# CodeIgniter

PHP MVC web framework with a small footprint and few configuration requirements.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://codeigniter.com/
- repository: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4
- docs: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/
- x: https://twitter.com/CodeIgniterPhp
- forum: https://forum.codeigniter.com

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: CodeIgniter Foundation
- 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, postgres, sqlite, sqlserver, oracle
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: php, view parser
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: composer create-project codeigniter4/appstarter, manual download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5988
- packagistDownloads: 4729461
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 319920
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 44417
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2160
- dependentPackages: 257

### Sources

- name: https://codeigniter.com (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/intro/requirements.html (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/intro/credits.html (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/intro/credits.html (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339829 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://codeigniter.com (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/intro/requirements.html (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/codeigniter4/framework.json (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/intro/requirements.html (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/intro/requirements.html (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/outgoing/view_parser.html (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/outgoing/localization.html (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://codeigniter.com (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/installation/installing_composer.html (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 (read 2026-10-18)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/codeigniter4/framework.json (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/installation/installing_composer.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/codeigniter4%2Fframework (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/codeigniter4%2Fframework (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/codeigniter4/framework/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

CodeIgniter is a PHP MVC framework for building web applications. New projects start from the appstarter template. The deployment guide recommends setting the document root to the application's `public` folder, which keeps the rest of the code out of the web root. Templates are plain PHP files or use the framework's view parser. The CodeIgniter Foundation has managed the project since 2019, after the framework was developed at EllisLab and later acquired by the British Columbia Institute of Technology. An experimental worker mode on FrankenPHP is documented.

## Worth knowing

Only the latest version is maintained, so older releases receive no fixes.

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