# laravel/lumen

The Laravel Lumen Framework.

Repository: https://github.com/laravel/lumen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lumen
Homepage: https://lumen.laravel.com
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Topics: framework, laravel, lumen
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-04-09T14:03:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4160, "days_push": 876, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7570, forks 965 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:01.692596+00:00)

## What it is
Lumen is a fast PHP micro-framework from the Laravel project for building web applications and APIs with routing, middleware, database abstraction, queueing, and caching. Its maintainers no longer recommend starting new projects with it, pointing users to modern Laravel with Octane instead.

## Use cases
- build a fast lightweight php rest api
- micro-framework for small web services
- laravel-style routing without full laravel overhead
- build a json api backend in php
- lightweight php microservice framework
- queue and cache backed php web app

## When to choose
- maintaining an existing Lumen codebase
- you want Laravel-style syntax in a minimal package on legacy PHP stacks

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - the maintainers recommend Laravel with Octane instead
- you need Laravel ecosystem packages like Cashier, Passport, or Scout
- you want a framework with active future development

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, routing, middleware, caching, database, message-queue, auth, authorization
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: php, cross-platform
- tags: micro-framework, laravel, php-framework, rest-api, deprecated-for-new-projects, web-server

## Member repositories
- laravel/lumen (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:01.692596+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 2026-08-29T17:37:05.581409+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laravel/lumen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:01.692596+00:00, sha 4e95b2c8ffd1)
  - homepage: https://lumen.laravel.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.632592+00:00, sha 441f7f0ae375)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/10.x (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.634968+00:00, sha 2138b30e08b7)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/9.x (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.636752+00:00, sha 67710f005895)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/8.x (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.638492+00:00, sha b3b8b5539e43)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/7.x (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.640421+00:00, sha 04dd3b779bc5)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/6.x (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.642285+00:00, sha 4a783776874f)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/5.8 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.644118+00:00, sha b8db9c9e38aa)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/5.7 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.646356+00:00, sha 9714552f1d24)
  - site_page: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/5.6 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:30.648592+00:00, sha 12e516c4bd04)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.