# Open Swoole

PHP extension that adds an event-driven server, coroutines and fibers to PHP, so PHP applications can run their own HTTP, WebSocket and TCP servers.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/openswoole/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://openswoole.com
- repository: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole
- docs: https://openswoole.com/docs
- x: https://twitter.com/openswoole
- discord: https://discord.gg/5QC57RNPpw

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Transfon Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2021
- hqCountry: GB

### Kind

- category: web-server, framework
- hosting: php
- language: cpp
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.3
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pie

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 863
- packagistDownloads: 715
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 138
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://openswoole.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://openswoole.com/docs (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://openswoole.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://openswoole.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- hqCountry: https://www.transfon.com/privacy (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole/releases/tag/v4.7.1 (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://openswoole.com/docs (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole/blob/v26.2.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole/blob/v26.2.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://openswoole.com/docs (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://openswoole.com/docs/get-started/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://openswoole.com/docs/get-started/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://openswoole.com/docs/get-started/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://openswoole.com/docs/get-started/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole (read 2026-10-30)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/openswoole/ext-openswoole (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole/releases/tag/v26.2.0 (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/openswoole/ext-openswoole (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/openswoole/ext-openswoole/contributors (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

Open Swoole is a PHP extension that adds an event-driven server, coroutines and fibers to PHP. A PHP application uses it to run its own HTTP, WebSocket and TCP servers, and the extension runs inside a PHP command-line process. The server can be run directly on the network, or placed behind Apache or Nginx as a proxy target.

The extension is installed with PIE, PECL, a Docker image, an Ubuntu package archive, an RPM repository or from source. The project's own site describes it as previously named Swoole, and Transfon Ltd publishes it.

## Worth knowing

The server is a long-running process inside PHP, not a script that runs per request.

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