# laravel/lumen-framework

The Laravel Lumen Framework.

Repository: https://github.com/laravel/lumen-framework
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lumen-framework
Homepage: https://lumen.laravel.com
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, lumen, framework
Last push: 2026-07-22T19:54:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4160, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": 631, "gap_med": 70, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1508, forks 410 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:55.507082+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, routing, middleware, caching, database, auth, testing
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: php, cross-platform
- tags: micro-framework, laravel, php-framework, rest-api, legacy, web-server

## Member repositories
- laravel/lumen-framework (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.507082+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 2026-08-30T04:32:33.526888+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laravel/lumen-framework (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.507082+00:00, sha 40efc2e24db9)
  - homepage: https://lumen.laravel.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.367113+00:00, sha 441f7f0ae375)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/10.x (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.370045+00:00, sha 2138b30e08b7)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/9.x (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.371899+00:00, sha 67710f005895)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/8.x (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.373624+00:00, sha b3b8b5539e43)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/7.x (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.375211+00:00, sha 04dd3b779bc5)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/6.x (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.376897+00:00, sha 4a783776874f)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/5.8 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.378553+00:00, sha b8db9c9e38aa)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/5.7 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.380137+00:00, sha 9714552f1d24)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/5.6 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:57.381593+00:00, sha 12e516c4bd04)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.