# RoadRunner

High-performance PHP application server and process manager written in Go, extended with plugins.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/roadrunner/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://roadrunner.dev
- repository: https://github.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner
- docs: https://docs.roadrunner.dev/
- discord: https://discord.gg/spiralphp

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Spiral Scout LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- 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: pre-built-binary-download, build-from-source-go

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8512
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 3
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://roadrunner.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://roadrunner.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://docs.roadrunner.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://spiralscout.com/privacy-policy (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://roadrunner.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://docs.roadrunner.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://docs.roadrunner.dev/docs/general/install (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://docs.roadrunner.dev/docs/general/install (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/roadrunner-server/roadrunner (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://docs.roadrunner.dev/ (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

RoadRunner is a PHP application server and process manager written in Go. The Go binary starts PHP worker processes and keeps them running, and the core is extended with plugins that the docs describe. The homepage names Spiral Scout, a company, as the project's sponsor.

## Worth knowing

The examples in the install guide need a PHP build with the sockets extension.

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