The Best 12 Phalcon Alternatives

  • CodeIgniter

    PHP (version 4 or 5) framework with a thin model layer. Includes an ActiveRecord class for database agnostic (mostly) data retrieval. Good community support in its forums. Further development available via GitHub: https://github .

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted

  • Laravel

    Laravel is a clean and classy PHP framework with minimal configuration and expressive syntax. RESTful routing; ORM; beautiful code.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted

  • Symfony

    Symfony is a set of reusable PHP components and a PHP framework for web projects.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web PHP

  • Yii Framework

    Yii is a high-performance component-based PHP framework best for Web 2.0 development. Yii comes with rich features: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

  • Zend Framework

    Extending the art & spirit of PHP, Zend Framework is based on simplicity, object-oriented best practices, corporate friendly licensing, and a rigorously tested agile codebase.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

  • CakePHP

    CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP that provides an extensible architecture for developing, maintaining, and deploying applications.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted PHP

  • Silex PHP micro-framework

    Silex - The PHP micro-framework based on Symfony2 Components Silex is a PHP microframework for PHP 5.3. It is built on the shoulders of Symfony2 and Pimple and also...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Nette Framework

    Nette Framework is a popular tool for PHP web development. It is designed to be the most usable as possible and is definitely one of the safest one. It speaks your...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted

  • PHPixie

    PHPixie is a modern component-based PHP 7 framework. It is thoroughly tested with high code coverage and provides blazing performance without sacrificing any features....

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

  • Mako Framework

    Mako is a lightweight and easy to use PHP framework. It has native library as : Authentication, ACL, DateTime, ORM query builder, Template personal, Cache, Validation...

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

  • Laravel Spark

    Spark provides the perfect starting point for your next big idea. Forget all the boilerplate and focus on what matters: your application.

    Commercial Self-Hosted