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. ClanCats Framework, because your time is precious. HMVC PHP framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. PSX API icon
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    PSX helps to improve the API development process by providing the following features:

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  3. Awes.io icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. Briz is a simple but powerful PHP framework for creating web applications.You can Write powerful web applications with multiple faces. It is efficient for creating anything from simple API to Large web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  5. ViUR.is icon
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    ViUR – the Information System for the Google App Engine™ plattform – is a »sandbox« for designers and developers. With the help of ViUR you can easy build web applications running on Google's infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. SingularCore icon
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    SingularCore is a fine product powered by Zend Framework that provides instruments to create complex custom solutions where standard CMS’s won’t work or where you need too much customization in popular engines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7.  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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Qcodo icon
     4 likes

    Code Less. Do More.

    The Qcodo Development Framework is an open-source PHP framework that focuses on freeing developers from unnecessary tedious, mundane coding.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Bitweaver icon
     2 likes

    Bitweaver is a free and open source web application framework and content management system. Its speed and power are ideal for large-scale community websites and corporate applications, but it is simple enough for non-technical small site users to set up and administrate.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
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  10.  5 likes

    Port of Ruby on Rails development framework and designed to work for PHP4 and PHP5.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Dumbo icon
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    Experience a friendly PHP framework that offers lightweight architecture with security like CSRF and JWT, flexible routing with parameters, middleware support, authentication options, static file serving, HTTP caching, and CORS support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  12. Cross-platform content management framework for publishing web content. This is a multi-purpose web application based on ApPHP MVC Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • HP webOS
    • Self-Hosted
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