# PHP-FPM

FastCGI process manager for PHP, built as an optional SAPI in the PHP source tree.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.php.net/
- repository: https://github.com/php/php-src
- docs: https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.php

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The PHP Group
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2010
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: php
- language: c
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: build PHP from source with --enable-fpm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: PHP-3.01

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 41732
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 229
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.php.net/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/php/php-src (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.php (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/php/php-src/php-8.5.12/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/php/php-src/php-8.5.12/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.php (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/php/php-src (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.php (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.install.php (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.configuration.php (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-5.3.3/NEWS (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/php/php-src/php-8.5.12/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/php/php-src/php-8.5.12/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.5.12 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.5.12 (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/php/php-src (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/php/php-src/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

PHP-FPM is a FastCGI process manager for PHP, built as an optional SAPI in the PHP source tree. The [manual](https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.php) calls it a primary PHP FastCGI implementation. It runs in the background by default and is enabled with the `--enable-fpm` configure option when PHP is built from source. Its releases are PHP releases, so the PHP branch support dates apply to it.

## Worth knowing

The manual says php-fpm must not be reachable from an untrusted network.

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