Leaf
PHP framework for web applications and APIs that starts with routing and grows through installable modules.
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Leaf is a PHP framework for web applications and APIs. It starts with routing and adds features through installable modules, which the module directory lists. The Leaf CLI creates new projects from a set of starters. The project credits one creator, Michael Darko, and is funded through Open Collective, with no company named.
Worth knowing
The web server needs a URL rewrite to index.php, and queues need a worker running under a process manager. No official Docker image is published; the Leaf CLI generates a Dockerfile for a new project.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Per request1
- Rendering
- On a server9
- Install with
- leaf CLI (leaf create), composer require leafs/leaf10
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-18: name, links, Maintainer, Maintained by, Categories, Databases, Plugins, Runs as
leafphp.dev/ - 2026-10-18: links, Written in, License, License model, GitHub stars
github.com/leafsphp/leaf - 2026-10-18: links, First release, Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/leafs/leaf - 2026-10-18: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Templating
leafphp.dev/docs/ - 2026-10-18: Minimum runtime
repo.packagist.org/p2/leafs/leaf.json - 2026-10-18: Databases, Content storage
leafphp.dev/docs/database/ - 2026-10-18: Admin interface
leafphp.dev/docs/mvc/scaffolds - 2026-10-18: Multilingual
leafphp.dev/docs/utils/lingo - 2026-10-18: Rendering
leafphp.dev/learn/deployment/ - 2026-10-18: Install with
leafphp.dev/docs/cli/ - 2026-10-18: Current major version, Last release
github.com/leafsphp/leaf/releases/latest - 2026-10-18: Contributors
github.com/leafsphp/leaf/graphs/contributors - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/leafs%2Fleaf - 2026-10-25: Packagist downloads a month
packagist.org/packages/leafs/leaf/stats.json