Welcoming Repositories Index PHP Ecosystem
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.
Updated daily • Thu, 15 Oct 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
5,808
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
84%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
105
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
50
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked PHP Repositories
Showing top 50 of 5,808 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | elabftw/elabftw1,446 :notebook: eLabFTW is the most popular open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. | S•Elite | 74.5 | 86.9% | 6 |
| #2 | laravel/cpx519 Run any command from any composer package, even if it's not installed in your project. | S•Elite | 73.8 | 91.5% | - |
| #3 | Recurly PHP Client | S•Elite | 72.2 | 91.7% | - |
| #4 | AI-powered Moodle plugin for tutoring, quizzes, mind maps, RAG course materials and more. | S•Elite | 71.8 | 88.2% | 7 |
| #5 | elementary/website1,267 The elementary.io website | S•Elite | 71.8 | 91.9% | - |
| #6 | 🎉 Social can be used for work, or to connect to the fediverse! | S•Elite | 71.4 | 83.2% | - |
| #7 | Empower your hosting business with FOSSBilling, the free and open-source solution for efficient billing and client management. | S•Elite | 70.8 | 93.1% | - |
| #8 | Homework Submission, Automated Grading, and TA grading system. | S•Elite | 70.4 | 67.3% | 37 |
| #9 | A free newsletter plugin for WordPress | S•Elite | 70.2 | 85.6% | - |
| #10 | Free check-in service to log your public transit journeys | S•Elite | 69.9 | 93.5% | - |
| #11 | flarum/framework6,759 Simple forum software for building great communities. | S•Elite | 69.9 | 82.6% | - |
| #12 | nextcloud/server37,093 ☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data | A•Welcoming | 69.7 | 64.6% | 5 |
| #13 | humhub/humhub6,750 HumHub is an Open Source Enterprise Social Network. Easy to install, intuitive to use and extendable with countless freely available modules. | S•Elite | 69.7 | 82.0% | - |
| #14 | chamilo/chamilo-lms1,012 Chamilo is a learning management system focused on ease of use and accessibility | S•Elite | 69.6 | 90.2% | - |
| #15 | Open publishing. Open web. Open source. | S•Elite | 69.5 | 88.9% | - |
| #16 | The development repo for mu-plugins used on the WordPress VIP Platform. | S•Elite | 69.5 | 76.4% | - |
| #17 | Webbased Amateur Radio Logging Software - Log your contacts from everywhere! | A•Welcoming | 69.2 | 87.0% | 1 |
| #18 | MbinOrg/mbin428 Mbin: a federated content aggregator, voting, discussion and microblogging platform | A•Welcoming | 69.2 | 72.1% | 1 |
| #19 | :page_with_curl: The main project repository | A•Welcoming | 69.2 | 100.0% | 1 |
| #20 | Self-hosted database backup manager with a web UI. Schedule, backup, and restore MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite & Redis to S3, SFTP, Samba or local storage. SSH Tunnel support. | A•Welcoming | 69.2 | 82.7% | - |
| #21 | The Universal Device Detection library will parse any User Agent and detect the browser, operating system, device used (desktop, tablet, mobile, tv, cars, console, etc.), brand and model. | A•Welcoming | 68.8 | 88.4% | - |
| #22 | Chronicle - Verifiable Audit Logging and Append-Only Audit Trails for Laravel. | S•Elite | 68.8 | 100.0% | - |
| #23 | koel/koel17,279 Music streaming solution that works. | S•Elite | 68.6 | 84.3% | - |
| #24 | MailChimp for Magento 2. Syncs all data (subscriber, customers, orders, products) and enables marketing automation with email campaigns, automations, ads, postcards and more. | A•Welcoming | 68.6 | 92.6% | - |
| #25 | PHPStan extension for webmozart/assert | A•Welcoming | 68.6 | 100.0% | - |
| #26 | shopware/shopware3,447 Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 3.100 community extensions | A•Welcoming | 68.5 | 71.6% | 1 |
| #27 | Centreon is a network, system and application monitoring tool. Centreon is the only AIOps Platform Providing Holistic Visibility to Complex IT Workflows from Cloud to Edge. | A•Welcoming | 68.4 | 78.3% | - |
