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https://github.com/leafsphp/leaf
🍁 The easiest way to create clean, simple but powerful web apps and APIs quickly
https://github.com/leafsphp/leaf
api framework framework-php leaf leafphp mvc php php-framework php-micro-framework rest-framework
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🍁 The easiest way to create clean, simple but powerful web apps and APIs quickly
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/leafsphp/leaf
- Owner: leafsphp
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-10-12T19:41:14.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: v3.x
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-05T16:55:39.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-22T10:38:11.631Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: api, framework, framework-php, leaf, leafphp, mvc, php, php-framework, php-micro-framework, rest-framework
- Language: PHP
- Homepage: https://leafphp.dev
- Size: 931 KB
- Stars: 1,032
- Watchers: 27
- Forks: 60
- Open Issues: 11
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
Leaf PHP
Leaf is a slim and lightweight PHP framework focused on developer experience, usability, and high-performance code. It introduces a cleaner and much simpler structure to the PHP language while maintaining it's flexibility. With a simple structure and a shallow learning curve, it's an excellent way to rapidly build powerful and high performant web apps and APIs.
## Basic Usage
After [installing](#installation) Leaf, create an _index.php_ file.
```php
get('/', function () {
response()->json([
'message' => 'Hello World!'
]);
});
app()->run();
```
You may quickly test this using the Leaf CLI:
```bash
leaf serve
```
Or with the built-in PHP server:
```bash
php -S localhost:5500
```
## Why Leaf?
When it comes to building web applications, there are numerous tools and frameworks at your disposal. Nevertheless, we are convinced that Leaf is the optimal selection for developing powerful, web applications and APIs.
While PHP frameworks speed up web development, they come with challenges like a steep learning curve, potential performance overhead, and stricter code maintenance. They can be rigid, limiting flexibility, and often tie you to a specific ecosystem, making it hard to use unsupported packages. Additionally, frameworks may introduce unused code, leading to bloat and reduced performance.
Leaf addresses these challenges with an easy learning curve, making it accessible to both beginners and experienced devs. It is lightweight, and boosts developer productivity by simplifying usage with global functions.
Beyond this, Leaf is modular, allowing developers to install only necessary features while maintaining compatibility with other libraries and frameworks. Additionally, Leaf is scalable, working seamlessly from development to production with minimal configuration.
## Installation
You can create a new Leaf app using the [Leaf CLI](https://leafphp.dev/docs/cli/)
```bash
leaf create --basic
```
`` is the name of your project
You can also use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to install Leaf 3 in your project quickly.
```bash
composer require leafs/leaf
```
## ✈️ The Leaf Ecosystem (Libs & Frameworks)
| Project | Status | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| [leaf](https://github.com/leafsphp/leaf) | [](https://packagist.org/packages/leafs/leaf) [](https://packagist.org/packages/leafs/leaf) | Create websites and APIs quickly |
| [leafmvc](https://github.com/leafsphp/leafmvc) | [](https://packagist.org/packages/leafs/mvc) [](https://packagist.org/packages/leafs/mvc) | An MVC wrapper for leaf |
| [cli](https://github.com/leafsphp/cli) | [](https://packagist.org/packages/leafs/cli) [](https://packagist.org/packages/leafs/cli) | CLI for creating & interacting with your leaf apps |
You can find a full list of all modules on the [modules documentation](https://leafphp.dev/modules/)
## 💬 Stay In Touch
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/leafphp)
- [Join the forum](https://github.com/leafsphp/leaf/discussions/37)
- [Chat on discord](https://discord.com/invite/Pkrm9NJPE3)
## 📓 Learning Leaf PHP
- Leaf has a very easy to understand [documentation](https://leafphp.dev) which contains information on all operations in Leaf.
- You can also check out our [youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCllE-GsYy10RkxBUK0HIffw) which has video tutorials on different topics
- You can also learn from [codelabs](https://leafphp.dev/codelabs/) and contribute as well.
## 😇 Contributing
We are glad to have you. All contributions are welcome! To get started, familiarize yourself with our [contribution guide](https://leafphp.dev/community/contributing.html) and you'll be ready to make your first pull request 🚀.
To report a security vulnerability, you can reach out to [@mychidarko](https://twitter.com/mychidarko) or [@leafphp](https://twitter.com/leafphp) on twitter. We will coordinate the fix and eventually commit the solution in this project.
## 🤩 Sponsoring Leaf
We are committed to keeping Leaf open-source and free, but maintaining and developing new features now requires significant time and resources. As the project has grown, so have the costs, which have been mostly covered by the team. To sustain and grow Leaf, we need your help to support full-time maintainers.
You can sponsor Leaf and any of our packages on [open collective](https://opencollective.com/leaf) or check the [contribution page](https://leafphp.dev/support/) for a list of ways to contribute.
And to all our [existing cash/code contributors](https://leafphp.dev#sponsors), we love you all ❤️