Google APIs Client Library for PHP

A PHP client library for accessing Google APIs observed · 2026-10-15

github.com/googleapis/google-api-php-client · homepage · PHP · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-10-15

Health v2 · maintenance only

93/100

Activity 96
Release rhythm 84
Longevity 100

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 66.0
age_days: 4813
days_rel: 25
days_push: 25
n_releases_24m: 11

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

9812 stars · 3530 forks observed · 2026-10-15

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

The official Google APIs client library for PHP, enabling server-side access to Google APIs such as Gmail, Drive, and YouTube. It is complete and in maintenance mode, receiving only critical bug and security fixes.

Use cases

send email via gmail api from php
upload files to google drive from a php server
fetch youtube data in php
authenticate with google oauth in php
call google apis from a php backend

When to choose

you need to access consumer Google APIs like Gmail, Drive, or YouTube from PHP
you want an officially supported Google client library for PHP 8+
you are maintaining an existing PHP integration with Google APIs

When to avoid

you are working with Google Cloud Platform APIs like Cloud Storage or Pub/Sub - use the google-cloud-php libraries instead
you need new features or support for newly released API surfaces
you are not using PHP

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

http-client sdk auth apis developer-tools web-development php google-apis oauth gmail-api youtube-api drive-api composer official-client web-server

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-php-client · fetched 2026-10-15 · ca41238d5d95
homepage: http://googleapis.github.io/google-api-php-client/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44136fa355b3

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
googleapis/google-api-php-client	main	93
googleapis/google-api-php-client-services	plugin	96

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