| #28 | sulu/sulu1,360 Core framework that implements the functionality of the Sulu content management system | A•Welcoming | 68.3 | 71.1% | 1 |
| #29 | Open-source Social Media Scheduling | A•Welcoming | 68.2 | 79.1% | - |
| #30 | fusionpbx/fusionpbx1,070 Official FusionPBX - A full-featured domain based multi-tenant PBX and voice switch for FreeSwitch. | S•Elite | 68.2 | 84.3% | - |
| #31 | Control how your documents get signed | A•Welcoming | 68.0 | 57.3% | 10 |
| #32 | baserCMS : Based Website Development Project | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 85.0% | - |
| #33 | The spatial web mapping framework and core-module | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 94.7% | - |
| #34 | symfony/symfony31,190 The Symfony PHP framework | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 66.1% | 30 |
| #35 | Advising App® by Canyon GBS® is an AI-powered conversational assistant for staff, student success platform, and recruitment CRM designed specifically for colleges and universities to enhance student engagement and drive institutional success. | A•Welcoming | 67.8 | 91.1% | - |
| #36 | „... another popular solution to fight spam is Antispam Bee“ – Matt Mullenweg, Q&A WordCamp Europe 2014 | A•Welcoming | 67.8 | 79.6% | 1 |
| #37 | webERP Accounting and Business Administration ERP system | A•Welcoming | 67.8 | 100.0% | - |
| #38 | ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application developed for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras. | A•Welcoming | 67.7 | 79.4% | - |
| #39 | openemr/openemr5,523 The most popular open source electronic health records and medical practice management solution. | A•Welcoming | 67.6 | 79.8% | 2 |
| #40 | woocommerce/woocommerce10,548 A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine. | A•Welcoming | 67.6 | 60.1% | 2 |
| #41 | :lock: App for authenticating Nextcloud users using SAML https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/user_saml | A•Welcoming | 67.6 | 94.7% | - |
| #42 | Behat/Behat3,973 BDD in PHP | A•Welcoming | 67.5 | 84.0% | - |
| #43 | Free Open Source Matomo Tag Manager - A simple way to manage and maintain all of your (third-party) tags on your website. | A•Welcoming | 67.5 | 88.8% | - |
| #44 | Our AI control plane for fast deployment. Talk to various models, MCP with agents, get a chat widget for support and many tools more. Use the smart DAG routing to save some tokens! We take plugins in Go, Rust, Python, NodeJS, etc. | A•Welcoming | 67.5 | 79.6% | - |
| #45 | Zen Cart® is a full-function e-commerce application for your website. | A•Welcoming | 67.5 | 90.8% | - |
| #46 | Symfony integration for the doctrine/data-fixtures library | A•Welcoming | 67.4 | 92.6% | - |
| #47 | :closed_lock_with_key: Server API to support End-to-End Encryption | A•Welcoming | 67.4 | 86.7% | - |
| #48 | statamic/cms4,906 The core Laravel CMS Composer package | A•Welcoming | 67.4 | 76.8% | - |
| #49 | PHP library to handle IPv4, IPv6 and IP ranges | A•Welcoming | 67.4 | 92.3% | - |
| #50 | Automattic/jetpack1,851 Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic. | A•Welcoming | 67.3 | 74.8% | - |
How to Get Your PHP PR Merged
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Check C-Rank™ First: Pick projects with S or A tiers to avoid maintainer ghosts and slow review cycles.
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Run Local Verification: Ensure test suites and formatting linters pass before opening a pull request.
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Submit in Maintainer Windows: Check the repository report card to submit when maintainers are most active.
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Frequently Asked Questions: PHP Open Source
What is the most welcoming PHP open-source repository?
The highest-ranked PHP repository on GetMerged is currently elabftw/elabftw, with a C-Rank score of 74.5/100 and a 86.9% 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.