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title: "Phalcon Framework: A full-stack PHP framework"
version: "6.0"
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# Phalcon Framework: A full-stack PHP framework

**A full-stack framework for PHP, written in PHP**

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## Mission 🚀

Our mission is to empower developers with an advanced, feature-rich tool: Phalcon. This framework is designed to facilitate the development of robust, maintainable applications.

## What is Phalcon ❓

Phalcon is an open-source, full-stack framework for PHP, written in PHP. It is distributed as a Composer package and requires PHP 8.1 or later; there is no extension to compile or install.

Its components are designed to work together as a full-stack framework or to be used individually in any PHP application. The code base targets modern PHP and follows the relevant PSR standards.

## Usage 📝

The framework's interface is exposed as PHP classes under the `Phalcon` namespace, installed with Composer (`composer require phalcon/phalcon`), making it accessible and straightforward to use.

Phalcon is loosely coupled, allowing developers to use only the objects that they need as glue components based on the needs of their applications.

You can check our [GitHub][github] project for the code and browse through these documents for usage and functionality.

Since this is a community-driven project, you can share your thoughts and requests for functionality you need by issuing a [New Feature Request][new-feature-request] and if you wish vote in GitHub for [existing NFRs][new-feature-request-list].

Feel free to connect with us using our social media accounts:

- **Chat - QA** — [Discord Chat][discord]

[Discussions][discussions]
- **Support** — [GitHub Sponsors - Support Us][github_sponsors]

[OpenCollective - Support Us][opencollective_sponsors]
- **Social Media** — [Telegram][telegram]

[Gab][gab]

[MeWe][mewe]

[Reddit][reddit]

[Facebook][fb]

[Twitter][t]
- **Videos** — [BitChute][bitchute]

[LBRY][lbry]

[YouTube][youtube]

[bitchute]: https://phalcon.io/bitchute
[discord]: https://phalcon.io/discord
[discussions]: https://phalcon.io/discussions
[fb]: https://phalcon.io/fb
[gab]: https://phalcon.io/gab
[github]: https://github.com/phalcon/phalcon
[github_docs]: https://github.com/phalcon/docs
[github_sponsors]: https://github.com/sponsors/phalcon
[lbry]: https://phalcon.io/lbry
[mewe]: https://phalcon.io/mewe
[new-feature-request]: /6.0/new-feature-request/
[new-feature-request-list]: /6.0/new-feature-request-list/
[opencollective_sponsors]: https://phalcon.io/fund
[reddit]: https://phalcon.io/reddit
[t]: https://phalcon.io/t
[telegram]: https://phalcon.io/telegram
[youtube]: https://phalcon.io/youtube

Source: https://docs.phalcon.io/6.0/introduction/index.mdx