# CakePHP

PHP MVC web framework with an ORM, code generation and convention-based configuration.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cakephp/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cakephp.org
- repository: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp
- docs: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/
- plugins: https://plugins.cakephp.org
- x: https://twitter.com/cakephp
- mastodon: https://phpc.social/@cakephp
- discord: https://discord.gg/k4trEMPebj
- forum: https://discourse.cakephp.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mysql, mariadb, postgres, sqlserver, sqlite
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: php
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: composer create-project cakephp/app, docker, ddev

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-03

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8788
- packagistDownloads: 21137025
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 526075
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 8049
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 5525
- dependentPackages: 1514

### Sources

- name: https://cakephp.org (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/cakephp/app (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://cakephp.org (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://cakefoundation.org (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647055 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/cakephp/cakephp.json (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/views.html (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/core-libraries/internationalization-and-localization.html (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/views.html (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp (read 2026-10-18)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/cakephp/cakephp.json (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://plugins.cakephp.org (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/installation.html (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/cakephp%2Fcakephp (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/cakephp%2Fcakephp (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/cakephp/cakephp/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

CakePHP is an MVC framework for PHP with an ORM for database work, code generation from the command line, and configuration by convention. Views are plain PHP templates; Twig is available through a separate plugin. The framework ships with internationalization and localization libraries.

The Cake Software Foundation holds the copyright. Commercial development and support come from CakeDC, the commercial entity behind the framework, established by the founder of CakePHP. The [installation guide](https://book.cakephp.org/5.x/installation.html) describes the project skeleton and the official Docker image.

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