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Enophp is a PHP library for parsing and working with eno notation, a user-friendly format for file-based content. It provides the same API and features as the official JavaScript, Python, and Ruby libraries, making it… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Enophp – PHP library for the eno notation language launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Eno – A lightning fast, user-friendly YAML/TOML alternative▲102

   eno [1] - A modern plaintext language w/ libraries [2] for JavaScript, Python, Ruby & soon more! We migrated a big relational research database to a file-based solution - requirements were: - Super fast and easy editability for users - Highest performance for parsing/validating >10K documents on every user change. Our trials with YAML/TOML showed us that we wanted something both faster [3][4] and easier [4], something tailored for file-based content management ... and after months of research & development it's now publicly available (under MIT license) for everyone! Last but…

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Functors, Applicative Functors and Monads in PHP▲46

   Functors, Applicative Functors and Monads in PHP. Contribute to widmogrod/php-functional development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   FrankenPHP, an app server for PHP written in Go▲368

   FrankenPHP is a new app server for PHP apps (built on top of Caddy) and a library to embed the PHP interpreter in Go web servers.

   2022 · frankenphp.dev · its alternatives →

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   A plain-text file format for todos and check lists▲452

   After having cycled through various CLI-based todo apps, I started to realise that I actually don’t need a tool at all for managing my todos. Most of the time, my use cases are quite simple, like viewing my todo items, checking them off, or adding a new one. Rather than having to memorise CLI commands for these interactions (which I’m not super good at), I figured that it’s easier for me to use my text editor directly, and have an editor plugin help me with the visual structure and some convenience functionality. So, kind-of similar to Emacs Org Mode, but without having to use Emacs. I…

   2022 · its alternatives →

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   Lescript – Simple PHP client library for Let's encrypt▲96

   Simplified PHP ACME client. Contribute to analogic/lescript development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Fast and Extensible Parser for Markdown in PHP▲88

   Fast and extensible Markdown parser in PHP. It supports GitHub Flavored Markdown and it adheres to CommonMark.

   2014 · parsedown.org · its alternatives →

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   Joy – a Go to JavaScript compiler▲201

   Matt Mueller's personal website for sharing what I've learned about programming, design, entrepreneurship and life.

   2017 · mat.tm · its alternatives →

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   Python library for functional programming▲129

   Python library for creating data pipelines with chain functional programming - EntilZha/PyFunctional

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Rain hashes – well designed, simple and fast variable sized hashes▲79

   The fastest 128-bit and 256-bit hash, passes all tests, and under 140 source lines of code. API library and CLI tool in C++ and NodeJS/Wasm - DOSAYGO-STUDIO/rain

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Danfo.js▲109

    Open Source JavaScript library for manipulating data.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PO File Editor▲97

    Free editor for translations in portable object files

    2021 · pofile.net · its alternatives →

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    A PHP parser written in PHP▲77

    A PHP parser written in PHP. Contribute to nikic/PHP-Parser development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sodium_compat, a Pure PHP implementation of libsodium▲62

    Pure PHP polyfill for ext/sodium. Contribute to paragonie/sodium_compat development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Wolff▲103

    Ridiculously small PHP framework for building web apps 🐺

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Notational `ls` - Never get lost in code again (hour long hack)▲29

    Hey folks, I just wanted to share a quick script I threw together called notational ls. One of the big problems of any code base (or any filesystem) is that it's hard to tell what's what - folder and file names often trade brevity for clarity. So I thought about a version of `ls` that works like this: > nls web: Where python web server files are stored ad_hoc: One time scripts ios: Our IOS code images Adding descriptions is really easy too: > nls images Images SHARED between both ios and web web: Where python web server files are stored ad_hoc: One time scripts ios: Our IOS code…

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PHPunctional, a PHP Functional Programming Library▲37

    Functional Programming Library For PHP. Contribute to r-cyr/PHPunctional development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Automated algorithm translation for Python, C++, C#, JS▲142

    transpile algorithms/libs to idiomatic JS, Go, C#, Ruby - GitHub - pseudo-lang/pseudo: transpile algorithms/libs to idiomatic JS, Go, C#, Ruby

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dumbo – Hono inspired framework for PHP▲76

    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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    Rust compiler in PHP emitting x86-64 executables▲66

    Hi! I put together a Rust compiler written in PHP. It takes Rust source code and outputs x86-64 Linux binaries directly. No LLVM, no assembler, no linker. It has a working ownership checker, borrow checker, type checker, structs, functions, control flow, and mutable references. The test suite has 80+ cases. The whole thing is around 2,500 lines of PHP.

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dumbdown – A dumb alternative to Markdown▲107

    Scroll is a language for scientists of all ages. Scroll includes a command line app that builds static blogs, websites, CSVs, text files, and more. - breck7/scroll

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Advanced Mathematics Library for Node.js and JavaScript▲123

    Advanced Mathematics Library for Node.js and JavaScript - numbers/numbers.js

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PHPForm▲104

    The ultimate Open source solution for form management

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    A library to record and intercept JavaScript at runtime▲118

    2017 · maierfelix.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Umbrella JS, a 2.5kb jQuery alternative▲132

    :umbrella: Lightweight javascript library for DOM manipulation and events

    2018 · umbrellajs.com · its alternatives →

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