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    php/frankenphp

    🧟 The modern PHP app server

    backend
    caddy
    frankenphp
    go
    php
    sapi
    Go
    MIT
    11.5K stars
    513 forks
    84 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 168 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a modern PHP application server built on the Caddy web server with support for HTTP/2, HTTP/3, and automatic HTTPS.
    • Enables faster PHP app performance with features like worker mode, early hints, and real-time capabilities integrated seamlessly.
    • Use for accelerating Laravel and Symfony projects with official worker mode integrations for improved request handling.
    • Use for embedding PHP in Go applications using the standalone Go library to serve PHP content via net/http.
    • Use for deploying PHP apps with modern HTTP features and real-time updates in production environments using Docker or systemd services.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    FrankenPHP is a modern application server for PHP built on top of the Caddy web server.

    FrankenPHP gives superpowers to your PHP apps thanks to its stunning features: Early Hints, worker mode, real-time capabilities, automatic HTTPS, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 support...

    FrankenPHP works with any PHP app and makes your Laravel and Symfony projects faster than ever thanks to their official integrations with the worker mode.

    FrankenPHP can also be used as a standalone Go library to embed PHP in any app using net/http.

    On Windows, use WSL to run FrankenPHP.

    Excerpt from the php/frankenphp README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Oct 24: +6Oct 28: +9Oct 29: +11Oct 30: +7Oct 31: +2

    +208 stars over 75 days across 12 snapshot days; best day +11 on Oct 29.

    Forks

    513+34

    Open issues

    122+4

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