PHP framework privacy ratings
Web and API frameworks for PHP.
10 PHP frameworks are rated against 4 public criteria, and 10 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 4 with a known jurisdiction, 3 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 4 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source PHP frameworks only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lightweight PHP web framework following the model-view-controller pattern, with a small footprint and little configuration. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PHP framework and component collection, the successor to Zend Framework, with an MVC layer and the Mezzio middleware framework. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Full-stack framework for Laravel that builds dynamic interfaces from PHP components and Blade templates, updated from the server without writing JavaScript. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PHP framework and set of reusable components for building web applications, APIs and console tools. |
Grade B | 75 | 100% | France Nine Eyes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial |
PHP web framework following the model-view-controller pattern, with an ORM, code generation and conventions over configuration. |
Grade C | 60 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
PHP web framework with the Eloquent ORM, Blade templates, queues and a set of first-party packages and tools. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Full-stack PHP framework delivered as a C extension, with MVC components, an ORM and the Volt template engine. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | No |
PHP micro-framework for building web applications and APIs around PSR-7 requests, routing and middleware. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Component-based PHP framework for web applications and APIs, with an Active Record ORM, the Gii code generator and caching support. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | No |
PHP framework from Spiral Scout for long-running applications on the RoadRunner application server, with dependency injection, queues and gRPC support. |
Grade D | 40 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Partial | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among PHP frameworks?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are PHP frameworks rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.