Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Beacon PHP
A modern PHP framework for maintainable web applications
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hey HN! I want to share my side project with you. It's called Bud and it's a full-stack web framework for Go. I created a short video to show you how to create a minimal Hacker News clone with Bud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoypcRqn-xA. The framework is free, open source and MIT Licensed. You can find it on Github: https://github.com/livebud/bud. I started working on Bud 2 years ago after watching the introductory Laracast videos about the Laravel web framework. I was just blown away by how productive you can be in Laravel. However, like many of you,…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Create clean, simple but powerful web apps and APIs quickly.
2019 · leafmvc.netlify.com · its alternatives →
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Leaf PHP▲113Create clean, simple but powerful web apps and APIs quickly.
2019 · leaf-docs.netlify.com · its alternatives →
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PEST▲171An elegant PHP testing framework with a focus on simplicity
2020 · pestphp.com · its alternatives →
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I built Morph, an experimental fullstack HTML-first library for Deno, Node, and Bun. Everything returns HTML, not JSON. No React, no Vite — just plain HTML with server-side rendering. No build steps, no preprocessors, no complex configs — everything runs from a single file. Perfect for Telegram Web Apps, internal tools, simple admin panels, dashboards, or anywhere a full-blown SPA feels like overkill. Important: I built this entirely for myself — to solve my own problems. I hate complex frontend. I hate writing it. And I don’t want to waste time on it. But maybe it’ll help you too.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Create clean, simple but powerful web apps and APIs quickly.
2020 · leafphp.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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PHP does Meta Programming too! (Requires PHP 5.4). GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
2011 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I last PHP professionally over 15 years ago, and I loved it. I switched to Ruby on Rails, then Node/Go/React/GraphQL as there was a lot more demand for those roles. However, PHP is back! In true JavaScript fashion, I decided to learn PHP again by building a framework to put all the pieces together in my brain. I absolutely love Hono.dev, and decided to base the PHP framework on that. Dumbo isn't intended to compete with Laravel, Symphony or Slim, if anything, it's something people can use in production, but also contribute to and be used as a learning resource for…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Laravel Forge▲133Laravel is a framework for building modern web apps and AI agents. Expressive syntax, built-in tools, and everything you need to ship fast.
2025 · laravel.com · its alternatives →
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PHP Microframework. Contribute to radiosilence/Ham development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We're excited to announce Lowdefy V4, a full-stack web framework built on top of Next.js that simplifies building web applications, internal tools, admin panels, BI dashboards, and CRUD apps using YAML or JSON configuration files. New in V4: Next.js: Lowdefy now runs on top of the Next.js framework. All of Auth.js: App auth is now handled by Auth.js supported providers, adapters and callbacks and events, easy to configure, but all of which can be customized. Plugin extensibility: Apps can now be extended with any npm or pnpm workspace plugins. Our story: We have developed a simple…
2021 · lowdefy.com · its alternatives →
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A self-contained full-text search engine in pure PHP. No extensions, no dependencies. - olivier-ls/php-fts
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Make your PHP arrays sweet'n'safe. Save your mental energy on type casting. - zakirullin/mess
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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i'm building this minimalistic framework mostly for myself. it's really just a project template + a tiny library that adds file based routes to express and persistent task queues. i wanted something that: 1. is a single long-running process to deploy and manage (thanks sqlite!) 2. has type-safe database queries and type-safe server rendered React-like `.tsx` components 3. addresses 80% of common full-stack concerns like emails, task queues and routing 4. doesn't have a frontend build process curious to hear what you think!
2024 · plainweb.dev · its alternatives →
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A few years ago after lock down, I decided that I needed to refactor an huge PHP project that people were using. I was in awe of Domain-Driven Design and knew that I wanted to go this route. Like most of us, we curate a framework based on the libraries that we constantly use. I knew that I wanted to turn that curation into components. So, I set on a mission to revive dead libraries and breathed new life in semi updated ones in order to come up with a framework that met my mission and goal. After several years of work on and off, CodefyPHP was born. CodefyPHP is a PHP framework for codefying…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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