API Platform
The server component of API Platform: hypermedia and GraphQL APIs in minutes observed · 2026-10-07
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4.0
- age_days: 4292
- days_rel: 18
- days_push: 14
- n_releases_24m: 113
Adoption not part of the score
2577 stars · 987 forks observed · 2026-10-07
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
API Platform is a full-stack PHP framework built on Symfony (and Laravel) for creating API-first projects with hypermedia REST or GraphQL APIs out of the box. It includes automatic OpenAPI documentation, a React-based admin interface, real-time updates via the Mercure protocol, and client generators that scaffold Next.js, Nuxt, React Native, and other frontend apps from API docs.
Use cases
- build a REST API in PHP with pagination, filtering, and validation
- expose a GraphQL API from Doctrine entities
- generate OpenAPI documentation automatically
- scaffold a Next.js or Nuxt frontend from an API spec
- create an admin panel without writing code
- push real-time resource updates to connected clients
- add OAuth authentication to an API
- build a Jamstack app backed by a hypermedia API
When to choose
- you want an API-first full-stack framework in the PHP/Symfony ecosystem
- you need REST and GraphQL with content negotiation (JSON-LD, Hydra, JSON:API, HAL) out of the box
- you want auto-generated docs, admin UI, and client scaffolding from one codebase
- you need real-time updates via Server-Sent Events with minimal setup
When to avoid
- your stack is not PHP-based
- you need a lightweight micro-framework rather than an opinionated full-stack platform
- you want full manual control over API routing and serialization layers
- your project is a simple static site with no API needs
Facets
framework · maturity stable
api-framework web-framework graphql http-server api-documentation middleware auth websocket static-site-generator cli web-development backend apis frontend developer-tools self-hosted php cross-platform rest json-ld hydra openapi symfony laravel mercure jamstack nextjs react-admin client-generator scaffolding content-negotiation hypermedia web-server docker kubernetes nodejs
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/api-platform/core · fetched 2026-10-07 · d74835c9e384
- homepage: https://api-platform.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · e278b08c721d
- site_page: https://api-platform.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 16a95a7e608f
- site_page: https://api-platform.com/docs/create-client/nuxt · fetched 2026-08-29 · 73ffccec7fd0
- site_page: https://api-platform.com/docs/create-client/react-native · fetched 2026-08-29 · c854011cada7
- site_page: https://api-platform.com/docs/create-client/quasar · fetched 2026-08-29 · dc5a1687b5e9
- site_page: https://api-platform.com/docs/create-client · fetched 2026-08-29 · a96a5f45f079
- site_page: https://api-platform.com/docs/admin · fetched 2026-08-29 · ca1d9fefcc9e
- site_page: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/mercure · fetched 2026-08-29 · edd27b944710
- site_page: https://api-platform.com/docs/core/security · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2e0aebf466a0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| api-platform/core | main | 94 |
| api-platform/api-platform | main | 90 |
| api-platform/laravel | plugin | 72 |
For agents
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