laravel/lumen-framework

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

1508 stars · 410 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Lumen is a fast PHP micro-framework from the Laravel project for building web applications and APIs with expressive syntax, offering routing, middleware, database abstraction, queues, caching, and authentication. Laravel no longer recommends starting new projects with Lumen, steering developers toward full Laravel with Octane.

Use cases

• build a fast lightweight php microservice
• create a small rest api in php
• lightweight alternative to laravel for micro-frameworks
• maintain an existing lumen application
• build a small web app with routing and queues
• php micro-framework for json apis

When to choose

• you are maintaining or extending an existing Lumen codebase
• you need a minimal Laravel-flavored micro-framework for a small service
• you want Laravel-style routing, queues, and caching with less overhead

When to avoid

• you are starting a new project - Laravel itself (with Octane) is now recommended
• you need Laravel ecosystem packages like Cashier, Passport, or Scout, which are incompatible
• you want a framework with a long-term active development roadmap

Facets

framework · maturity maintenance

web-framework routing middleware caching database auth testing web-development backend apis developer-tools php cross-platform micro-framework laravel php-framework rest-api legacy web-server

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