PHP
How vibe coders and indie builders use PHP: 73 projects built with it and 2 built for it since May 2026.
Projects built with it
73
Share of stated stacks, 4 wks
0.7%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
too few to tell
Add-ons built for it
2
Share of stated stacks, per week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
Often used with
- JavaScript 27
- MySQL 15
- Python 12
- CSS 10
- Node.js 8
- Go 8
- Tailwind CSS 8
- MariaDB 8
What's built with it
Latest projects built with PHP
- CyberEscudo — Hosts browser-based cybersecurity tools, hands-on labs, a simulated SOC incident investigation and free certificate exams.“I built a free cybersecurity site: 66 browser-based tools, a playable SOC shift and free certificates. What's missing?”
- Snus Ranking — Ranks snus and nicotine pouches using a separate expert test score and community score, with community ratings and a side-by-side compare view.“I built an independent snus & nicotine pouch ranking in plain PHP – no framework, no build step”
- Leanks — Provides a self-hosted URL shortener dashboard with password links, expiration, UTM builder, QR codes and click analytics.“I built a free, open source modern dashboard for YOURLS: Leanks”
- Pinch — Lets users claim territories on a shared world map by placing pins that link to a chosen URL with basic analytics.“Share a project of yours”
- circles — Lets anyone create a subject page where members post and share links, and attached feeds are merged into one searchable list.“Google just launched "Search Profiles" for big creators. I've been building the same idea for anyone, solo, for a year.”
- Sqlaris Studio — Provides a desktop-style GUI for browsing, editing, querying and maintaining PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB databases.“I built my own database GUI for PostgreSQL and MySQL”
- OLS (Open Local Server) — Runs local websites with automatic .test domains, trusted HTTPS, per-site web servers and PHP versions, and one-click installs of common dev services.“After 6 years on Laragon, I built my own free, open-source local dev environment: OLS”
- Instant Website Redesign — Generates a responsive redesign of an existing live website as a single HTML file from its URL, content, imagery and colors.“I built an AI tool that redesigns any outdated website into a clean HTML file in 2 minutes.”
- Tableroom — Hosts real-time multiplayer browser board and card games with no login required.“I built a zero-framework, no-login 1920s gaming parlor with 20 multiplayer games (vanilla JS & PHP)”
- Weby — Provides a lightweight messenger with WebRTC voice and video calls, offline message queueing, and a web client plus Android app.“I built Weby – an instant, lightweight messenger with WebRTC calls and no ads. Looking for 50 early beta testers!”
- 5laptop.com — Presents tech product specifications and lets visitors compare devices side by side.“Built a custom PHP/SQL tech comparison site (5laptop.com), looking for someone to take it over”
- PermitCore — Manages software licenses through creation, validation via API or SDKs, device limits, and a built-in store for selling them.“I built the software licensing platform I wished I had as an indie developer”
- Paybyte Blockchain Engine — Runs a proof-of-participation Layer 1 blockchain that lets merchants accept a native crypto payment with a signed payment reference, similar to a pay-with-PayPal button.“Crypto Commerce Project - Paybyte”
- NinjaReviews — Embeds a self-hosted Google Reviews widget on a website from a single line of code, using the Google Places API.“I'm Building a tiny open-source Reviews Widget”
- AlgoPath — Teaches algorithms through an ordered sequence of steps with self-written code, failing tests, and hint ladders, running in the browser.“I build Leetcode but better.”
Latest add-ons built for PHP
- Sloppy — Scans PHP code for common quality problems like silent exception catches, oversized methods, and queries inside loops, and can run during AI agent edits to report only newly introduced issues.“Are AI coding assistants creating a new category of technical debt? I built a tool to measure some of it”
- pmanager — Runs and supervises application processes across multiple languages, with restarts, health checks, logs, and monitoring.“I made a universal process manager for Node, Bun, Python, Go, Rust, and more”