Rankings
Top 20 repos in each star tier, ranked by AI quality score.
Laravel framework core: the dominant PHP web framework powering millions of applications worldwide
Symfony: The PHP framework powering millions of applications and the components behind much of the PHP ecosystem
Composer: The de facto standard dependency manager that runs the PHP ecosystem
Guzzle remains PHP's most-used HTTP client after 15 years, still actively maintained
PHPMailer: The dominant email library for PHP, still actively maintained after 15 years
Monolog: PHP's de facto standard logging library, embedded in Symfony and Laravel
PHPUnit: The de facto standard unit testing framework for PHP, with over 15 years of continuous development
SecLists: The de facto wordlist repository powering security assessments worldwide since 2012
Coolify brings PaaS-style deployment UX to self-hosted infrastructure with 57K+ stars and active daily development
Nextcloud Server: mature self-hosted cloud platform with enterprise backing and broad app ecosystem
Filament: Laravel's most-adopted rapid UI framework for admin panels and full-stack apps
Firefly III: a mature self-hosted personal finance manager built for privacy-conscious power users
Livewire lets Laravel developers build reactive UIs in pure PHP, no JavaScript framework required
Matomo: Self-hosted web analytics with 1.4M+ deployments and full data ownership
WordPress: The PHP CMS powering ~43% of the web, now mirrored on GitHub
Bagisto: Laravel-native open source eCommerce platform with 27K stars and active 2026 development
Monica: open-source personal CRM for managing real-life relationships, self-hosted or cloud