Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Advanced Web Applications Using Symfony launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Lumen▲173

   A PHP micro-framework by Laravel

   2015 · lumen.laravel.com · its alternatives →

2. 2NA
   Nectar – A modular MVC framework for PHP▲6

   2014 · nectarmvc.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Teh Playground▲87

   Rapid online PHP prototyping

   2016 · beta.tehplayground.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Domain-Driven Design in PHP▲71

   Real examples written in PHP.

   2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   AniJS▲87

   UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English

   2014 · anijs.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6PW
   Progressive Web App “An Easy Programming Language”▲5

   2018 · easyprog.app · its alternatives →

7. 7SA
   Statixite, a management solution for static websites▲7

   2016 · statixite.com · its alternatives →

8. 8FA
   Flubber – another PHP framework▲6

   2014 · flubber.co · its alternatives →

9. 9TW
   Turn websites into structured APIs▲7

   2015 · kimonolabs.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Web Annotation▲7

    2020 · kontxt.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    YDML – YAML DOM Markup Language▲5

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Simple framework for JavaScript apps▲7

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13BA
    brite, a HTML5 MVC Framework (DOM centric approach to MVC)▲7

    2012 · britesnow.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Monkberry▲6

    A JavaScript library for building web user interfaces

    2016 · monkberry.js.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    AllSpark – A PHP Scaffolding/Boilerplate Framework▲6

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16TT
    Turn the Web into an API – A case study▲8

    2016 · blog.extracty.com · its alternatives →

17. 17RD
    Rapidly Develop CRUD Web Apps with Locode▲6

    2022 · locode.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Pagespace – Manageable websites with Node.js▲5

    2016 · versatile.nl · its alternatives →

19. 19GB
    Git-Based Static Website CMS for Jekyll Websites▲6

    2015 · staticwebsitemanager.com · its alternatives →

20. 20IW
    Introducing WebEngage Javascript API and more▲6

    2012 · blog.webengage.com · its alternatives →

21. 21IM
    I made a web application framework for .NET Blazor▲6

    2023 · blazorspark.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Web Application Development – An Interactive Guide for Beginners▲5

    2016 · educative.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Open Source PHP/JSON Task/Todo list (No SQL)▲9

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24SH
    Self-hosted website builder and light CMS▲6

    2014 · trybuilder.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →