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24 alternatives to Lumen

A PHP micro-framework by Laravel

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lumen launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1

    The Laravel Framework Version 5 for Beginners

    2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2
    Gondola▲69

    The web framework for Go programming language

    2014 · its alternatives →

  3. 3
    Fraym▲67

    A new open-source CMS

    2014 · fraymm.wordpress.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    Helios▲66

    An extensible open-source mobile backend framework

    2014 · globalli.io · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    The PHP Framework For Web Artisans

    2015 · laravel.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6
    bipio▲76

    A Personal API for Email and Web Apps

    2014 · bip.io · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    A modern forum platform

    2014 · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Instant SaaS Scaffolding For PHP

    2016 · spark.laravel.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9
    UserApp▲64

    User Management in the Cloud

    2014 · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    The PHP Framework for Web Artisans

    2023 · laravel.com · its alternatives →

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    Eloquent Double Entry Accounting with a focus on IFRS Compliant Reporting - ekmungai/eloquent-ifrs

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Real examples written in PHP.

    2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13
    Echo▲7

    A fast and unfancy micro web framework for Go

    2016 · labstack.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14FA
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    After I posted about https://cosme.dev/ask-docs on Reddit I received some messages asking me how If I was going to make the code open source or if I could show them how I did it. So I decided to create this repo so you can take a look at the code and maybe apply the same techniques on your own apps. It's made using only PHP as language so I think is pretty different since most stuff out there is made using python or javascript. It uses the OpenAI API and Redis as a vector database.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Luno.io▲13

    API based User Management as a Service

    2015 · its alternatives →

  17. 17AW
  18. 18

    AN OPEN SOCIAL PLATFORM

    2015 · open-paas.org · its alternatives →

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    Lotus▲3

    A complete web framework for Ruby

    2015 · lotusrb.org · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    💼 Manage application specific business logic in Laravel (inspired by ActiveInteraction) - zachflower/eloquent-interactions

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Collect & analyze online activity & content complaints

    2016 · lumendatabase.org · its alternatives →

  22. 22MN
  23. 23NA
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    Choo▲3

    A 5kb framework for creating sturdy frontend applications

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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