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24 alternatives to Leaf PHP

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

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Leaf PHP launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Leaf 3▲116
Simple and elegant PHP
2021 · leafphp.dev · its alternatives →
2
Leaf PHP MVC Framework▲110
Create clean, simple but powerful web apps and APIs quickly.
2019 · leafmvc.netlify.com · its alternatives →
3
Leaf PHP Framework 2▲2
Create clean, simple but powerful web apps and APIs quickly.
2020 · leafphp.netlify.app · its alternatives →
4
Leaf API Framework (PHP)▲3
Lightweight PHP MVC framework for rapid API development.
2020 · leafphp.netlify.app · its alternatives →
5
Leaf – Create interactive coding tutorials▲127
2021 · getleaf.app · its alternatives →
6
Leafjs▲81
A lightweight web-components based frontend framework
2022 · its alternatives →
7
Leaf▲81
Author interactive coding tutorials
2021 · getleaf.app · its alternatives →
8
Leaf UI▲7
A PHP library for building dynamic user interfaces
2023 · ui.leafphp.dev · its alternatives →
9
Postleaf▲260
Simple & beautiful open source blogging platform.
2016 · its alternatives →
10
Leaf▲336
Plug-n'-plant automatic cannabis home grow system
2016 · getleaf.co · its alternatives →
11
Leaf UI▲1
A PHP library for creating user interfaces😅
2020 · leafphp.netlify.app · its alternatives →
12
Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam▲239
Flutter transforms the entire app development process. Build, test, and deploy beautiful mobile, web, desktop, and embedded apps from a single codebase.
2012 · flutter.io · its alternatives →
13
Leaf, a notepad chrome extension. My first public project!▲11
2017 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
14
Wolff▲103
Ridiculously small PHP framework for building web apps 🐺
2020 · its alternatives →
15LP
Leaflet.pub – a web app for creating and sharing rich documents▲170
Hi HN! For the last 8 months we've been working on leaflet.pub, a web app for making delightful documents. We're trying to strike a balance between Notion and Google Docs — very fast, ultralight and easy to share, but also supporting rich blocks and multiple pages. Weirdly, none of the many notetaking/document apps that we could find hit this combination, so we made Leaflet. With it you can: - Instantly create a doc, without an account - Share read and edit links - Sign-in with email to sync your docs to different devices - Add rich blocks, like canvases, subpages, rsvps, and polls It's…
2025 · its alternatives →
16IR
I rebuilt my blogging app on Node.js and just open sourced it▲76
2017 · postleaf.org · its alternatives →
17
Flutter▲268
Build beautiful native apps in record time
2018 · flutter.dev · its alternatives →
18
Siteleaf▲11
Content management system designed for a better web
2016 · siteleaf.com · its alternatives →
19
Wireflow▲352
Create beautiful flowcharts
2017 · wireflow.co · its alternatives →
20
Leaf-Let▲83
Free-form board for visual note-taking.
2021 · leaf-let.com · its alternatives →
21
Lumen▲173
A PHP micro-framework by Laravel
2015 · lumen.laravel.com · its alternatives →
22
SnailJS▲129
Slow and thoughtful development with Node and React
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
PHPRunner▲103
Professional web apps with little or no coding
2022 · xlinesoft.com · its alternatives →
24
Ionic Framework▲109
Framework for developing hybrid mobile apps with HTML5
2014 · ionicframework.com · its alternatives →

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