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Top 23 PHP Performance Projects
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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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phoronix-test-suite
The Phoronix Test Suite open-source, cross-platform automated testing/benchmarking software.
Project mention: C4D VMs on Google Cloud: Breaking Records Again with EPYC Turin | dev.to | 2025-04-16To setup the phoronix test suite:
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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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Image Optimizer
Image optimization / compression library. This library is able to optimize png, jpg and gif files in very easy and handy way. It uses optipng, pngquant, pngcrush, pngout, gifsicle, jpegoptim and jpegtran tools.
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siteone-crawler
SiteOne Crawler is a cross-platform website crawler and analyzer for SEO, security, accessibility, and performance optimization—ideal for developers, DevOps, QA engineers, and consultants. Supports Windows, macOS, and Linux (x64 and arm64).
I recommend to try also https://crawler.siteone.io/ for web copying/cloning.
Here is a real copy of the netlify.com website for demonstration: https://crawler.siteone.io/examples-exports/netlify.com/
Here is a sample analysis of the netlify.com website, which this tool can also provide: https://crawler.siteone.io/html/2024-08-23/forever/x2-vuvb0o...
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reli-prof
A sampling profiler or a memory profiler for PHP written in PHP, which reads information about running PHP VM from outside the process. You can find performance bottlenecks or memory leaks of your scripts without changing the target script or loading extensions.
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performance-improvements-for-woocommerce
Performance tweaks for the front-end and back-end of a store.
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
PHP Performance discussion
PHP Performance related posts
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I've been loving Benchmarking lately, but the Framework does this one quirky thing with the first result of a set. Specifically, the first return is always unusually high.
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Reli 0.9.0 is released with a memory profiling tool
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Show HN: Reli – a VM state inspector written in PHP for PHP
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Mass Assignment Vulnerabilities and Validation in Laravel
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Understanding web stack performance
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WordPress development with GIT
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Handling big API request (2.5gb) without timeout
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A note from our sponsor - Stream
getstream.io | 15 Jul 2025
Index
What are some of the best open-source Performance projects in PHP? This list will help you:
# | Project | Stars |
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1 | web-frameworks | 7,052 |
2 | LaravelS | 3,874 |
3 | Laravel-Zero | 3,847 |
4 | image-optimizer | 2,818 |
5 | phoronix-test-suite | 2,768 |
6 | async | 2,744 |
7 | laravel-responsecache | 2,629 |
8 | PHPBench | 1,951 |
9 | once | 1,379 |
10 | wprig | 1,294 |
11 | fork | 984 |
12 | enlightn | 950 |
13 | Image Optimizer | 915 |
14 | Ubiquity | 700 |
15 | laps | 562 |
16 | siteone-crawler | 516 |
17 | laravel-pjax | 509 |
18 | reli-prof | 491 |
19 | laravel-varnish | 415 |
20 | KumbiaPHP | 325 |
21 | laravel-xhprof | 233 |
22 | performance-improvements-for-woocommerce | 120 |
23 | laravel-new-relic | 109 |