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24 alternatives to PHP framework with only 1062 LLOC

Webiik is small, yet powerful 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. PHP framework with only 1062 LLOC launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Webiik▲2

    PHP framework with only 1062 lines of code

    2019 · webiik.com · its alternatives →

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    Wolff▲103

    Ridiculously small PHP framework for building web apps 🐺

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    PHPRunner▲103

    Professional web apps with little or no coding

    2022 · xlinesoft.com · its alternatives →

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    1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    a lightweight web framework in c. Contribute to ashtonjamesd/lavandula development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Is your site at risk?

    2018 · upgradeyourphp.com · its alternatives →

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    A high performance, middleware oriented C++14 http web framework please use matt-42/lithium instead - matt-42/silicon

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

  11. 11AS

    A beautiful CSS framework in under 2 KiB

    2013 · andhart.github.io · its alternatives →

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    PHPSSP▲9

    The Minimal PHP Framework for Pragmatic Developers

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    I needed to make a tiny webapp backend to upload to shared LAMP hosting (they still exist, and I think they're fun despite us being well beyond 2005), but I couldn't face waiting for FTP to sync down however thousands files Laravel or similar frameworks need. So I made a tiny PHP framework that gets packaged into a single file. I'm using it for my own shady purposes, but I decided to put it on GitHub in case anyone else finds the approach useful. It has typed request/response handling, filesystem-based routing, object serialization, database models/schema generation, and a little…

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2019 · leafmvc.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    PHPForm▲104

    The ultimate Open source solution for form management

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2011 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

  20. 20IB

    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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    A self-contained full-text search engine in pure PHP. No extensions, no dependencies. - olivier-ls/php-fts

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Back then there were not a lot of frameworks for C++ like there are available now, gradually added serialization, reflection, orm, modules for apache|nginx, then started adding programming language integration and then finally added support for building on various Os'es and also support for most of the build tools out there.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    Make your PHP arrays sweet'n'safe. Save your mental energy on type casting. - zakirullin/mess

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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