Top Welcoming Open-Source PHP Repositories
Top welcoming PHP repositories. Scored by real 90-day external PR merge rates, maintainer review turnaround speed, and first-time contributor success.
Ranked PHP Repositories
Showing top 50 of 3,946 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | spiral/framework2,061 High-Performance PHP Framework | S•Elite | 77.8 | 97.9% | - |
| #2 | Empower your hosting business with FOSSBilling, the free and open-source solution for efficient billing and client management. | S•Elite | 77.7 | 96.2% | - |
| #3 | Travian T3.6 with user-configurable features (enable/disable). | S•Elite | 77.5 | 95.8% | 2 |
| #4 | An open-source alternative to Buffer, Typefully, and Hootsuite. Write once and schedule everywhere. | S•Elite | 77.4 | 96.2% | - |
| #5 | A document management and version control plugin that allows teams of any size to collaboratively edit files and manage their workflow. | S•Elite | 77.4 | 93.7% | - |
| #6 | Caching implementation with a variety of storage options, as well as codified caching strategies for callbacks, classes, and output | B•Solid | 77.1 | 95.8% | 1 |
| #7 | FileSender server software | S•Elite | 76.9 | 94.0% | - |
| #8 | PHPStan rules to detect disallowed method & function calls, constant, namespace, attribute, keyword & superglobal usages, with powerful rules to re-allow a call or a usage in places where it should be allowed. | B•Solid | 76.5 | 97.2% | - |
| #9 | A simple and powerful content-driven static site generator. | S•Elite | 76.3 | 90.7% | - |
| #10 | Thelia is an open source tool for creating e-business websites and managing online content. Repo containing the new major version (v2) | B•Solid | 76.1 | 94.6% | - |
| #11 | Build modular PHP applications. | B•Solid | 75.9 | 98.4% | - |
| #12 | Control how your documents get signed | S•Elite | 75.9 | 85.8% | 5 |
| #13 | Chamilo is a learning management system focused on ease of use and accessibility | S•Elite | 75.6 | 92.7% | - |
| #14 | :lock: App for authenticating Nextcloud users using SAML https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/user_saml | S•Elite | 75.6 | 94.0% | - |
| #15 | Doctrine2 ORM Data Fixtures Extensions | S•Elite | 75.2 | 93.3% | - |
| #16 | A Parser for CSS Files written in PHP. Allows extraction of CSS files into a data structure, manipulation of said structure and output as (optimized) CSS | S•Elite | 75.1 | 86.0% | - |
| #17 | laravel/cpx519 Run any command from any composer package, even if it's not installed in your project. | S•Elite | 74.8 | 91.5% | - |
| #18 | 🌀 Drupal project template | B•Solid | 74.1 | 96.4% | - |
| #19 | ㊙️ AntiXSS | Protection against Cross-site scripting (XSS) via PHP | B•Solid | 74.1 | 90.0% | - |
| #20 | flarum/framework6,746 Simple forum software for building great communities. | S•Elite | 73.5 | 90.4% | - |
| #21 | A Laravel package for versioned AI prompt management with variable interpolation, performance tracking & A/B testing. | B•Solid | 73.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #22 | Ressource Management and Manufacturing execution system Web for industry (sheet metal, machining, mold ...) | B•Solid | 73.4 | 96.8% | - |
| #23 | Modern PHP 8.3+ ecommerce platform built on Symfony, Doctrine DBAL, Laminas, 100% vanilla JS. Drop-in replacement for Magento 1 projects with full compatibility. Complete toolchain: Composer/PHPStan plugins, language packs. Enterprise features: automated email marketing, customer segmentation, dynamic categories, passkey/2FA auth and so much more. | S•Elite | 73.4 | 94.1% | - |
| #24 | 🕷 CrawlerDetect is a PHP class for detecting bots/crawlers/spiders via the user agent | B•Solid | 73.2 | 100.0% | - |
| #25 | 🩺⚡ Runtime Doctrine ORM analysis integrated into Symfony Web Profiler. Detect N+1 queries, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues during query execution. | S•Elite | 73.1 | 96.0% | 2 |
| #26 | Data delivery & consumption platform for Pimcore. | S•Elite | 72.9 | 84.9% | - |
