Table of Contents

API

• Laminas API Tool Skeleton - An API builder built with the Laminas Framework.
• HAL - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) builder library.
• Hateoas - A HATEOAS REST web service library.
• Negotiation - A content negotiation library.
• Restler - A lightweight framework to expose PHP methods as RESTful web API.
• PackageGenerator - Package Generator generates a PHP SDK from any WSDL.
• Jane - An OpenApi client generator with validation support.
• API Platform - Expose in minutes a hypermedia REST API that embraces JSON-LD, Hydra format.

Architectural

• Design Patterns PHP - A repository of software patterns implemented in PHP.
• Functional PHP - A functional programming library.
• Iter - A library that provides iteration primitives using generators.
• IterTools PHP - A library that provides functionality for working with iterable entities (similar to itertools library in Python).
• Pipeline - A pipeline pattern implementation.
• Porter - Data import abstraction library for consuming Web APIs and other data sources.
• RulerZ - A powerful rule engine and implementation of the Specification pattern.
• Finite - A simple PHP finite state machine.

Asset Management

• JShrink - A JavaScript minifier library.
• Laravel Mix - An elegant wrapper around Webpack for the 80% use case.
• Symfony Asset - Manages URL generation and versioning of web assets.
• Symfony Encore - A simple but powerful API for processing and compiling assets built around Webpack.

Authentication and Authorization

• OAuth2 Server - An OAuth2 authentication server, resource server and client library.
• Aura.Auth - Provides authentication functionality and session tracking using various adapters.
• SocialConnect Auth - An open source social sign (OAuth1\OAuth2\OpenID\OpenIDConnect).
• Json Web Token - Json Tokens to authenticate and transmit information.
• OAuth 1.0 Client - An OAuth 1.0 client library.
• OAuth 2.0 Client - An OAuth 2.0 client library.
• OAuth2 Server - Another OAuth2 server implementation.
• Paseto - Platform-Agnostic Security Tokens.
• PHP oAuthLib - Another OAuth library.
• TwitterOAuth - A Twitter OAuth library.

Build Tools

• Phing - A PHP project build system inspired by Apache Ant.
• Box - A utility to build PHAR files.
• RMT - A library for versioning and releasing software.
• PHPacker - A PHAR builder that compiles PHP apps to standalone executables.

Caching and Locking

• APIx Cache - A thin PSR-6 cache wrapper to various caching backends emphasizing cache tagging and indexing.
• CacheTool - A tool to clear APC/opcode caches from the command line.
• CakePHP Cache - A caching library.
• Doctrine Cache - A caching library.
• Metaphore - Cache slam defense using a semaphore to prevent dogpile effect.
• Stash - Another library for caching.
• Laminas Cache - Another caching library.
• Lock - A lock library to provide exclusive execution.

Code Analysis

• Scrutinizer - A web tool to scrutinise PHP code.
• PHP AST Viewer - A tool for viewing the Abstract Syntax Tree of PHP code.
• Better Reflection - An AST-based reflection library that allows analysis and manipulation of code.
• Editorconfig-Checker - A command line utility which verifies that your files implement your .editorconfig rules.
• GrumPHP - A PHP code-quality tool.
• PHP Magic Number Detector - A library that detects magic numbers in code.
• PHP Parser - A PHP parser written in PHP.
• PHP Semantic Versioning Checker - A command line utility that compares two source sets and determines the appropriate semantic versioning to apply.
• Phpactor - PHP completion, refactoring and introspection tool.
• PHPQA - A tool for running QA tools (phploc, phpcpd, phpcs, pdepend, phpmd, phpmetrics).
• Rector - A tool to upgrade and refactor code.
• UBench - A simple micro-benchmark library.
• Code Climate - An automated code review.
• Bladestan - A PHPStan extension for static analysis of Blade templates.

Code Quality

• PHP CS Fixer - A coding standards fixer library.
• PHP Mess Detector - A library that scans code for bugs, sub-optimal code, unused parameters and more.
• PHPCheckstyle - A tool to help adhere to certain coding conventions.
• Laravel Pint - A coding standards fixer library for Laravel.
• PHP CodeSniffer - A library that detects and can auto-fix PHP, CSS and JS coding standard violations.
• PHP CS Fixer Configurator - A web application to help configure PHP CS Fixer rule sets.
• CaptainHook - An easy-to-use and flexible Git hook library.

