CodeIgniter Alternatives

CodeIgniter is described as 'Powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications' and is a popular software framework in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CodeIgniter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best CodeIgniter alternative is Django, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CodeIgniter are Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Symfony and Zend Framework.

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  1. Supaboost icon
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    Supaboost is an all-in-one SaaS Starter Kit, aiming to provide developers with the right tools to save hours of setting up their new application.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Next.js
    • Tailwind CSS
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  2. Flet icon
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    Flet enables developers to easily build realtime web, mobile and desktop apps in Python. No frontend experience required.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Flutter
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  3. It is an open source tool that provides a complete architecture for developing PHP applications. Is a framework that uses commonly known enterprise design patterns like MVC, ORM design patterns like Active Record and Repository.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Koa icon
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    Expressive middleware for node.js using generators via co to make web applications and APIs more enjoyable to write. Koa's middleware flow in a stack-like manner allowing you to perform actions downstream, then filter and manipulate the response upstream.

    89 Koa alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5.  6 likes

    Small and carefully designed PHP 5.2+ HMVC framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  6. Pedestal icon
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    Pedestal is a web application framework written in Clojure that aims to bring both the language and its principles to client and server-side development.

    84 Pedestal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. Pylons Framework is an open source Web application framework written in Python. It makes extensive use of the Web Server Gateway Interface standard to promote reusability and to separate functionality into distinct modules.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  8. Leaf PHP icon
     2 likes

    Leaf PHP is a micro-framework that allows you to create clean, simple but powerful web applications and APIs quickly..

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. PRADO icon
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    PRADO is a component-based and event-driven framework for Web application development in PHP 5. PRADO stands for PHP Rapid Application Development Object-oriented.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PHP
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  10. SaaSykit icon
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    SaaSykit is a SaaS starter kit (boilerplate) that comes packed with all components required to run a modern SaaS software.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11.  2 likes

    Koseven is an elegant, open source, and object oriented HMVC framework built using PHP7, by a team of volunteers. It aims to be swift, secure, and small. Forked from Kohana and updated to work with PHP7.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12.  1 like

    Embarcadero® RadPHP™ XE2 provides the fastest way to build Web, Facebook®, and mobile applications with the only visual PHP framework and IDE that supports Web and mobile deployment.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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