Propel

   3 3 1,270 7.3 PHP

   Propel2 is an open-source high-performance Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for modern PHP

   

5. Cycle ORM

   4 7 1,254 8.4 PHP

   PHP DataMapper, ORM (by cycle)

   

   Project mention: Cash: A small jQuery alternative for modern browsers | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-02

   Thanks. It's a small custom framework built from libraries, some custom, some third party.

   - File based HTTP router running on top of https://frankenphp.dev/

   - ORM/SQL with: https://github.com/cycle/orm but this is preference. Anything works. From SQL builders to ORMs.

   I'll try to explain their form handling:

   Forms almost always POST to their own GET URL.

   If you GET /user/save you'll get back HTML and `` to build the form.<p>If you POST /user/save you're expected to pass the entire form data PLUS an "operation" parameter which is used by the backend to decide what should be done and returned.<p>For example if user clicks [add new user] button, the "operation" parameter has value of "btnNewUser.click".<p>Why pass operation parameter? Because business forms can have more than just a [submit] button.<p>For example, there might be a datagrid filter value being changed (operation: "txtFilter.change"), or perhaps a dropdown search to select a city name from a large list (operation: "textCitySearch.change"), it can be a postal code to address lookup (operation: "txtPostalCode.change"), etc.<p>On the backend, the pseudocode looks somewhat like this but it's cleaner/safer because of encapsulation, validation, error handling, data sanitization, model binding and csrf/xss protection:<p><pre><code> function user_save($operation) {

6. mongodb-odm

   5 2 1,097 8.1 PHP

   The Official PHP MongoDB ORM/ODM

   

   Project mention: Symfony and MongoDB: Our Commitment to a Stronger Integration | dev.to | 2025-06-09

   Thank you for building amazing things with Symfony and MongoDB! We're genuinely excited for what’s ahead. If you have suggestions, requests, or bug reports, please join us in the #doctrine channel on the Symfony Slack, or open an issue on Doctrine MongoDB ODM GitHub.

7. Doctrine2 Behaviors

   6 0 917 0.0 PHP

   Doctrine2 behavior traits that help handling Blameable, Loggable, Sluggable, SoftDeletable, Uuidable, Timestampable, Translatable, Tree behavior

   

8. one

   7 3 887 3.3 PHP

   A minimalist high-performance php framework that supports the [swoole | php-fpm] environment (by lizhichao)

   

9. InfluxDB

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   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.

   

10. Opulence

    8 1 728 0.0 PHP

    A simple, secure, and scalable PHP application framework

    

11. Ubiquity

    9 2 700 5.2 PHP

    Ubiquity framework

    

12. DoctrineJsonFunctions

    10 1 569 6.6 PHP

    Doctrine DQL functions for SQL JSON data type

    

13. auditor-bundle

    11 3 425 7.8 PHP

    The missing audit log library

    

14. lessql

    12 4 408 0.0 PHP

    LessQL: A lightweight and performant PHP ORM alternative

    

15. ATK Data

    13 1 277 7.2 PHP

    Data Access PHP Framework for SQL & high-latency databases (by atk4)

    

    Project mention: Hello Dev.to | dev.to | 2025-07-07

    Agile Data (https://github.com/atk4/data) implements an approach of DataSet abstractions - implemented in PHP. While it is similar to ORM in syntax - it operates on an entirely different level, allowing you to dynamically build multi-table queries, abstract away expression logic, and introduce extensions (such as soft-delete). All of that integrates into UI directly) making ATK a "low-code" framework that makes you write very little code.

16. core

    14 1 257 4.0 PHP

    All of the required core code (by berlindb)

    

17. auditor

    15 0 172 7.6 PHP

    auditor, the missing audit log library (by DamienHarper)

    

18. laravel-eloquent-case

    16 2 114 6.2 PHP

    CASE statement support for Laravel Query Builder.

    

19. wordpress-interop

    17 3 66 6.0 PHP

    Interoperability library to work with WordPress database in third party apps

    

20. arca-orm

    18 9 34 8.0 PHP

    Low code , Zero Configuration ORM that creates models, config, database and tables on the fly.

    

21. Corma

    19 0 32 6.0 PHP

    Convention-based Object-Relational Mapper

    

22. laravel-cycle-orm-adapter

    20 1 27 1.9 PHP

    🔥 A Laravel adapter for CycleORM, providing seamless integration of the Cycle DataMapper ORM for advanced database handling and object mapping in PHP applications.

    

    Project mention: Laravel Config Problem: Is It Time for a Revolution? | dev.to | 2024-07-17

    I use this approach in my wayofdev/laravel-cycle-orm-adapter package. The configuration file can be viewed here: config/cycle.php

23. tina4-php

    21 1 20 7.4 PHP

    Tina4 PHP composer repository

    

24. framework

    22 6 18 2.3 PHP

    PHP Framework providing ActiveRecord models and out of the box CRUD controllers with versioning and ORM support (by Divergence)

    

25. harmony

    23 1 17 4.9 PHP

    Harmony Modern Slim Boilerplate with Tinker and Eloquent ORM | Read Documentation in (by harmony-betta)

    

26. SaaSHub

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

    

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