# PHP frameworks privacy ratings

Web and API frameworks for PHP.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [CodeIgniter](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/codeigniter/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Lightweight PHP web framework following the model-view-controller pattern, with a small footprint and little configuration. |
| [Laminas](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/laminas/) | B (80/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | PHP framework and component collection, the successor to Zend Framework, with an MVC layer and the Mezzio middleware framework. |
| [Livewire](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/livewire/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Full-stack framework for Laravel that builds dynamic interfaces from PHP components and Blade templates, updated from the server without writing JavaScript. |
| [Symfony](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/symfony/) | B (75/100) | France (Nine Eyes) | PHP framework and set of reusable components for building web applications, APIs and console tools. |
| [CakePHP](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/cakephp/) | C (60/100) | Unknown | PHP web framework following the model-view-controller pattern, with an ORM, code generation and conventions over configuration. |
| [Laravel](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/laravel/) | D (50/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | PHP web framework with the Eloquent ORM, Blade templates, queues and a set of first-party packages and tools. |
| [Phalcon](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/phalcon/) | D (50/100) | Unknown | Full-stack PHP framework delivered as a C extension, with MVC components, an ORM and the Volt template engine. |
| [Slim](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/slim/) | D (50/100) | Unknown | PHP micro-framework for building web applications and APIs around PSR-7 requests, routing and middleware. |
| [Yii](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/yii/) | D (50/100) | Unknown | Component-based PHP framework for web applications and APIs, with an Active Record ORM, the Gii code generator and caching support. |
| [Spiral](https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/spiral/) | D (40/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | PHP framework from Spiral Scout for long-running applications on the RoadRunner application server, with dependency injection, queues and gRPC support. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/php-frameworks/