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Top 19 PHP Backend Projects
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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EasyAdmin lets you create CRUD-based backends with minimal setup: define your entities, add CRUD controllers, get a complete admin interface.
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- Project mention: Show HN: Fusio 5.2 released – open-source API management platform | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-09
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- Project mention: Vvveb – open-source CMS drag-and-drop site builder | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-10
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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treblle-laravel
The official Treblle SDK for Laravel. Seamlessly integrate Treblle to manage communication with your dashboard, send errors, and secure sensitive data.
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laravel-realworld-example-app
Exemplary RealWorld backend API built with Laravel PHP framework. (by f1amy)
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laravel-backend-template
Api first backend boilerplate build with laravel 🎯 you can use as a template 😉
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BackendAsAService-PHP
A realtime database and backend as a service. (BaaS) Server writen in PHP, Client Framework in Swift
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mindfula11y
A TYPO3 extension that integrates accessibility tools directly into the TYPO3 backend, helping editors and integrators improve the accessibility of their content.
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SlimStorage
Self-hosted backend for side projects. Key/value store + Event API + Admin dashboard. One PHP file, no Composer, no containers.
Project mention: Show HN: SlimStorage – Self-hosted back end key/values, events store | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-12 -
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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Backend projects in PHP? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | october | 11,144 |
| 2 | EasyAdminBundle | 4,223 |
| 3 | CRUD | 3,360 |
| 4 | Fusio | 2,062 |
| 5 | XBackBone | 1,103 |
| 6 | osu-web | 1,091 |
| 7 | Vvveb CMS | 933 |
| 8 | umbrella-admin-bundle | 144 |
| 9 | treblle-laravel | 136 |
| 10 | laravel-realworld-example-app | 91 |
| 11 | umbrella-admin-demo | 59 |
| 12 | qless-php | 29 |
| 13 | wfpc | 12 |
| 14 | laravel-backend-template | 13 |
| 15 | BackendAsAService-PHP | 7 |
| 16 | braindump-api | 3 |
| 17 | mindfula11y | 3 |
| 18 | ChimpDelivery | 1 |
| 19 | SlimStorage | 2 |
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