# Phalcon

Full-stack PHP web framework delivered as a PHP extension.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://phalcon.io
- repository: https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon
- docs: https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/
- discord: https://phalcon.io/discord
- youtube: https://phalcon.io/youtube

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Phalcon Team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mysql, mariadb, postgres
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pie install phalcon/cphalcon

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 10820
- packagistDownloads: 253490
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 272
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 2976
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 9
- dependentPackages: 3

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://phalcon.io (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://phalcon.io (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainerType: https://phalcon.io/contribute (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/phalcon/cphalcon.json (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- databases: https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- databases: https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/phalcon/cphalcon.json (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/phalcon/cphalcon/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/phalcon/cphalcon (read 2026-10-21)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/phalcon/cphalcon/contributors (read 2026-10-21)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/phalcon/cphalcon.json (read 2026-10-21)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/phalcon/cphalcon.json (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/phalcon%2Fcphalcon (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/phalcon%2Fcphalcon (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/phalcon/cphalcon/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Phalcon is an open-source web framework delivered as a PHP extension. The README says it is written in Zephir/C, and the [installation docs](https://docs.phalcon.io/latest/installation) say it has to be installed and loaded as a module on the web server. They prefer PIE as the installer and list PECL as deprecated.

The project is maintained by the Phalcon Team, which describes itself as a core team of volunteers.

## Worth knowing

This record covers the stable line in phalcon/cphalcon. The docs also describe a pure PHP line in a separate repository, phalcon/phalcon, which this record does not cover.

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