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Framework

Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.

Framework is an open-source web framework project on GitHub under the MIT license (permissive), with 35k stars. It is built with Php-src, Postgres, MariaDB Server and Redis. Its last push was today.

Stars
35k
License
MIT
Activity
Active
Latest release
v13.39.0

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Framework or platform
What it does
The core of Laravel, a PHP web framework with routing, Eloquent ORM, queues, auth, mail and a large first-party ecosystem.
Adopt it when
You build web apps in PHP and want a mature framework with extensive tooling and hosting options.
Watch out
Yearly major versions mean regular upgrades, and some first-party services are paid.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Library
Built with
PHP
How established
Established: started 14 years ago, latest release v13.39.0.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Php-srcPostgresMariaDB ServerRedis

Follow it down: Framework → Php-src → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

Built on Framework: 65 projects

  1. 1
    Coolify coollabsio

    An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 360+ one-click services on your own servers.

    Complete system Production-ready You want push-to-deploy convenience on your own VPS fleet without Kubernetes.

    ★ 66k Apache-2.0 PHP Active, pushed today
  2. 2
    Bagisto bagisto

    Open Source eCommerce & Multi-Vendor Marketplace Platform Built with Laravel for Enterprise-Scale Commerce, Supporting 10M+ SKUs

    Complete system Production-ready A business with PHP developers wants a self-hosted store or marketplace it can customise in Laravel.

    ★ 28k MIT PHP Active, pushed 10 days ago
  3. 3
    Firefly III firefly-iii

    Firefly III: a personal finances manager

    Complete system Production-ready You want detailed control over personal finances and accept entering or importing transactions yourself.

    ★ 25k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed yesterday
  4. 4
    Laravel CRM krayin

    Krayin CRM is Free & Open Source CRM Built with Laravel for Customer, Lead, and Sales Management.

    Complete system Usable A small business with a PHP developer wants a free CRM to self-host and customise.

    ★ 24k MIT PHP Active, pushed yesterday
  5. 5
    BookStack BookStackApp

    NOW MANAGED ON CODEBERG

    Complete system Production-ready You want a simple, stable self-hosted documentation wiki that non-technical staff can use.

    ★ 19k MIT PHP Active, pushed today
  6. 6
    Snipe-IT grokability

    A free open source IT asset/license management system

    Complete system Production-ready Your IT team needs to know who has which laptop and licence, self-hosted or on the paid hosted plan.

    ★ 15k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed today
  7. 7
    Aureuserp aureuserp

    Free and Open Source ERP software

    Complete system Usable You run a small business with Laravel developers on hand and want an MIT-licensed ERP you can extend in PHP.

    ★ 12k MIT PHP Active, pushed 7 days ago
  8. 8
    Leantime Leantime

    Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.

    Complete system Production-ready A small team without a dedicated PM wants a friendly self-hosted tool.

    ★ 12k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 4 days ago
  9. 9
    Solidtime solidtime-io

    Modern open-source time-tracking app

    Complete system Usable An agency wants a modern self-hosted Toggl or Clockify replacement.

    ★ 9k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 7 days ago
  10. 10
    Aimeos Laravel aimeos

    Laravel ecommerce package for ultra fast online shops, scalable marketplaces, complex B2B applications and #gigacommerce

    Building block Production-ready You already run a Laravel application and want to add a shop or marketplace inside it.

    ★ 8.7k MIT PHP Active, pushed 3 days ago
  11. 11
    DooTask kuaifan

    DooTask是一款开源在线项目任务管理工具，提供各类文档协作工具、在线思维导图、在线流程图、项目管理、任务分发、即时IM，文件管理等工具；同时消息功能使用非对称加密技术让你的沟通更安全。

    Complete system Usable A Chinese-speaking team wants tasks and chat in one self-hosted tool.

    ★ 5.6k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 5 days ago
  12. 12
    Aimeos aimeos

    Integrated online shop based on Laravel and the Aimeos e-commerce framework for ultra-fast online shops, scalable marketplaces, complex B2B applications and #gigacommerce

    Complete system Production-ready You want a standalone PHP shop or marketplace that can scale to very large catalogues.

    ★ 5.5k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 15 days ago
  13. 13
    FreeScout freescout-help-desk

    FreeScout — Free self-hosted omnichannel AI-powered helpdesk & shared mailbox

    Complete system Production-ready A small team wants Help Scout-style email support on cheap PHP hosting.

    ★ 4.6k AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 8 days ago
  14. 14
    Lychee LycheeOrg

    A great looking and easy-to-use photo-management-system you can run on your server, to manage and share photos.

    Complete system Production-ready You want a clean web gallery to share albums from your own hosting, such as a photographer's portfolio.

    ★ 4.3k MIT PHP Active, pushed today
  15. 15
    Twill area17

    Twill is an open source CMS toolkit for Laravel that helps developers rapidly create a custom admin console that is intuitive, powerful and flexible. Chat with us on Discord at https://discord.gg/cnWk7EFv8R.

    Framework or platform Production-ready An agency builds content-heavy sites on Laravel and wants a tailored editing back office rather than a generic CMS.

    ★ 4k Apache-2.0 PHP Active, pushed 2 months ago
  16. 16
    TastyIgniter tastyigniter

    :fire: Powerful, yet easy to use, open-source online ordering, table reservation and management system for restaurants

    Complete system Production-ready A restaurant wants its own ordering site instead of paying marketplace commissions.

    ★ 3.8k MIT PHP Active, pushed 16 days ago
  17. 17
    Lunar lunarphp

    An open-source package that brings the power of modern headless e-commerce functionality to Laravel.

    Building block Usable A Laravel team wants headless commerce inside its own app with a ready admin.

    ★ 3.8k MIT PHP Active, pushed 3 days ago
  18. 18
    LinkAce Kovah

    LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect links of your favorite websites.

    Complete system Production-ready You want a long-term personal link library that checks for dead links.

    ★ 3.4k GPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed today
  19. 19
    Paymenter Paymenter

    Free and open-source webshop solution for hostings

    Complete system Usable You run a small game or web hosting business and want a free alternative to WHMCS.

    ★ 2.8k MIT PHP Active, pushed today
  20. 20
    Databasement David-Crty

    Self-hosted database backup manager with a web UI. Schedule, backup, and restore MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite & Redis to S3, SFTP, Samba or local storage. SSH Tunnel support.

    Complete system Usable You look after several database types and want one web UI for scheduled dumps and restores.

    ★ 2.6k MIT PHP Active, pushed today

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  1. 1
    React react

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    ★ 252k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 2 days ago
  2. 2
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    Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond

    Framework or platform Production-ready You want one team to ship polished apps on mobile and desktop from a shared codebase.

    ★ 181k BSD-3-Clause Dart Active, pushed today
  3. 3
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    Framework or platform Production-ready You build JSON APIs or ML services in Python and want typed, async code with free docs.

    ★ 104k MIT Python Active, pushed today
  4. 4
    Angular angular

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    Framework or platform Production-ready You build large enterprise web apps and want a complete, opinionated framework with long-term support.

    ★ 101k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed today
  5. 5
    Django django

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    Framework or platform Production-ready You are building a data-driven web app in Python and want batteries included.

    ★ 91k BSD-3-Clause Python Active, pushed today
  6. 6
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  7. 7
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