# Zend Framework

Official Zend Framework repository

Repository: https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zend-framework
Homepage: https://framework.zend.com/
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-05-22T18:35:44+00:00
Link (homepage): https://framework.zend.com/
Link (site_page): https://framework.zend.com/about.1.html
Link (site_page): https://framework.zend.com/downloads.html
Link (site_page): https://framework.zend.com/learn.html
Link (site_page): https://framework.zend.com/about/faq.html

## 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": 5934, "days_push": 2660, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5432, forks 2457 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:18.070398+00:00)

## What it is
Zend Framework is a collection of 60+ loosely coupled, object-oriented PHP packages for building web applications and services, installable via Composer as a metapackage or as individual components. It supports both MVC (zend-mvc) and middleware (zend-expressive) architectures, follows PHP-FIG standards including PSR-7, and has since been renamed and continued as the Laminas Project.

## Use cases
- build a PHP web application with an MVC framework
- create PSR-7 middleware-based PHP applications
- upgrade a legacy Zend Framework 2 app to version 3
- use individual PHP components like zend-db, zend-cache, or zend-diactoros in any project
- build enterprise PHP applications with authentication and cryptography
- develop console applications in PHP
- generate barcodes, PDFs, and CAPTCHAs in PHP

## When to choose
- you are maintaining or migrating an existing Zend Framework 2/3 application
- you want mature, enterprise-proven PHP components with a long track record
- you need individual loosely coupled PHP packages (PSR-7 messages, caching, event manager) rather than a full framework

## When to avoid
- you are starting a brand-new PHP project - use the successor Laminas Project instead, since Zend Framework is no longer developed
- you need a framework with active community support and recent security updates
- you want a lightweight micro-framework or a modern full-stack framework like Laravel or Symfony

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, http-server, middleware, routing, templating, auth, caching, orm, cli
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: php, cross-platform
- tags: php, mvc, psr-7, metapackage, laminas, enterprise, composer, web-server

## Member repositories
- zendframework/zendframework (main) score 10
- zendframework/zend-code (backend) score 10
- zendframework/zend-eventmanager (backend) score 10
- zendframework/zend-diactoros (backend) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:18.070398+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 2026-08-29T17:56:53.638303+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:18.070398+00:00, sha c49ae47eabcc)
  - homepage: https://framework.zend.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:52:30.218365+00:00, sha 9dcd9b8cde7f)
  - site_page: https://framework.zend.com/about.1.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:52:30.228670+00:00, sha e521a40e3e23)
  - site_page: https://framework.zend.com/about/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:52:30.234446+00:00, sha aa4d5b0d0859)
  - site_page: https://framework.zend.com/docs/api/zf2.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:52:30.238682+00:00, sha 2fdddabb2c0e)
  - site_page: https://framework.zend.com/docs/api/zf1.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:52:30.241003+00:00, sha 65ac9ddaf06c)
  - site_page: https://framework.zend.com/downloads.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:52:30.230585+00:00, sha 8137be797724)
  - site_page: https://framework.zend.com/learn.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:52:30.232522+00:00, sha 468040d3d904)
  - site_page: https://framework.zend.com/changelog.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:52:30.236032+00:00, sha 6e7b51665691)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.