Command Line

• Aura.Cli - Provides the equivalent of request ( Context ) and response ( Stdio ) objects for the command line interface, including Getopt support, and an independent Help object for describing commands.
• CLI Menu - A library for building CLI menus.
• CLIFramework - A command-line framework that supports zsh/bash completion generation, subcommands and option constraints. It also powers phpbrew.
• CLImate - A library for outputting colors and special formatting.
• Commando - Another simple command line opt parser.
• Cron Expression - A library to calculate cron run dates.
• GetOpt - A command line opt parser.
• GetOptionKit - Another command line opt parser.
• PsySH - Another PHP REPL.
• ShellWrap - A simple command line wrapper library.

Components

• Aura - Independent components, fully decoupled from each other and from any framework.
• CakePHP Plugins - A directory of CakePHP plugins.
• Laravel Components - The Laravel Framework components.
• League of Extraordinary Packages - A PHP package development group.
• Spatie Open Source - A collection of open-source PHP and Laravel packages.
• Laminas Components - The components that make the Laminas Framework.
• Symfony Packages - Decoupled libraries for PHP applications.

Composer Repositories

• Firegento - Magento Module Composer Repository.
• Packagist - The PHP Package Repository.
• Private Packagist - Composer package archive as a service for PHP.
• WordPress Packagist - Manage your plugins with Composer.
• Packalyst - The Laravel package repository.

Configuration

• PHP Dotenv - Parse and load environment variables from .env files.
• Symfony Dotenv - Parse and load environment variables from .env files.
• Toml - A TOML parser and encoder with AST access and error recovery.

Content Management Systems (CMS)

• Concrete5 - A CMS targeting users with a minimum of technical skills.
• Joomla - Another leading CMS.
• Kirby - A flat-file CMS that adapts to any project.
• Moodle - An open-source learning platform.
• Pico CMS - A lightweight flat-file CMS.
• Statamic - A flat-file and Git-based CMS built on Laravel.
• Sulu - A user- and developer-friendly CMS built on the Symfony Framework.
• CraftCMS - A flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond.
• Grav - A modern flat-file CMS.
• Magento - A widely used open-source e-commerce platform.
• WordPress - A blogging platform and CMS.
• Drupal - An enterprise level CMS.
• OpenMage - Fork of EoL Magento 1 e-commerce platform.
• Backdrop - A CMS targeting small-to-medium-sized business and non-profits (a fork of Drupal).
• TYPO3 - An enterprise level CMS.
• Silverstripe - A simple, flexible, and secure CMS.
• OctoberCMS - A CMS built on Laravel.
• WinterCMS - A community-maintained fork of OctoberCMS built on Laravel.

Continuous Integration

• GitLab CI - A continuous integration platform.
• Jenkins - A continuous integration platform with PHP support.
• Setup PHP - A GitHub Action for PHP.
• SemaphoreCI - A continuous integration platform for open-source and private projects.
• CircleCI - A continuous integration platform.
• Travis CI - A continuous integration platform.

Database

• Doctrine - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
• RedBean - A lightweight, configuration-less ORM.
• Atlas.Orm - A data mapper implementation for your persistence model in PHP.
• Aura.Sql - Provides an extension to the native PDO along with a profiler and connection locator.
• Aura.SqlQuery - Independent query builders for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Baum - A nested set implementation for Eloquent.
• CakePHP ORM - Object-Relational Mapper, implemented using the DataMapper pattern.
• Cycle ORM - PHP DataMapper, ORM.
• Doctrine Extensions - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions.
• Laravel Eloquent - A simple ORM.
• ProxyManager - A set of utilities to generate proxy objects for data mappers.
• Slimdump - An easy dumper tool for MySQL.
• Spot2 - A MySQL datamapper ORM.

Data Structure and Storage

• CakePHP Collection - A simple collections library.
• Fractal - A library for converting complex data structures to JSON output.
• JsonMapper - A library that maps nested JSON structures onto PHP classes.
• JSON Machine - Provides iteration over huge JSONs using simple foreach.
• msgpack.php - A pure PHP implementation of the MessagePack serialization format.
• Serializer - A library for serializing and de-serializing data.
• YaLinqo - Yet Another LINQ to Objects for PHP.
• Laminas Serializer - Another library for serialising and de-serialising data.

