# apiato/apiato

PHP Framework for building scalable API's on top of Laravel.

Repository: https://github.com/apiato/apiato
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apiato
Homepage: http://apiato.io
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: api, php-api, api-centric, porto, apiato, starter-kit, starter-project, starter-app, api-starter, php-framework, api-starter-template, laravel-starter
Last push: 2026-05-29T05:24:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 57, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3790, "days_push": 96, "days_rel": 289, "gap_med": 23.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3109, forks 476 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.872651+00:00)

## What it is
Apiato is a PHP framework built on top of Laravel for creating scalable, testable, API-centric applications using the Porto architectural pattern. It ships with batteries-included features such as OAuth2 authentication, RBAC, API versioning, code and documentation generators, and test helpers.

## Use cases
- build a scalable REST API with PHP and Laravel
- bootstrap an API-centric Laravel project with authentication and versioning
- structure a large Laravel codebase with clean modular architecture
- generate API documentation automatically
- add OAuth2 and role-based access control to an API
- grow a monolith into microservices over time

## When to choose
- you want a batteries-included Laravel-based API starter with proven patterns
- you need built-in auth, versioning, RBAC, and docs generation out of the box
- you value a strict modular architecture (Porto) for team-scale API development

## When to avoid
- you are building a simple website or server-rendered app rather than an API
- your team prefers plain Laravel conventions without an opinionated architectural pattern
- you need a framework outside the PHP/Laravel ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, api-framework, auth, authorization, rate-limiting, caching, testing, documentation, middleware, routing
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: php, cli, cross-platform
- tags: laravel, porto-architecture, api-versioning, oauth2, starter-kit, code-generation, rbac, microservices, web-server

## Member repositories
- apiato/apiato (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.872651+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:26:51.327018+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apiato/apiato (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.872651+00:00, sha 61cf760a3fe0)
  - homepage: http://apiato.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:04.047770+00:00, sha f9d3fec2782c)
  - site_page: https://apiato.io/docs/prologue/release-notes (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:04.058747+00:00, sha 68efdef15187)
  - site_page: https://apiato.io/docs/getting-started/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:04.056757+00:00, sha eafda27ff022)
  - site_page: https://apiato.io/docs/next/prologue/release-notes (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:04.060328+00:00, sha cdfa00399443)
  - site_page: https://apiato.io/docs/12.x/getting-started/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:04.062122+00:00, sha 68262b85272f)
  - site_page: https://apiato.io/docs/11.x (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:04.063641+00:00, sha 8b49948dbb4e)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.