Zend Framework Alternatives

Zend Framework is described as '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' and is a Web Framework in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Zend Framework for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Zend Framework alternative is Django, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zend Framework are Laravel, Ruby on Rails, Symfony and CodeIgniter.

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  1. 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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    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. All PHPixie components can also be used standalone and provide a great foundation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    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

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Bitweaver icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
  5. Laravel Boilerplate provides a very flexible and extensible way of building your custom Laravel applications. It provides Administration Dashboard with Gentelella Admin Theme, Responsive Layout, Bootstrap 3, Font Awesome, and a lot more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Laravel
    • PHP
     
  6. 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)
     
  7. Buffalo icon
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    Put the fun back in writing Go web applications! A Ruby on Rails inspired, idiomatic, web framework written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    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
     
  10. UserFrosting icon
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    Whether it's a private forum for your WoW guild, an employee management system for your small business, or the next big social network, you want to get started on your awesome new idea as quickly as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Laska is a server-side microframework for Dart, which aims to be a fast, simple and lightweight.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. 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)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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