# Flight

Extensible micro-framework for PHP for building RESTful and classic web applications, installed with Composer.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://flightphp.com
- repository: https://github.com/flightphp/core
- docs: https://docs.flightphp.com
- plugins: https://docs.flightphp.com/awesome-plugins
- discord: https://discord.gg/Ysr4zqHfbX

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Mike Cao/FlightPHP Team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.4
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: composer require flightphp/core, zip download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2893
- packagistDownloads: 114797
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 14988
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: 5

### Sources

- name: https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/flightphp/core (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://docs.flightphp.com (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/ (read 2026-10-20)
- firstRelease: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/flightphp/core.json (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://github.com/flightphp/core (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/flightphp/core (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/flightphp/core (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/ (read 2026-10-20)
- licenseModel: https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/ (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/flightphp/core.json (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/flightphp/core.json (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/flightphp/core (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/flightphp/core.json (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://docs.flightphp.com/awesome-plugins/ (read 2026-10-20)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/flightphp%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/flightphp/core/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Flight is a micro-framework for PHP. It is installed with `composer require flightphp/core`, or from a zip of the repository, and a minimal application is one `index.php` file, as the [documentation](https://docs.flightphp.com/en/v3/) shows.

The project describes itself as the maintained fork of mikecao/flight. The source is in the flightphp organization on GitHub, the copyright line credits Mike Cao and the FlightPHP Team, and the docs keep a list of [plugins](https://docs.flightphp.com/awesome-plugins).

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