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Top 23 PHP REST-API 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.
- Project mention: Sylius – open-source Headless eCommerce Platform | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-28
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Shlink is a feature-rich self-hosted URL shortener with strong API support and integrations. While it offers great flexibility for developers, it is not organization-focused. Linanok, on the other hand, provides a simpler Laravel-based backend with a better admin dashboard, team-oriented management, and detailed stats tailored for organizational use.
- Project mention: Easy Appointments – open-source Appointment Scheduler for self hosting | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-07
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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.
- Project mention: DeepSeek proves the future of LLMs is open-source | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-29
While it's clearly content marketing aimed at the hype of DeepSeek, it only mentions Lago in a single sentence.
It's just an article that is aimed to get you to hear about Lago, star their GitHub repository and eventually talk about the "open source" billing tool you heard about called Lago.
(I put Open Source in quotes because I think it's open source version is just Freeware with most features being Call To Action to a paid version. Fair disclosure I have https://github.com/billabear/billabear which is a competitor)
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co-cart
A developer-first REST API to decouple WooCommerce on the frontend. Fast, secure, customizable, easy.
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SPF Toolbox
SPFtoolbox is a Javascript and PHP app to look up DNS records such as SPF, MX, Whois, and more
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Fusion Directory
FusionDirectory is a modern, efficient and secure Identity Management (IAM) solution.
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PHP-MVC-REST-API
A simple PHP MVC REST API framework with PHP 7.2 With routes and some tools to develop your API.
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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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I am working with LLMs for years and also use them as support in my current garlic-hub project.
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laravel-realworld-example-app
Exemplary RealWorld backend API built with Laravel PHP framework. (by f1amy)
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doctrine-filter
Quickly add advanced filtering and sorting capabilities to resources in APIs or Web apps that use Doctrine.
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
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 REST-API projects in PHP? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CakePHP | 8,775 |
| 2 | Sylius | 8,372 |
| 3 | Shlink | 4,520 |
| 4 | Easy!Appointments | 3,988 |
| 5 | PHP-CRUD-API | 3,725 |
| 6 | FOSRestBundle | 2,798 |
| 7 | laravel-orion | 1,593 |
| 8 | billabear | 715 |
| 9 | comet | 687 |
| 10 | laravel-restify | 637 |
| 11 | co-cart | 394 |
| 12 | GatoGraphQL | 377 |
| 13 | imbo | 334 |
| 14 | SPF Toolbox | 292 |
| 15 | mezon-router | 270 |
| 16 | Fusion Directory | 185 |
| 17 | PHP-MVC-REST-API | 151 |
| 18 | aphiria | 142 |
| 19 | treblle-laravel | 136 |
| 20 | garlic-hub | 92 |
| 21 | laravel-realworld-example-app | 91 |
| 22 | wp-api-swaggerui | 63 |
| 23 | doctrine-filter | 60 |
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