Date and Time

• Carbon - A simple DateTime API extension.
• Chronos - A DateTime API extension supporting both mutable and immutable date/time.
• Moment.php - Moment.js inspired PHP DateTime handler with i18n support.
• Yasumi - A library to help you calculate the dates and names of holidays.
• CalendR - A calendar management library.
• Business Time - A Carbon extension for handling business hours and working days.
• PHP RRule - A library for working with recurring dates and times based on the iCalendar RRule spec.

Debugging and Profiling

• APM - Monitoring extension collecting errors and statistics into SQLite/MySQL/StatsD.
• Z-Ray - A debug and profile tool for Zend Server.
• Barbushin PHP Console - Another web debugging console using Google Chrome.
• Kint - A debugging and profiling tool.
• Metrics - A simple metrics API library.
• PCOV - A self-contained code coverage compatible driver.
• PHP Console - A web debugging console.
• PHPBench - A benchmarking framework.
• PHPSpy - A low-overhead sampling profiler.
• Symfony VarDumper - A variable dumper component.
• Tracy - A simple error detection, logging and time measuring library.
• Whoops - A pretty error-handling library.
• xDebug - A debug and profile tool for PHP.
• XHProf - A profiling tool originally developed by Facebook.
• PHP Debug Bar - A debugging toolbar.
• LaraDumps - A debugging tool for Laravel with a dedicated desktop application.
• Trap - An extended variable dumper with a web interface and IDE plugin.

Dependency Injection

• PHP-DI - A dependency injection container that supports autowiring.
• Aura.Di - A serializable dependency injection container with constructor and setter injection, interface and trait awareness, configuration inheritance, and much more.
• Acclimate - A common interface to dependency injection containers and service locators.
• Auryn - A recursive dependency injector.
• Container - Another flexible dependency injection container.
• Disco - A PSR-11 compatible, annotation-based dependency injection container.
• Symfony DI - A dependency injection container component.
• Pimple - A tiny dependency injection container.

Dependency Management

• Composer - A package and dependency manager.
• Phive - A PHAR manager.
• Composer Installers - A multi-framework Composer library installer.
• Pickle - A PHP extension installer.
• Pie - The official PHP installer for extensions.

Dependency Management Extras

• Composer Merge Plugin - A composer plugin to merge several composer.json files.
• Composer Normalize - A plugin for normalizing composer.json files.
• Composer Patches - A plugin for Composer to apply patches.
• Composer Prefer Lowest Validator - A plugin to check if minimum dependencies can be installed and tested.
• Composer Require Checker - CLI tool to analyze composer dependencies and verify that no unknown symbols are used in the sources of a package.
• Composer Unused - A CLI Tool to scan for unused composer packages.
• Satis - A static Composer repository generator.
• Repman - A private PHP package repository manager and Packagist proxy.

Deployment

• Deployer - A deployment tool.
• Envoy - A tool to run SSH tasks with PHP.

Development Environment

• Docker - A containerization platform.
• Lando - Push-button development environments.
• Laravel Homestead - A local development environment for Laravel.
• DDEV - A local web development environment system for PHP.
• Docker PHP Extension Installer - Easily install PHP extensions in Docker containers.
• Docksal - Unified, Docker 🐳 powered web development environments for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
• Takeout - A Docker-based development-only dependency manager.
• PHPMon - A macOS menu bar app for managing PHP installations (works with Laravel Valet).
• Ansible - A radically simple orchestration framework.
• Expose - An open-source PHP tunneling service.
• Laravel Herd - A one click PHP development environment for macOS and Windows.
• Puppet - A server automation framework and application.
• Laradock - A full PHP development environment based on Docker.
• Vagrant - A portable development environment utility.
• Solo - A terminal application to manage processes for a Laravel application.

Documentation

• APIGen - Another API documentation generator.
• daux.io - A documentation generator that uses Markdown files.
• zircote/swagger-php - Generate OpenAPI documentation for your RESTful API.
• phpDocumentor - A documentation generator.
• Scramble - Automatically generates OpenAPI documentation from your code without annotations.