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24 alternatives to H.php

H.php : The Minimalist PHP Framework!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. H.php launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Wolff▲103

   Ridiculously small PHP framework for building web apps 🐺

   2020 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Minimal, no-JS web forum software▲392

   Hello HN! I've found my SQL knowledge to be lacking, so I made a project that uses SQLite as a backend. As it is intended for self-hosting I aim to make it easy to set up and maintain. Getting it up & running takes no more than a few commands (bar setting up a proxy such as nginx, which is out of scope). I've set up a "demo" site at https://forum.agreper.com/ if you want to try out the UI.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3AM
   A Minimal PHP Wiki▲8

   First, I'm by no mean a programmer. Second, I am reading HN for years, just registered to make this public and see if it can be useful for someone. I have nothing to gain monetary. A while ago, I decided that no blogging system was simple enough and I looked for a small wiki to use as a CMS/blog. Found WikWiki on C2.com and I mixed it with some basic Markdown syntax, a minimal template and added password protection. The result is a single php file, no database and no dependencies. Code is a mess, not modulable, probably wrong in so many ways, but it can probably used by some as personal…

   2022 · mindwi.se · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Lumen▲173

   A PHP micro-framework by Laravel

   2015 · lumen.laravel.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Teh Playground▲87

   Rapid online PHP prototyping

   2016 · beta.tehplayground.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Ham, a fast PHP router/microframework I hacked up last night▲87

   PHP Microframework. Contribute to radiosilence/Ham development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   PHP 7▲9

   The new version of the old programming language, 7.0.0!

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Domain-Driven Design in PHP▲71

   Real examples written in PHP.

   2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   PHPBot▲136

   The ultimate PHP Snippet bot

   2017 · phpbot.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Omniref▲144

    Stackoverflow for Github

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    My standalone PHP Debugger▲12

    Hello HN community ! Finally I have a "Show HN" post. I'm bootstrapping my first Mac app, it's a standalone Xdebug PHP debugger. It aims to help any PHP developers out there who don't want to use IDE to debug code. My app it's slimmer, faster to load and easy to work and setup :) Hope you guys like it Site: http://codebugapp.com/

    2012 · codebugapp.com · its alternatives →

12. 12PB
    PHP Best Practices, a short guide for common and confusing PHP tasks▲16

    phpbestpractices.org ist Ihre erste und beste Informationsquelle über phpbestpractices. Hier finden Sie auch weitere interessante Links. Wir hoffen, dass Sie bei Ihrer Suche erfolgreich sind!

    2012 · phpbestpractices.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Leaf PHP MVC Framework▲110

    Create clean, simple but powerful web apps and APIs quickly.

    2019 · leafmvc.netlify.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    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 →

15. 15
    Envoyer▲76

    Zero Downtime PHP Deployment

    2015 · envoyer.io · its alternatives →

16. 16IB
    I built my own minimal PHP framework▲9

    This is a simple PHP framework I built myself from scratch with minimal dependencies from composer. It has Autowiring DI and some simple routing provided by the Slim router. The code: https://github.com/cipher-code/phpframework

    2022 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    PHP School▲7

    Open Source Learning for PHP

    2016 · phpschool.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    App Server▲63

    The next generation PHP infrastructure.

    2014 · techdivision.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Rails-Inspired PHP Framework▲28

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Framework7▲11

    A free and open source mobile HTML framework

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Laravel Framework▲38

    The PHP Framework for Web Artisans

    2023 · laravel.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Doppar▲10

    The php framework

    Oct 2025 · doppar.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    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 →

24. 24
    PHPSSP▲9

    The Minimal PHP Framework for Pragmatic Developers

    2024 · its alternatives →

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