The Modern PHP App Server,
written in Go

Get started

# Install FrankenPHP on Linux or macOS
curl https://frankenphp.dev/install.sh | sh

# Or on Windows, with PowerShell
irm https://frankenphp.dev/install.ps1 | iex

# Serve the public/ directory
frankenphp php-server -r public/

# Run a command-line script
frankenphp php-cli script.php

# Serve the public/ directory
docker run -v $PWD:/app/public \
  -p 443:443/tcp -p 443:443/udp \
  dunglas/frankenphp

# Run a command-line script
docker run -v $PWD:/app \
  dunglas/frankenphp php script.php

One command to run them all

Get started!

Get a production-grade PHP server up and running in just one command!

Ready for the future?

Moderner PHP Than Ever!

Uses the official PHP executor embedded in a state-of-the-art web server: Caddy
Native support for HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
Automatic HTTPS certificates generation and renewal (Let’s Encrypt or ZeroSSL)
Copy your PHP files in the document root, that’s all!
Build standalone, self-executable and dependencies-free binaries for your PHP web applications, and command-line tools.
Popular PHP extensions, including OPcache and XDebug, are natively supported!

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Native support for

Make your PHP apps faster than ever!

Worker mode

Worker script
Boot your app once, it stays in memory!
Straightforward
Natively supported by Symfony, API Platform, Laravel…
Simple
Uses plain old superglobals: no need for PSR-7.
Fast
According to our benchmarks, 3.5x faster than FPM on API Platform apps.
Efficient
FrankenPHP is written in Go and C. It relies on Go’s iconic feature: goroutines!
Optional
Your app can be served as-is, even if it isn’t compatible with the worker mode.
Easy Deploy
Runs in process: one binary, no external service needed.
Watcher
Automatically restart workers each time your code changes.

Fast as lightning

So easy to configure!

Three lines of config: it’s now all you need to start a production-grade PHP server (automatic HTTPS, HTTP/3, zstd compression…), powered by Caddy.

localhost {
    # Enable compression (optional)
    encode zstd br gzip
    # Execute PHP files in the current directory and serve assets
    php_server
}

Features

FrankenPHP at a glance

Extensible

Compatible with PHP 8.2+, most PHP extensions and all Caddy modules.

Only one service

Designed with simplicity in mind: only one service, only one binary! FrankenPHP doesn’t need PHP-FPM, it uses its own SAPI specially handcrafted for Go web servers.

Easy deploy

Cloud Native app shipped as a Docker image. Compatible with Kubernetes, and all modern cloud platforms. It’s also possible to package your PHP app as a standalone, self-executable static binary.

Worker mode

Boot your application once and keep it in memory! It is ready to handle incoming requests in a few milliseconds.

103 Early Hints

Early Hints are a brand new feature of the web platform that can improve website load times by 30%. FrankenPHP is the only PHP SAPI with Early Hints support!