# cztomczak/phpdesktop

Develop desktop GUI applications using PHP, HTML5, JavaScript and SQLite

Repository: https://github.com/cztomczak/phpdesktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phpdesktop
Homepage: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/phpdesktop
License Family: other
Topics: chrome, chromium, php, php-compiler, php-framework, php-desktop, php-desktop-applications, phpdesktop
Last push: 2026-07-31T16:19:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4023, "days_push": 33, "days_rel": 578, "gap_med": 81, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- 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 2877, forks 579 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:27.431866+00:00)

## What it is
PHP Desktop is an open-source framework for building native desktop GUI applications using PHP, HTML5, JavaScript and SQLite, often described as Electron for PHP. It bundles a Chromium-based browser, an embedded Mongoose web server, and a PHP interpreter into a single distributable application.

## Use cases
- convert a php web app into a desktop application
- build desktop gui apps with php and html5
- package php cli tool as a windows exe
- turn existing website into a distributable desktop app
- run laravel or codeigniter app as a native desktop program
- create portable desktop software without learning a new framework

## When to choose
- you have an existing PHP web application you want to ship as a desktop app
- your team knows PHP and web technologies but not C++ or Electron
- you need a portable Windows executable with no external dependencies
- you want to reuse popular PHP frameworks like Laravel or Symfony in a desktop context

## When to avoid
- you need cross-platform desktop apps on macOS or Linux with active support
- you require deep native OS integration beyond what a browser window provides
- your project needs a modern, actively developed runtime with frequent updates
- you are building mobile or web-only applications

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, web-framework, http-server, desktop-framework
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: windows, php
- tags: electron-alternative, php-to-exe, chromium-embedded, sqlite, html5, desktop

## Member repositories
- cztomczak/phpdesktop (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:27.431866+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 2026-08-30T07:35:41.164028+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cztomczak/phpdesktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:27.431866+00:00, sha aab937065b96)
  - homepage: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/phpdesktop (fetched 2026-08-29T09:51:34.045244+00:00, sha baadc688de20)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.