# li₃

PHP framework for building web applications, with its components replaceable through plugins.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://li3.me
- repository: https://github.com/UnionOfRAD/lithium

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Union of RAD
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: composer create-project

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-08-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1217
- packagistDownloads: 218708
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 101
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 2440
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 81
- dependentPackages: 51

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/UnionOfRAD/lithium (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/UnionOfRAD/lithium (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/UnionOfRAD/lithium (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/unionofrad/lithium.json (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/unionofrad/lithium.json (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://github.com/UnionOfRAD/lithium/blob/v2.0.2/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://github.com/UnionOfRAD/framework (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/unionofrad/lithium.json (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/unionofrad/lithium.json (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/unionofrad/lithium.json (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/UnionOfRAD/lithium (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/UnionOfRAD/lithium/contributors (read 2026-10-20)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/unionofrad%2Flithium (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/unionofrad%2Flithium (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/unionofrad/lithium/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

li₃ is a PHP framework in which, per its README, every component of the stack is replaceable through a plugin architecture. The README also names MongoDB, CouchDB and Redis as storage technologies it integrates. Installation goes through the distribution unionofrad/framework, which contains the framework as the core package unionofrad/lithium, and `composer create-project` creates a new application from it.

## Worth knowing

The manual on [li3.me](http://li3.me/docs/book/manual/1.x/installation/requirements) covers the 1.x series.

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