# walkor/webman

Probably the fastest PHP web framework in the world.

Repository: https://github.com/walkor/webman
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webman
Homepage: https://webman.workerman.net/
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: high-performance, php, web-framework, webman, websocket
Last push: 2026-04-15T08:33:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 72, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2320, "days_push": 140, "days_rel": 190, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2688, forks 251 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:10.842195+00:00)

## What it is
Webman is a high-performance PHP web framework built on Workerman that integrates HTTP, WebSocket, TCP, and UDP services. It uses resident memory, coroutines, and connection pools to achieve very high throughput compared to traditional PHP frameworks.

## Use cases
- build a high-performance REST API in PHP
- serve websocket connections from PHP
- replace Laravel/Symfony for latency-sensitive endpoints
- build a long-running PHP service with resident memory
- create a TCP or UDP server in PHP
- build an admin panel backend with database and Redis support

## When to choose
- you need maximum request throughput from PHP
- you need websocket or raw TCP/UDP alongside HTTP
- you are comfortable with resident-memory PHP programming models
- you want a batteries-included framework with ORM, cache, queue, and plugin ecosystem

## When to avoid
- you rely on shared-hosting or Apache/mod_php deployment
- your team depends on the vast Laravel/Symfony ecosystem
- you prefer classic request-per-process PHP lifecycle semantics

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, http-server, websocket, routing, middleware, orm, caching, message-queue, cli
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: windows, php, cli
- tags: workerman, high-performance, resident-memory, coroutines, connection-pools, php-framework, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- walkor/webman (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:10.842195+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 2026-08-30T02:17:44.856522+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/walkor/webman (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:10.842195+00:00, sha a17018976077)
  - homepage: https://webman.workerman.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:53.509527+00:00, sha 5a055c372524)
  - site_page: https://webman.workerman.net/doc/en/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:53.512086+00:00, sha e7ccaa28c533)
  - site_page: https://webman.workerman.net/doc/en/app/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:53.514107+00:00, sha 39a0b59176a3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.