Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to CodeIgniter

The top open-source alternatives to CodeIgniter are Laravel, Django, and CakePHP. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Laravel Landing Page
1

Laravel

A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #PHP Framework 194 social mentions
Django Landing Page
2

Django

The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Python Web Framework #Python MVC Framework #Web Frameworks 14 social mentions
CakePHP Landing Page
3

CakePHP

The Rapid Development Framework for PHP
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PHP Web Framework #PHP MVC Framework #Web Frameworks 9 social mentions
Ruby on Rails Landing Page
4

Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is an open source full-stack web application framework for the Ruby programming...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #Frameworks (Full Stack) 117 social mentions
Yii Framework Landing Page
5

Yii Framework

Yii is a high-performance component-based PHP framework best for Web 2.0 development.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PHP Framework #PHP MVC Framework #Web Frameworks
Flask Landing Page
6

Flask

a microframework for Python based on Werkzeug, Jinja 2 and good intentions.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Python Web Framework #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools 42 social mentions
ExpressJS Landing Page
7

ExpressJS

Sinatra inspired web development framework for node.js -- insanely fast, flexible, and simple
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JavaScript Framework #Node.js Framework #Web Frameworks 425 social mentions
Meteor Landing Page
8

Meteor

Meteor is a set of new technologies for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Python Web Framework 10 social mentions
Shiny Landing Page
9

Shiny

Shiny is an R package that makes it easy to build interactive web apps straight from R.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Python Web Framework 32 social mentions
Grails Landing Page
10

Grails

An Open Source, full stack, web application framework for the JVM
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Python Web Framework 5 social mentions
hapi.js Landing Page
11

hapi.js

Server Framework for Node.js
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Python Web Framework 28 social mentions
Slim Framework Landing Page
12

Slim Framework

Slim is a PHP micro framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful web applications and APIs.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PHP Framework #PHP MVC Framework #Web Frameworks 5 social mentions