PHP Libraries and Tools

Browse 300 PHP Libraries and Tools on AlternativeTo.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
  1. WordPress icon
     1664 likes

    Open-source software for creating websites and blogs with an emphasis on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    WordPress screenshot 1
    WordPress screenshot 1
    WordPress screenshot 2
    +1
    WordPress screenshot 3
    104 alternatives
    3.7
    Good45 reviews
  2. PHP icon
     469 likes

    Server-side scripting language designed for web development, featuring HTML embedment and extensive community support, suitable for dynamic content creation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PHP
    PHP screenshot 1
    44 alternatives
  3. Drupal icon
     492 likes

    Drupal is an open source platform for building amazing digital experiences. It's made by a dedicated community. Anyone can use it, and it will always be free.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Drupal screenshot 1
    Drupal screenshot 1
    Drupal screenshot 2
    +3
    Drupal screenshot 3
    206 alternatives
    2.9
    Poor11 reviews
  4. phpMyAdmin icon
     284 likes

    phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Main UI
    121 alternatives
  5. MediaWiki icon
     183 likes

    MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Sandstorm
    MediaWiki screenshot 1
    86 alternatives
    3.8
    Good6 reviews
  6. BookStack icon
     129 likes

    BookStack is a free and open source knowledge management platform built on PHP. The system has been built around simplicity to ensure that adding information to it is not a chore. The content structure is built on the metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    Page Editing
    Page View
    Book Overview
    +18
    Organising Content
    107 alternatives
  7. Matomo icon
     223 likes

    Self-hosted GPL-licensed analytics with advanced privacy, customizable reports, insights on visitor languages, search keywords, and real-time traffic sources.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Wordpress
    Matomo screenshot 1
    Matomo screenshot 1
    167 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent8 reviews
  8. Joomla icon
     350 likes

    Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular web site software available.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Home Dashboard
    System Dashboard
    New Article
    +3
    New Fields
    200 alternatives
    2.9
    Poor7 reviews
  9. Friendica icon
     141 likes

    Friendica is a distributed social network application. Which allow users to connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, diaspora*, Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Online
    • Docker
    Logo
    Timeline of the user meeting forum. Duepunto Zero theme.
    User status page
    +3
    Profile page of the UX Watchdogs forum. Vier theme.
    120 alternatives
  10. Roundcube icon
     170 likes

    Roundcube webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality you expect from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Nextcloud
    Roundcube screenshot 1
    Mailbox
    Dark mode
    +9
    Compose
    27 alternatives
  11. PrestaShop icon
     80 likes

    PrestaShop is an open-source e-commerce free software powering nearly 200,000 online stores. are built using this software around the world. Translated into more than 60 languages.The success of PrestaShop software is thanks to countless hours by numerous contributors from...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    146 alternatives
  12. Flarum icon
     82 likes

    Flarum is free, open-source forum software with a focus on simplicity. You can use Flarum to easily set up a discussion forum for your website. Flarum is developed openly on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
    Flarum screenshot 1
    Flarum screenshot 1
    Installation process
    +5
    The UI pane
    53 alternatives
  13. phpBB icon
     90 likes

    Since its creation in 2000, phpBB™ has become the most widely used Open Source forum solution. Like its predecessors, phpBB™ 3.2 “Rhea” has an easy to use administration panel and a user friendly installation process, which allows you to have a forum set up in minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    37 languages
    phpBB2 - phpBB3 Feature Comparison
    Board index
    +2
    phpBB Demo Site
    53 alternatives
  14. Adminer icon
     92 likes

    Adminer (formerly phpMinAdmin) is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP. Conversely to phpMyAdmin, it consist of a single file ready to deploy to the target server. Adminer is available for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL and Oracle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Table structure
    Select data
    Database schema
    62 alternatives
  15. cPanel icon
     110 likes

    The cPanel and WHM software package makes life easier for web hosts and the website owners they serve. It offers easy-to-use, powerful tools that perform essential tasks quickly, easily, and reliably.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    cPanel screenshot 1
    71 alternatives
  16. ProcessWire icon
     164 likes

    ProcessWire is a friendly and powerful open source CMS and CMF with an exceptionally strong foundation. With all custom fields, an easy-to-use jQuery-inspired API, and a powerful page selector engine, ProcessWire will rise to any task.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    ProcessWire screenshot 1
    ProcessWire screenshot 1
    ProcessWire screenshot 2
    +6
    ProcessWire screenshot 3
    105 alternatives
  17. FreeScout icon
     39 likes

    Free open-source Zendesk & Help Scout alternative: help desk, shared mailbox, email management and analytics. FreeScout is a pure PHP8+MySQL application which can be easily deployed even on a shared hosting.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • MariaDB
    • Laravel
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    FreeScout screenshot 1
    Ticket
    Dashboard
    +2
    Mailbox connection settings
    103 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent9 reviews
  18. LimeSurvey icon
     97 likes

    LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor) is an Open Source PHP web application to develop, publish and collect responses to online & offline surveys. Anonymous and Not-Anonymous survey, open and closed group of participant surveys, optional public registration for surveys.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    Dashboard
    Array Questions
    Multiple Options with Comments
    +6
    Masks: Date Questions
    186 alternatives
    2.9
    Poor7 reviews
  19. Laravel icon
     87 likes

    Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Laravel screenshot 1
    Laravel screenshot 1
    49 alternatives
  20. Dolibarr icon
     48 likes

    Dolibarr ERP & CRM is a modern and easy to use open-source web software package to manage your business (customers, invoices, orders, products, stocks, agenda, e-mailings, shipments...).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    Dolibarr screenshot 1
    Dolibarr screenshot 1
    Dolibarr screenshot 2
    +7
    Dolibarr screenshot 3
    110 alternatives
  21. Polr icon
     77 likes

    Like everything else here, Polr is an open source and self-hostable web application. It's a fast and simple URL shortener with a robust API for using with command line applications.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
    Polr screenshot 1
    143 alternatives
  22. OpenCart icon
     73 likes

    OpenCart is an open source PHP-based online shopping cart system. A robust e-commerce solution for Internet merchants with the ability to create their own online business and participate in e-commerce at a minimal cost.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    140 alternatives
  23. Symfony icon
     60 likes

    Symfony is a set of reusable PHP components and a PHP framework to build web applications, APIs, microservices and web services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PHP
    • BSD
    Default Application - Welcome Screen
    Example Code - Sample Controller
    Symfony Profiler
    55 alternatives
  24. Chamilo icon
     36 likes

    Chamilo is an open-source (under GNU/GPL licensing) e-learning and content management system, aimed at improving access to education and knowledge globally. It is backed up by the Chamilo Association, an international ONG based in Europe.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Chamilo LMS open campus available at: http://campus.chamilo.org
    90 alternatives