PHP frameworks

Contao (formerly TYPOlight) is a free content management system (CMS) for medium to large websites.

Yii is an open source, object-oriented, component-based MVC PHP web application framework.

Drupal /ˈdruːpəl/, a free and open-source content-management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License, provides a back-end framework for at least 2.

Xaraya is a Content Management System and is Free Software published under the GNU General Public License.

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content.

CakePHP is an open-source web framework.

SilverStripe is a free and open source Content Management System (CMS) and Framework for creating and maintaining websites and web applications.

MODX (originally MODx) is a free, open source content management system and web application framework for publishing content on the world wide web and intranets.

Symfony is a PHP web application framework and a set or reusable PHP components/libraries.

Zend Framework (ZF) is an open source, object-oriented web application framework implemented in PHP 5 and licensed under the New BSD License.

Phalcon is a high-performance PHP web framework based on the model–view–controller (MVC) pattern.

Kohana is a PHP5 HMVC framework.

Fusebox is a web application framework for CFML and PHP.

XOOPS /ˈzuːps/ is a free open source content management systems (CMS), written in PHP.

Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web framework, created by Taylor Otwell and intended for the development of web applications following the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern.

CodeIgniter is an open-source software rapid development web framework, for use in building dynamic web sites with PHP.

TYPO3 is a free and open source web content management system written in PHP.

Gyroscope is an open source PHP framework and a code template system for building web backend systems.

In 2006, the developers of the content management system TYPO3 decided to rewrite the system from scratch.

Novius OS is a content management system (CMS) open source (GNU Affero General Public License v3) designed for multi-channel Internet (Create Once Publish Everywhere) and published by the company Novius since 2011.

PRADO is an open source, object-oriented, event-driven, component-based PHP web framework.

Fat-Free Framework is an open-source web framework distributed under the GNU General Public License and hosted by GitHub and Sourceforge.

Jamroom is a community focused open source software web content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL, which runs on a web hosting service.

The PHP Smart.Framework (smart framework php) is a free, BSD licensed, open-source web framework that claims to fit small, medium as well as large web projects.

Kajona is a PHP5 based content management framework, released and developed as an open source project using the LGPL-licence.

Apigility is an API builder, designed to simplify the creation and maintenance of useful, easy to consume, and well structured application programming interfaces (APIs).

Hazaar MVC is an open source web application framework.

Backdrop CMS is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.

Horde is a free web-based groupware.

GetSimple CMS is a free web Content Management System with the primary goal to be simple and easy to use.

Nette Framework is an open-source framework for creating web applications in PHP 5 and 7.

Banshee is a Content Management Framework written in PHP, which aims at being secure, fast and easy to use.

Thunder is a free and open-source Drupal 8 distribution aimed at professional media companies.

Silex is a micro web framework written in PHP and based on Symfony, Twig (template engine) and Doctrine (database abstraction).

INEK is an obscure PHP framework used by an extremely small percentage of the PHP community.

Aiki Framework " is a flexible PHP + MYSQL (LAMP) web application framework that allows designers and programmers to easily create and work with existing content management systems from the web.

ImpressPages is an open-source PHP framework with built-in content editor.

FuelPHP is an open source web application framework written in PHP which implements the HMVC pattern.

Lithium is a full-stack web framework, for producing web applications.

Hammerkit is a company which has developed a platform as a service (PaaS) which allows web formats and repeatable solutions to be created and distributed globally using its CloudStore.