| #27 | TYPO3 Extension news | S•Elite | 72.6 | 90.0% | - |
| #28 | :bell: The sabre/event library provides utilities for lightweight event-based programming | S•Elite | 72.5 | 92.0% | - |
| #29 | Powering our community's event management needs. | S•Elite | 72.5 | 88.5% | 1 |
| #30 | :zap: PHP Engine Direct API | S•Elite | 72.4 | 90.5% | - |
| #31 | Multiple digital signatures on a single PDF, in Laravel. Each signature is appended as a new revision, so signing again never invalidates the ones before it. A1/x509 certificates, PAdES profiles, RFC 3161 timestamps, LTV and cryptographic validation. | B•Solid | 72.1 | 100.0% | - |
| #32 | The development repo for mu-plugins used on the WordPress VIP Platform. | S•Elite | 72.0 | 87.2% | - |
| #33 | Open Source Invoicing Solution for Individuals & Businesses | S•Elite | 71.9 | 87.5% | - |
| #34 | Template introduction, check out: https://www.strangebuzz.com/en/blog/introducing-the-microsymfony-application-template | B•Solid | 71.4 | 93.8% | - |
| #35 | leiweibau/Pi.Alert1,162 Scan the devices connected to your WIFI / LAN and alert you the connection of unknown devices. It also warns if a "always connected" device disconnects. In addition, it is possible to check web services for availability. For this purpose HTTP status codes and the response time of the service are evaluated. | B•Solid | 71.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #36 | Helps to discover and install tools | B•Solid | 71.3 | 86.7% | - |
| #37 | SimpleSAMLphp is an application written in native PHP that deals with authentication. | S•Elite | 71.3 | 89.7% | - |
| #38 | 🚀 Modern open source Network Configuration Management (NCM) built with Laravel. Automated backups, configuration compliance, change detection, secure device management, and a fully modernized V8 architecture ready for production. | S•Elite | 71.3 | 93.5% | - |
| #39 | PHPStan based SQL static analysis and type inference for the database access layer | S•Elite | 71.2 | 95.5% | - |
| #40 | SMS & MMS Notifications, 2FA, OTP, and Integrations with E-Commerce and Form Builders | S•Elite | 71.2 | 81.8% | - |
| #41 | The Official MongoDB PHP library | S•Elite | 71.2 | 86.8% | - |
| #42 | predis/predis7,780 A flexible and feature-complete Redis/Valkey client for PHP. | S•Elite | 71.1 | 91.8% | - |
| #43 | Webbased Amateur Radio Logging Software - Log your contacts from everywhere! | S•Elite | 71.1 | 90.7% | - |
| #44 | Realtime PHP monitoring system which aggregates and displays Pinba data. | B•Solid | 70.9 | 98.5% | - |
| #45 | Extra strict and opinionated rules for PHPStan | S•Elite | 70.9 | 93.3% | - |
| #46 | phalcon/cphalcon10,830 High performance, full-stack PHP framework delivered as a C extension. | S•Elite | 70.8 | 96.9% | - |
| #47 | cakephp/bake112 The Bake Command Plugin | S•Elite | 70.8 | 95.0% | - |
| #48 | 🔍 Core of the full-text search framework for Nextcloud | S•Elite | 70.7 | 88.2% | - |
| #49 | Our AI framework for PHP8.4 and higher. Talk to various models and get a chat window with it. Use our smart DAG routing to save some tokens! | S•Elite | 70.7 | 89.8% | - |
| #50 | dreeveapp/dreeve2,075 Dreeve is a self-hosted, open-source dashboard for your sports and fitness data | S•Elite | 70.5 | 93.9% | - |
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What is the most welcoming PHP open-source repository?
The highest-ranked PHP repository on GetMerged is currently spiral/framework, with a C-Rank score of 77.8/100 and a 97.9% PR merge rate.
How can I find good first issues in PHP?
You can browse verified beginner-friendly issues in PHP by visiting our curated Good First Issues directory at getmerged.abhishekco.de/good-first-issue/php.
What makes a PHP repository ‘Super Welcoming’ on GetMerged?
A ‘Super Welcoming’ (S-Tier) PHP repository demonstrates an external PR merge rate above 80%, a median first response time within 24 to 48 hours, active review feedback, and clear onboarding documentation.