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7 Open Source Projects You Should Know - PHP Edition ✔️

Overview

Hi everyone 👋🏼​
In this article, I’m going to look at seven OSS repository that you should know written in PHP, interesting projects that caught my attention and that I want to share.


Let’s start 🤙🏼​


Nextcloud

Nextcloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. It is an open source alternative to Google Suite. It can be hosted in the cloud or on-premises ☁️

Matomo

Matomo is an open source alternative to Google Analytics that protects your data and your customers’ privacy. Matomo lets you easily collect data from websites & apps and visualise this data and extract insights 📈

Flarum

Flarum is a delightfully simple discussion platform for your website: it’s community framework for small to enterprise communities that is extensible, scalable and completely free💲

Firefly III

Firefly III is a self-hosted manager for your personal finances. It can help you keep track of your expenses and income, so you can spend less and save more. It supports the use of budgets, categories and tags ❤️‍🔥

LinkFree Generator

LinkFree Generator is an open source alternative to Linktree, a tool to help you share everything you are, in one simple link. It’s simple to use and free! 🌲

Infection

Infection is a PHP mutation testing library based on AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) mutations. It works as a CLI tool and can be executed from your project’s root. Mutation Testing is a fault-based testing technique which provides a testing criterion called the Mutation Score Indicator 🐉

OpenCart

OpenCart is a free open source e-commerce platform for online merchants. OpenCart provides a professional and reliable foundation from which to build a successful online store.


Conclusion

This list lists seven open source projects that are worth checking out, either to use them or even to contribute🖖


Happy coding!✨