# Lumen

PHP micro-framework from Laravel for building web applications.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/lumen/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-21

## Record

### Links

- home: https://lumen.laravel.com
- repository: https://github.com/laravel/lumen-framework
- docs: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Taylor Otwell
- maintainerType: unknown
- 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: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 11
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-12-10

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1509
- packagistDownloads: 27749868
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 240
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 256482
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 7610
- dependentPackages: 806

### Sources

- name: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://lumen.laravel.com (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/laravel/lumen-framework (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://github.com/laravel/lumen-framework (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/lumen-framework (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/lumen-framework (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://github.com/laravel/lumen-framework/blob/11.x/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/laravel/lumen-framework.json (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/lumen-framework/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/lumen-framework (read 2026-10-21)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/lumen-framework/contributors (read 2026-10-21)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/lumen-framework.json (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/laravel%2Flumen-framework (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/laravel%2Flumen-framework (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/lumen-framework/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Lumen is a PHP micro-framework from Laravel for building web applications. The [installation page](https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation) calls it "a totally separate framework from Laravel".

## Worth knowing

The installation page says new projects are no longer supported with Lumen and recommends beginning them with Laravel. That is a support statement; no page read says Lumen has ended.

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