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Why stronger performance than Hyperf?

Hyperf delivers a mature pure-PHP coroutine ecosystem. Gene moves the most expensive userland PHP overhead into a C extension — built for server workloads where latency and throughput must be pushed to the limit.

Gene

Core routing, factory, and config hot paths in C — shorter dispatch chain
Zero-heap memory strategies tuned for high-concurrency benchmarks
PHP-FPM and Swoole long-running modes, low footprint, stable uptime

Hyperf (comparison)

Mature coroutine stack and component ecosystem in pure PHP
Framework logic stays in userland; higher core-path cost than C extensions
On equal hardware, peak performance is often decided by the runtime — reproduce on your machine

Results vary with CPU, kernel, PHP/Swoole version, and app code. See our benchmarks and run side-by-side tests locally.

Elegant Fast Flexible Simple C extension framework. Core capabilities:

* Elegant: lightweight SOA with bounded context, composable modules, DDD-friendly;
* Fast: C extension on hot paths; on equal configs, often higher QPS than Laravel, Yii, Hyperf;
* Flexible: classic MVC plus MVCS with a dedicated service layer;
* Simple: one-minute demo to get started;
* Scenarios: web apps, microservices, long-running workers;
* Routing: full HTTP REST support with binary-tree lookup;
* Hooks: global and per-route before/after hooks;
* DI: Spring-inspired IoC with global and local inversion of control;
* Middleware: AOP-style registration via config;
* Factory: powerful singleton factory;
* Database: high-performance PDO ORM for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite;
* Config: process-cached config with auto refresh;
* Validation: built-in and custom validation rules;
* Views: compiled template engine or native PHP templates;
* Long connections: per-process MySQL/Redis/Memcached with reconnect detection;
* CLI: infrastructure for console apps and daemons;
* Cache: timed method cache plus real-time version cache;
* Autoload: PSR-4 with custom library paths;
* Swoole: low memory usage, no leaks in long-running mode;
* Other: Composer support;

Back to Basics — High Performance

While the framework ecosystem races forward, Gene looks back to fundamentals — pursuing native instructions at the lowest level. C extension hot paths plus long-running memory help Gene reach hardware limits in throughput and latency versus Laravel, Yii, CodeIgniter, and Hyperf.
Dual Experience — Simple Yet Complete

A minimal, extensible architecture without heavy wrappers executes efficiently. Simplicity on the surface, depth underneath — low learning cost with Gene's performance and developer experience.
Wide Range of Scenarios

Designed around long-running memory: CLI, DI, hooks, routing, caching, and more out of the box. Ideal for high-performance web APIs, mobile backends, and data processing jobs.

Release History

May 2026 — Gene V6.0.0 (latest). Performance and stability improvements; upgrade recommended.
Apr 2026 — Gene 5.5.3. Performance tuning and bug fixes.
Apr 2026 — Gene 5.4.5. More framework component classes.
Oct 2023 — Gene 5.0. PHP 8.1 support.
May 2021 — Gene 4.0. Redis auth; template context assignments.
Nov 2020 — Gene 3.3. Universal validator; grouped template assignments.
Jun 2019 — Gene 3.0. Multi-DB, Swoole, real-time version cache.
Jun 2017 — Gene 2.0 milestone, PHP 7, adopted by large commercial projects.
May 2016 — Gene 1.0 with MVC, routing, and config.
Mar 2016 — Gene born: a simple, efficient framework.
Earlier: Zend, Yii, Symfony, CI, ThinkPHP, Laravel, Yaf, Phalcon — heavy frameworks, efficiency pain points.

Why stronger performance than Hyperf?

Gene

Hyperf (comparison)

Back to Basics — High Performance

Dual Experience — Simple Yet Complete

Wide Range of Scenarios