# Framework X

PHP micro framework for building web applications and APIs on an event-driven, non-blocking runtime.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://framework-x.org
- repository: https://github.com/clue/framework-x
- docs: https://framework-x.org/docs/
- x: https://twitter.com/x_framework
- forum: https://github.com/clue/framework-x/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: clue·engineering
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: DE

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request, always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: composer require clue/framework-x

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-12-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 943
- packagistDownloads: 780954
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 18
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 27638
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 26
- dependentPackages: 5

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/clue/framework-x (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/clue/framework-x (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://framework-x.org (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/clue/framework-x (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://framework-x.org (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://framework-x.org/docs/getting-started/quickstart/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/clue/framework-x.json (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://framework-x.org/docs/getting-started/quickstart/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://framework-x.org/docs/best-practices/deployment/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://framework-x.org/docs/best-practices/deployment/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/clue/framework-x (read 2026-10-20)
- licenseModel: https://framework-x.org (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://framework-x.org (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://framework-x.org (read 2026-10-20)
- hqCountry: https://clue.engineering/contact (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/clue/framework-x/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/clue/framework-x/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/clue/framework-x (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/clue/framework-x/contributors?anon=true&per_page=100 (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/clue/framework-x.json (read 2026-10-20)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/clue%2Fframework-x (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/clue%2Fframework-x (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/clue/framework-x/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Framework X is a PHP micro framework for building web applications and APIs, and it uses ReactPHP for its event-driven architecture. It is installed with Composer and can run in two ways: behind an existing PHP stack, where the web server starts PHP for each request, or as an always-on process that systemd keeps running, as the [deployment guide](https://framework-x.org/docs/best-practices/deployment/) describes.

The project is maintained by clue·engineering, which the project names as the company behind it.

## Worth knowing

The project is on a pre-1.0 release line.

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