Yii
Component-based PHP web framework in three lines, Yii 1.1, Yii 2 and the package-based Yii3.
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Yii is a component-based PHP framework with three lines. Yii 1.1, the oldest, has reached end of life and receives only security and compatibility fixes. Yii 2 is a monolithic framework, installed from its basic or advanced application templates. Yii3 is a set of independently versioned packages, started from the yiisoft/app template, which includes a Docker setup. The two lines differ in code base and install path. Yii3 applications can optionally run under the RoadRunner, Swoole or FrankenPHP application servers. The release-cycle page announces a successor line for Yii 2. Yii Software holds the copyright.
Worth knowing
Yii 2 follows a published schedule that moves it to security-only support and then ends it.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Yii Software7
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Per request14
- Rendering
- On a server5
- Install with
- composer create-project yiisoft/yii2-app-basic, composer create-project yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced1415
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-18: name
www.yiiframework.com - 2026-10-18: links, Written in, License, License model, GitHub stars
github.com/yiisoft/yii2 - 2026-10-18: links, GitHub stars
github.com/yiisoft/app - 2026-10-21: links
api.github.com/repos/yiisoft/yii - 2026-10-18: links, Categories, Runtime, Minimum runtime, Rendering
www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/2.0/en/intro-yii - 2026-10-18: links
yiisoft.github.io/docs/ - 2026-10-18: Maintainer
www.yiiframework.com/license - 2026-10-18: wikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1466168 - 2026-10-18: Minimum runtime
repo.packagist.org/p2/yiisoft/yii2.json - 2026-10-18: Minimum runtime
repo.packagist.org/p2/yiisoft/app.json - 2026-10-18: Databases
www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/2.0/en/db-dao - 2026-10-18: Templating
www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/2.0/en/tutorial-template-engines - 2026-10-18: Multilingual
www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/2.0/en/tutorial-i18n - 2026-10-18: Install with, Runs as
www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/2.0/en/start-installation - 2026-10-18: Install with
yiisoft.github.io/docs/guide/start/creating-project.html - 2026-10-18: Current major version, Last release
github.com/yiisoft/yii2/releases - 2026-10-18: Last release
github.com/yiisoft/app/releases - 2026-10-18: Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/yiisoft/yii2.json - 2026-10-18: Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/yiisoft/app.json - 2026-10-18: links
www.yiiframework.com/extensions - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/yiisoft%2Fyii2 - 2026-10-25: Packagist downloads a month
packagist.org/packages/yiisoft/yii2/stats.json