# API Platform

PHP framework for building REST and GraphQL web APIs, with a core library and integrations for Symfony and Laravel.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/api-platform/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-20

## Record

### Links

- home: https://api-platform.com
- repository: https://github.com/api-platform/core
- docs: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Kévin Dunglas
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework, backend
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- basedOn: symfony

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: rest, graphql
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: api-platform CLI (api-platform my-project --framework=symfony), or composer require api in a Symfony Flex project

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2579
- packagistDownloads: 55190953
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 565
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 1236368
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 4312
- dependentPackages: 254

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/api-platform/core (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/api-platform/core (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://github.com/api-platform/core/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://api-platform.com/ (read 2026-10-20)
- basedOn: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/api-platform/core (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-20)
- headlessApi: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/api-platform/core (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/api-platform/core.json (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/api-platform/core/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/api-platform/core (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/api-platform/core/contributors (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/api-platform/core.json (read 2026-10-20)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/api-platform%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/api-platform%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/api-platform/core/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

API Platform is a PHP framework for building web APIs with REST and GraphQL. Its core library is a Composer package that the [getting-started guide](https://api-platform.com/docs/core/getting-started/) installs as a standalone bundle in an existing Symfony Flex project. The API Platform CLI creates a new project from the Symfony edition, which bundles the core library with Doctrine ORM. The homepage states that Les-Tilleuls.coop sponsors the project.

## Worth knowing

A separate integration, API Platform for Laravel, has its own documentation and is not part of this record.

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