laruence/yaf

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4512 stars · 1360 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Yaf (Yet Another Framework) is a high-performance PHP MVC framework written in C and distributed as a compiled PHP extension via PECL/PIE. It provides routing, dispatching, autoloading, plugins, and a lightweight view layer with per-request overhead measured in microseconds.

Use cases

• build a high-traffic PHP web application with minimal framework overhead
• run an MVC framework inside long-lived PHP runtimes like Swoole or RoadRunner
• avoid Composer class-loading costs on every request
• get a fast router and dispatcher implemented in C
• develop a PHP web app without loading framework PHP files

When to choose

• you need the lowest possible per-request framework overhead in PHP
• you run long-lived PHP services and want a clean dispatch cycle per request
• you want an MVC framework installable as a PECL/PIE extension
• you prefer C-level performance for routing and autoloading

When to avoid

• you want a pure-PHP framework with Composer-based tooling and a large package ecosystem
• you cannot install PHP extensions on your hosting environment
• you need rich built-in features like ORM, queues, or scaffolding that Yaf does not provide
• your team needs extensive third-party documentation and community packages

Facets

framework · maturity stable

web-framework routing middleware plugin-system templating web-development backend developer-tools windows php php-extension mvc c-framework pecl high-performance swoole linux macos web-server

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