Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

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

1. 1
   Compiler for industrial control system to .NET▲5

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Domain-Driven Design in PHP▲71

   Real examples written in PHP.

   2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   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 →

4. 4IW
   I wrote a .NET to JS compiler. Here's an XNA demo compiled to JS.▲103

   2011 · hildr.luminance.org · its alternatives →

5. 5JT
   Java to PHP Compiler▲7

   I had this crazy idea like some years ago.. I wasn't expecting it be factible, and there's still some semantic problems with this approach Anyways, the whole idea was to take some java source, generate an AST, and output it back as syntactically correct PHP. why? 50% fun + 50% exploration So I have this really basic compiler, which can roughly output its own code; what's still missing? - static vs instance detection (-> vs ::) - class' properties - method visibility - enums - inner types - annonymous classes - dealing with method overriding There's a huge gap in the semantic area (eg:…

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6PC
   PHP Code Generator – A scaffolding framework▲27

   2014 · about.asika.tw · its alternatives →

7. 7
   DuoCode▲73

   C#-to-JavaScript compiler

   2015 · duoco.de · its alternatives →

8. 8
   PHPForm▲104

   The ultimate Open source solution for form management

   2024 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   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 →

10. 10CT
    C#-to-JavaScript compiler powered by Microsoft Roslyn▲155

    2015 · duoco.de · its alternatives →

11. 11PD
    PhpAppBuild – develop software fast and easy▲8

    2016 · phpappbuild.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    PHP does Meta Programming too▲45

    PHP does Meta Programming too! (Requires PHP 5.4). GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2011 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13MW
    My "weekend" project, an ML dialect and compiler▲68

    2012 · texodus.github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Teh Playground▲87

    Rapid online PHP prototyping

    2016 · beta.tehplayground.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Stencil▲9

    A Compiler for Web Components

    2017 · stenciljs.com · its alternatives →

16. 16PO
    PHPCI - Open source continuous integration designed for PHP▲6

    2013 · phptesting.org · its alternatives →

17. 17FA
    Flubber – another PHP framework▲6

    2014 · flubber.co · its alternatives →

18. 18EW
    Easiest Way to Run PHP Apps on AWS, DigitalOcean, Vultr and GCE▲7

    2016 · producthunt.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AL
    A LESS compiler for all platforms▲9

    2011 · wearekiss.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    PHP 7▲9

    The new version of the old programming language, 7.0.0!

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    PHPSSP▲9

    The Minimal PHP Framework for Pragmatic Developers

    2024 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    PHPippo PHP preprocessor, micro-optimizer▲7

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    PeachPie.io▲7

    The PHP compiler & runtime under .NET Core

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24IB
    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 →

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