Top PHP repositories on GitHub
Powers a substantial fraction of the web, including WordPress and Laravel.
Ranked by stars across 11,987 PHP repositories on GitHub. Refreshed daily.
- 1danielmiessler/SecLists★ 73,591 · ⑂ 25,115
SecLists is the security tester's companion. It's a collection of multiple types of lists used during security assessments, collected in one place. List types include usernames, passwords, URLs, sensitive data patterns, fuzzing payloads, web shells, and many more.
- 2coollabsio/coolify★ 61,989 · ⑂ 5,495
An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 280+ one-click services on your own servers.
- nodejs
- mysql
- php
- docker
- self-hosting
- redis
- 3appwrite/appwrite★ 57,408 · ⑂ 5,728
Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more
- appwrite
- docker
- backend-as-a-service
- javascript
- flutter
- serverless
- 4nextcloud/server★ 36,843 · ⑂ 5,227
☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data
- open-source
- file-sharing
- enterprise
- sharing
- collaboration
- cloud
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- 5laravel/framework★ 34,924 · ⑂ 11,991
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.
- php
- framework
- laravel
- 6filamentphp/filament★ 32,084 · ⑂ 4,208
A powerful open-source UI framework for Laravel • Build and ship apps & admin panels fast with Livewire
- laravel
- tailwind-css
- alpine-js
- livewire
- admin
- forms
- 7symfony/symfony★ 31,154 · ⑂ 9,867
The Symfony PHP framework
- framework
- php
- symfony
- symfony-bundle
- bundle
- php-framework
- 8blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload★ 30,704 · ⑂ 7,729
File Upload widget with multiple file selection, drag&drop support, progress bar, validation and preview images, audio and video for jQuery. Supports cross-domain, chunked and resumable file uploads. Works with any server-side platform (Google App Engine, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Java, etc.) that supports standard HTML form file uploads.
- 9composer/composer★ 29,523 · ⑂ 4,837
Dependency Manager for PHP
- php
- composer
- dependency-manager
- package-manager
- packages
- 10bagisto/bagisto★ 28,131 · ⑂ 3,287
Open Source eCommerce & Multi-Vendor Marketplace Platform Built with Laravel for Enterprise-Scale Commerce, Supporting 10M+ SKUs
- ecommerce-framework
- laravel
- php
- ecommerce
- ecommerce-platform
- laravel-application
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- 11fzaninotto/Faker★ 26,632 · ⑂ 3,574
Faker is a PHP library that generates fake data for you
- 12monicahq/monica★ 25,329 · ⑂ 2,607
Personal CRM. Remember everything about your friends, family and business relationships.
- laravel
- crm
- friends
- family
- social
- prm
- 13firefly-iii/firefly-iii★ 24,662 · ⑂ 2,290
Firefly III: a personal finances manager
- php
- money
- cash-flow
- budget
- php7
- finance
- 14krayin/laravel-crm★ 23,898 · ⑂ 1,634
Krayin CRM is Free & Open Source CRM Built with Laravel for Customer, Lead, and Sales Management.
- php
- laravel
- laravel-package
- laravel-framework
- laravel-crm
- vuejs
- 15livewire/livewire★ 23,573 · ⑂ 1,748
A full-stack framework for Laravel that takes the pain out of building dynamic UIs.
- 16guzzle/guzzle★ 23,453 · ⑂ 2,389
Guzzle, an extensible PHP HTTP client
- guzzle
- psr-7
- httpclient
- curl
- webservices
- php
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- 17PHPMailer/PHPMailer★ 22,303 · ⑂ 9,795
The classic email sending library for PHP
- php
- smtp
- php-library
- xoauth2
- tls-support
- 18DesignPatternsPHP/DesignPatternsPHP★ 22,192 · ⑂ 4,498
Sample code for several design patterns in PHP 8.x
- designpatternsphp
- php
- design-patterns
- design-pattern
- oop
- modern-php
- 19matomo-org/matomo★ 21,885 · ⑂ 2,895
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!
- analytics
- php
- piwik
- log
- website
- privacy
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