swap_horiz Yii Alternatives

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Astro

Astro is a rapidly evolving SSG focused on performance and developer experience. Its 'islands architecture' allows for p...

Modern Performance Developer Friendly Javascript

9.5 Brilliant

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Laravel

Laravel is a popular PHP framework designed for building robust web applications. Its Model-View-Controller (MVC) archit...

PHP MVC Web Backend

9.2 Excellent

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Ninja Framework

The Ninja Framework is a Java-based Model-View-Controller framework primarily utilized for backend development. It’s not...

Java MVC Backend Fullstack

9.2 Excellent

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Phoenix Framework

The Phoenix Framework is a robust Elixir-based web application framework designed for building scalable and real-time ap...

MVC Realtime Elixir Backend

9.1 Excellent

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Symfony

Symfony is a mature PHP framework designed for creating complex web applications. It’s notable for its robust architectu...

Enterprise PHP MVC Backend

8.5 Great

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Drogon

Drogon is a C++ framework focused on high-performance backend development particularly suited for web applications. It’s...

Performance Async Cpp Web

7.8 Good

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Zend Framework

Zend Framework is a robust, PHP-based toolkit for developing web applications and services, offering components for task...

Legacy Enterprise PHP MVC

7.7 Good

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Mako Framework

Mako is a Python-based template engine designed for speed and flexibility, utilizing a custom tag syntax to generate tex...

PHP MVC ORM Backend

7.7 Good

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Nette Framework

Nette Framework is a popular open-source web application framework for PHP designed to prioritize security, speed, and d...

Security PHP MVC Backend

7.6 Good

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CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is a free, open-source PHP framework for developing web applications. It provides routing, controllers, data...

Lightweight Classic PHP MVC

7.4 Good

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CakePHP

CakePHP is an open-source web framework written in the PHP programming language, originally released in 2005. It follows...

Classic PHP MVC Backend

7.3 Good

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Laminas MVC

Laminas MVC is an object-oriented web application framework for PHP, originating as the evolution of the Zend Framework...

Enterprise PHP MVC Backend

7.2 Good

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Silverstripe Framework

Silverstripe is an open-source PHP framework known for its content management system (CMS) capabilities and emphasis on...

CMS PHP MVC ORM

7.2 Good

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Hanami

Hanami is an open-source Ruby web framework, originally released under the name "Lotus" in 2014 and renamed in 2016. It...

Modular Ruby MVC Web

7.1 Good

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Phalcon

Phalcon is an open-source web framework for PHP whose core components are implemented as a compiled extension written pr...

Performance PHP MVC Backend

6.9 Fair

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CppCMS

CppCMS is a free and open-source framework for developing web applications and services in C++. It supplies components f...

Performance Legacy Cpp MVC

6.9 Fair

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Kohana

Kohana was an open-source PHP web application framework for server-side development. It used an HMVC structure, a cascad...

Legacy PHP MVC Backend

6.4 Fair

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FuelPHP

FuelPHP is an open-source web application framework written in PHP. It follows the Model-View-Controller pattern and inc...

Legacy PHP MVC Backend

6.2 Fair

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Flow Framework

Flow Framework is the PHP application framework associated with the Neos project. It provides an object-oriented foundat...

Enterprise PHP MVC Backend

6.1 Fair

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BladeOne

BladeOne is a standalone PHP implementation of the Laravel Blade templating syntax. It packages the template engine in a...

Lightweight Template PHP MVC

6.0 Fair