Top 23 PHP Performance Projects

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1. web-frameworks

   1 26 7,052 9.8 PHP

   Which is the fastest web framework?

   

2. Stream

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   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.

   

3. LaravelS

   2 0 3,874 6.1 PHP

   LaravelS is an out-of-the-box adapter between Laravel/Lumen and Swoole.

   

4. Laravel-Zero

   3 10 3,847 5.8 PHP

   A PHP framework for console artisans

   

5. image-optimizer

   4 1 2,818 4.2 PHP

   Easily optimize images using PHP (by spatie)

   

6. phoronix-test-suite

   5 48 2,768 5.8 PHP

   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 | 2025-04-16

   To setup the phoronix test suite:

7. async

   6 8 2,744 5.7 PHP

   Easily run code asynchronously (by spatie)

   

8. laravel-responsecache

   7 1 2,629 7.2 PHP

   Speed up a Laravel app by caching the entire response

   

9. InfluxDB

   www.influxdata.com featured

   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. PHPBench

    8 3 1,951 6.1 PHP

    PHP Benchmarking framework

    

11. once

    9 1 1,379 3.2 PHP

    A magic memoization function (by spatie)

    

12. wprig

    10 8 1,294 8.9 PHP

    A progressive theme development rig for WordPress.

    

13. fork

    11 2 984 5.7 PHP

    A lightweight solution for running code concurrently in PHP

    

14. enlightn

    12 7 950 5.9 PHP

    Your performance & security consultant, an artisan command away.

    

15. Image Optimizer

    13 0 915 0.0 PHP

    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.

    

16. Ubiquity

    14 2 700 5.2 PHP

    Ubiquity framework

    

17. laps

    15 3 562 0.0 PHP

    Light WordPress profiler.

    

18. siteone-crawler

    16 6 516 8.8 PHP

    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).

    

    Project mention: HTTrack Website Copier | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-03

    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...

19. laravel-pjax

    17 1 509 3.5 PHP

    A pjax middleware for Laravel

    

20. reli-prof

    18 4 491 4.4 PHP

    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.

    

21. laravel-varnish

    19 1 415 5.8 PHP

    Making Varnish and Laravel play nice together

    

22. KumbiaPHP

    20 3 325 4.6 PHP

    Fast and easy PHP framework

    

23. laravel-xhprof

    21 1 233 5.0 PHP

    Easy XHProf setup to profile your Laravel application!

    

24. performance-improvements-for-woocommerce

    22 1 120 6.3 PHP

    Performance tweaks for the front-end and back-end of a store.

    

25. laravel-new-relic

    23 1 109 5.1 PHP

    Monitor your Laravel application performance with New Relic

    

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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• 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.

  1 project | /r/laravel | 6 Dec 2023

• Reli 0.9.0 is released with a memory profiling tool

  1 project | /r/PHP | 26 Nov 2023

• Show HN: Reli – a VM state inspector written in PHP for PHP

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• Handling big API request (2.5gb) without timeout

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