Phalcon AlternativesSoftware & Web Frameworks like Phalcon

Apps similar to Phalcon include Laravel, which is free and open source. Other options are Symfony, CodeIgniter, Zend Framework and CakePHP . You can choose from more than 10 Software Frameworks like Phalcon for self-hosting, Mac, Windows, Linux and the web.

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  1. Laravel icon

    Laravel

     94 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.

    53 Laravel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  2. Symfony icon

    Symfony

     61 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)

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • PHP
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  4. CodeIgniter icon

    CodeIgniter

     70 likes

    CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    CodeIgniter screenshot 1
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  5. Zend Framework icon

    Zend Framework

     26 likes

    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. Zend Framework is focused on building more secure, reliable, and modern Web 2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
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  6. CakePHP icon

    CakePHP

     20 likes

    CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP that provides an extensible architecture for developing, maintaining, and deploying applications. Using commonly known design patterns like MVC and ORM within the convention over configuration paradigm, CakePHP reduces development...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  8. Yii Framework icon

    Yii Framework

     33 likes

    Yii is a high-performance component-based PHP framework best for Web 2.0 development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
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  9. Backdrop CMS icon

    Backdrop CMS

     11 likes

    Backdrop CMS is a simple, lightweight, and easy to use Content Management System used to build attractive, professional websites. Use it for everything from a single-administrator's personal blog site, to a complex, multi-role, business e-commerce platform.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Global
    Backdrop CMS screenshot 1
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  10. Awes.io icon

    Awes.io

     50 likes

    Creating a project is as easy as making pizza 🍕. Ready-to-use dedicated open-source packages on Github, built on Laravel & Vue.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • iPhone
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. Nette Framework icon

    Nette Framework

     9 likes

    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 language and helps you to easily build better websites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Silex PHP micro-framework icon

    Silex PHP micro-framework

     7 likes

    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 inspired by sinatra.

    A microframework provides the guts for building simple single-file apps. Silex aims to be:

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    In a nutshell, you define controllers and map them to routes, all in one step
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  13. Mako Framework icon

    Mako Framework

     3 likes

    Mako is a lightweight and easy to use PHP framework MVC modular.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Seagull

     3 likes

    Seagull is an object oriented framework written in PHP that focuses on best practices, clean code and reusable components.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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