# gabrielrcouto/php-gui

Extensionless PHP Graphic User Interface library

Repository: https://github.com/gabrielrcouto/php-gui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/php-gui
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-05-29T18:11:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3813, "days_push": 1557, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2238, forks 169 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:29.543155+00:00)

## What it is
A PHP library for building cross-platform desktop GUI applications without installing any PHP extension, installed via Composer. It works by communicating with a bundled Lazarus/Free Pascal runtime, letting developers create windows, buttons, and other components with plain PHP objects and event callbacks.

## Use cases
- build a desktop gui app in php
- create windowed php applications without extensions
- make a cross-platform desktop tool using php
- add buttons and forms to a php cli script
- prototype a gui quickly with composer

## When to choose
- you know PHP and want a simple desktop app without learning a new language
- you cannot install PHP extensions on target machines
- you need a cross-platform GUI with zero external dependencies beyond Composer

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained GUI toolkit
- you require native look-and-feel or advanced UI features
- your project targets PHP 8+ environments exclusively
- you need mobile or web deployment

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, desktop-framework
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: php, windows, cross-platform
- tags: php-gui, no-php-extension, composer-installable, event-driven-ui, desktop-apps-in-php, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- gabrielrcouto/php-gui (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.543155+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 2026-08-30T02:44:14.016024+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gabrielrcouto/php-gui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.543155+00:00, sha d84dc1504447)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.