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FrankenPHP Is a Different Application Server

FrankenPHP is a Go binary that embeds the PHP interpreter and serves HTTP through Caddy. Worker mode keeps PHP processes warm — competing directly with RoadRunner and Octane.It als…

April 7, 2026 PHP chris 1 min read Architecture

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FrankenPHP is a Go binary that embeds the PHP interpreter and serves HTTP through Caddy. Worker mode keeps PHP processes warm — competing directly with RoadRunner and Octane.It als…

FrankenPHP is a Go binary that embeds the PHP interpreter and serves HTTP through Caddy. Worker mode keeps PHP processes warm — competing directly with RoadRunner and Octane.

It also speaks HTTP/3, ships with automatic HTTPS, and includes Mercure for server-sent events out of the box.

Single-binary deployment is a real ops win: copy one file plus the app, run it, done. Excellent fit for self-contained PHP apps and serverless-style deployments.

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