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CMS & publishing

WordPress

WordPress: Publishing with themes, plugins and an editor.

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Forums & communities

Flarum

Flarum: Extensible community discussions with a streamlined interface.

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Wikis & learning

BookStack

BookStack: Documentation organized as books, chapters and pages.

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Files & collaboration

Nextcloud

Nextcloud: Self-hosted file sharing and collaboration applications.

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Analytics & marketing

Matomo

Matomo: Web analytics with a self-hosted deployment option.

Free core / paid options
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Frameworks & app builders

Laravel

Laravel: Web application foundations with routing, data access and queues.

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Developer tools

Composer

Composer: PHP dependency management and reproducible package installation.

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Local PHP environments

DDEV

DDEV: Container-based development environments shared across a team.

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CMS & publishing

WordPress

WordPress: Publishing with themes, plugins and an editor.

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CMS & publishing

Drupal

Drupal: Structured content and configurable publishing workflows.

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CMS & publishing

Joomla

Joomla: Website publishing with extensions and access management.

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CMS & publishing

Grav

Grav: Flat-file content publishing without a separate database.

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CMS & publishing

Craft CMS

Craft CMS: Custom content modeling and editorial workflows.

Free core / paid options
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CMS & publishing

Kirby

Kirby: File-based content management with a customizable panel.

Commercial
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CMS & publishing

Statamic

Statamic: Laravel-based publishing with flexible content structures.

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CMS & publishing

1CMS

1CMS: Lightweight PHP publishing with models and application plugins.

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E-commerce 6

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E-commerce

PrestaShop

PrestaShop: Self-hosted storefronts with catalog and order management.

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E-commerce

Sylius

Sylius: Symfony-based commerce for customized storefronts.

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E-commerce

Bagisto

Bagisto: Laravel-based commerce with products and store administration.

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E-commerce

CS-Cart

CS-Cart: Commercial software for online stores and marketplaces.

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Forums & communities 4

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Forums & communities

phpBB

phpBB: Discussion forums with permissions and moderation tools.

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Forums & communities

MyBB

MyBB: Extendable forums with themes, plugins and user groups.

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Forums & communities

Flarum

Flarum: Extensible community discussions with a streamlined interface.

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Forums & communities

XenForo

XenForo: Commercial community forums and engagement features.

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Business & productivity 6

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Business & productivity

Dolibarr

Dolibarr: Modular ERP and CRM for business administration.

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Business & productivity

SuiteCRM

SuiteCRM: Customer relationships, sales pipelines and business records.

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Business & productivity

EspoCRM

EspoCRM: Configurable customer records, activities and sales workflows.

Free core / paid options
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Business & productivity

Invoice Ninja

Invoice Ninja: Invoices, quotes and client billing workflows.

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Business & productivity

Snipe-IT

Snipe-IT: IT asset inventory with assignments and check-in workflows.

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Business & productivity

Kimai

Kimai: Time tracking by customer, project and activity.

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Help desks & ITSM 3

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Help desks & ITSM

osTicket

osTicket: Support tickets with email and web intake.

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Help desks & ITSM

FreeScout

FreeScout: Shared mailboxes and help-desk conversations.

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Help desks & ITSM

GLPI

GLPI: IT service management, assets and support requests.

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Wikis & learning 4

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Wikis & learning

BookStack

BookStack: Documentation organized as books, chapters and pages.

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Wikis & learning

DokuWiki

DokuWiki: Plain-text wiki pages without a database server.

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Wikis & learning

MediaWiki

MediaWiki: Collaborative wiki editing and revision history.

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Wikis & learning

Moodle

Moodle: Course management, learning activities and assessments.

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Files & collaboration 3

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Files & collaboration

Nextcloud

Nextcloud: Self-hosted file sharing and collaboration applications.

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Files & collaboration

Piwigo

Piwigo: Photo libraries with albums, tags and permissions.

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Files & collaboration

FreshRSS

FreshRSS: Self-hosted RSS and Atom feed reading.

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Analytics & marketing 3

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Analytics & marketing

Matomo

Matomo: Web analytics with a self-hosted deployment option.

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Analytics & marketing

Mautic

Mautic: Marketing automation with contacts and campaigns.

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Analytics & marketing

LimeSurvey

LimeSurvey: Online surveys with structured questions and response collection.

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Frameworks & app builders 6

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Frameworks & app builders

Laravel

Laravel: Web application foundations with routing, data access and queues.

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Frameworks & app builders

Symfony

Symfony: Reusable PHP components and a structured web framework.

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Frameworks & app builders

CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter: A PHP framework for lightweight web applications.

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Frameworks & app builders

CakePHP

CakePHP: Convention-based application development and data modeling.

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Frameworks & app builders

Slim

Slim: HTTP routing and middleware for focused APIs.

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Frameworks & app builders

Filament

Filament: Laravel application panels with forms and data tables.

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Developer tools 6

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Developer tools

PHPUnit

PHPUnit: Automated testing for PHP code and application behavior.

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Developer tools

Pest

Pest: Expressive test syntax for PHP projects.

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Developer tools

PHPStan

PHPStan: Static analysis to find PHP type and code issues.

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Developer tools

Composer

Composer: PHP dependency management and reproducible package installation.

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Developer tools

Adminer

Adminer: Compact database management through a PHP interface.

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AI development tools 1

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AI development tools

Laravel Boost

Laravel Boost: Laravel-aware tools and context for AI coding assistants.

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ENVIRONMENTS & PANELS

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Local development tools and production server panels serve different roles.

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Local PHP environments

PHP

PHP: The server-side runtime used by PHP applications.

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Local PHP environments

XAMPP

XAMPP: A local development bundle with Apache, PHP and database tools.

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Local PHP environments

Laragon

Laragon: A Windows environment for local web application development.

Commercial
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Local PHP environments

DDEV

DDEV: Container-based development environments shared across a team.

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Local PHP environments

Lando

Lando: Configurable local development environments based on containers.

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Local PHP environments

MAMP

MAMP: Local web development tools with free and Pro editions.

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Local PHP environments

Laravel Herd

Laravel Herd: Native PHP development tools and local site management.

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Server control panels

CloudPanel

CloudPanel: A hosting control panel for PHP and other web workloads.

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Server control panels

HestiaCP

HestiaCP: Server administration for websites, mail and databases.

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Server control panels

aaPanel

aaPanel: Web-based server and software stack administration.

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