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--- visibility: public --- # CakePHP **repo:** [friendsofcake/awesome-cakephp](https://github.com/friendsofcake/awesome-cakephp) **category:** [[back-end-development|Back-End Development]] **related:** [[php|Php]] · [[symfony|Symfony]] · [[phalcon|Phalcon]] · [[laravel|Laravel]] --- # Awesome CakePHP [](https://awesome.re) > A curated list of CakePHP plugins, resources, and tools. [CakePHP](https://cakephp.org/) is a rapid development PHP framework that uses well-known design patterns like MVC and ORM. It provides a robust foundation for building web applications with conventions over configuration. If you are looking for previous CakePHP resources please visit: - the [CakePHP 2.x version](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/awesome-cakephp/tree/cake2) of this [awesome](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/awesome) list - the [CakePHP 3.x version](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/awesome-cakephp/tree/cake3) of this awesome list - the [CakePHP 4.x version](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/awesome-cakephp/tree/cake4) of this awesome list - this wiki with a [list of not-yet upgraded plugins](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/awesome-cakephp/wiki#plugins-not-yet-upgraded-from-2x-to-3x) Additional lists you might find useful: - [CakePHP Plugins](https://plugins.cakephp.org) - [Awesome PHP](https://github.com/ziadoz/awesome-php) - [Awesome Awesomeness](https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness) > For those wondering; this list differs from plugins.cakephp.org by supporting > plugin subparts (instead of only the whole plugin/repo), more granular > grouping and the primary focus on task-specific functionality. ## Contents - [Plugins](#plugins) - [AI Tools](#ai-tools) - [Architecture](#architecture) - [Asset Management](#asset-management) - [Auditing / Logging](#auditing--logging) - [Authentication and Authorization](#authentication-and-authorization) - [Caching](#caching) - [Code Analysis](#code-analysis) - [Console](#console) - [Debugging](#debugging) - [Email](#email) - [File Manipulation](#file-manipulation) - [Filtering and Validation](#filtering-and-validation) - [Geolocation](#geolocation) - [I18n](#i18n) - [Imagery](#imagery) - [Libs](#libs) - [Markup](#markup) - [Migration](#migration) - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous) - [Navigation](#navigation) - [Notifications and Real-time Communication](#notifications-and-real-time-communication) - [ORM / Database / Datamapping](#orm--database--datamapping) - [PDF](#pdf) - [Queue](#queue) - [REST and API](#rest-and-api) - [Search](#search) - [Security](#security) - [SEO](#seo) - [Skeleton](#skeleton) - [Social](#social) - [Templating](#templating) - [Testing](#testing) - [Third Party APIs](#third-party-apis) - [Software](#software) - [Development Environment](#development-environment) - [Web Applications](#web-applications) - [CMS and applications built on CakePHP](#cms-and-applications-built-on-cakephp) - [Demo](#demo) - [Resources](#resources) - [Help](#help) - [CakePHP Websites](#cakephp-websites) - [CakePHP Books and Articles](#cakephp-books-and-articles) - [CakePHP Videos](#cakephp-videos) - [CakePHP Tutorials](#cakephp-tutorials) - [CakePHP Reading and Listening](#cakephp-reading-and-listening) - [CakePHP Internals Reading](#cakephp-internals-reading) - [Conferences](#conferences) ## Plugins ### AI Tools *Plugins and libraries for integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning tools.* - [Crustum/OpenRouter plugin](https://github.com/crustum/cakephp-open-router) - [Integration](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/integration) with OpenRouter service for unified LLM access, supporting multiple AI models with chat completions, [streaming](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/big-data/streaming), tool calling, and web search. - [Synapse plugin](https://github.com/josbeir/cakephp-synapse) - Expose your application functionality via MCP, with built-in tools and documentation search to help you discover and interact with your app's capabilities. ### Architecture - [Burzum/CakeServiceLayer plugin](https://github.com/burzum/cakephp-service-layer) - Service layer and domain/business model implementation. ### Asset Management *Managing, compressing and minifying website assets.* - [AssetCompress plugin](https://github.com/markstory/asset_compress) - A complete asset manager for CakePHP. - [AssetMix plugin](https://github.com/ishanvyas22/asset-mix) - Provides integration with [Laravel Mix](https://laravel-mix.com) asset compilation. - [CakeVite plugin](https://github.com/josbeir/cakephp-vite) - A fully-featured [Vite](https://vite.dev/) plugin (spiritual successor of [brandcom/cakephp-vite](https://github.com/brandcom/cakephp-vite)). ### Auditing / Logging *Tracking changes and events in your app.* - [AuditStash plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-audit-stash) - Flexible and rock solid audit log tracking. - [Bouncer plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-bouncer) - The pendant to AuditStash, allow moderation and approval of add/edit/delete actions before the actual change is applied. - [DatabaseLog plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/CakePHP-DatabaseLog) - Simple and stand-alone logging to [database](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/databases/database) instead of files. - [Muffin/Footprint plugin](https://github.com/UseMuffin/Footprint) - Plugin to allow passing currently logged in user to model layer. - [Version plugin](https://github.com/josegonzalez/cakephp-version) - A plugin that facilitates versioned database entities. ### Authentication and Authorization *Plugins and libraries for implementing authentication and authorization.* - [ADmad/SocialAuth plugin](https://github.com/ADmad/cakephp-social-auth) - A plugin which allows you to authenticate using social providers like Facebook/Google/Twitter etc. using [SocialConnect/auth](https://github.com/SocialConnect/auth) social sign on library. - [ApiTokenAuthenticator plugin](https://github.com/rrd108/api-token-authenticator) - A simple token authentication plugin for CakePHP REST APIs. - [Authentication plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/authentication) - Official CakePHP authentication middleware plugin. - [Authorization plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/authorization) - Official CakePHP authorization stack. - [CakeDC/Users plugin](https://github.com/CakeDC/users) - Complete user management (admin panel, remember me, etc), Social login (FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Instagram), RBAC, API and more. - [CakeVerification plugin](https://github.com/salines/cakephp-verification) - Two-factor verification supporting email OTP, email magic link, SMS OTP, and TOTP (Google Authenticator). - [TinyAuth plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tinyauth) - Authentication and role-based (single/multi) authorization as very light-weight approach. - [Tools:Passwordable](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools) - Containing [Passwordable behavior](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools/blob/master/docs/Behavior/Passwordable.md) for a DRY approach on password hashing. - [TwoFactorAuth plugin](https://github.com/andrej-griniuk/cakephp-two-factor-auth) - Allows two factor authentication using Google Authenticator or similar app to generate one-time codes. Based on [RobThree/TwoFactorAuth](https://github.com/RobThree/TwoFactorAuth) library. ### Caching *Storing data for faster retrieval.* - [Cache plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-cache) - For caching views (HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, ...) as static cache files. - [CakeDC/CachedRouting plugin](https://github.com/CakeDC/cakephp-cached-routing) - Provides a cached version of the RoutingMiddleware to improve the load time of routes. ### Code Analysis *Analyzing, parsing and manipulation codebases.* - [cakedc/cakephp-phpstan](https://github.com/CakeDC/cakephp-phpstan) - A PHPStan extension to resolve CakePHP magic around getter return types for the static analyzer. - [IdeHelper plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper) - Helps to make IDE support better by adding annotations to your existing code similar to what baking does to new code. - [IdeHelperExtra plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper-extra) - Useful IdeHelper addons for other plugins or custom use cases. - [lordsimal/cakephp-psalm](https://github.com/LordSimal/cakephp-psalm) - A Psalm extension to resolve CakePHP magic around getter return types for the static analyzer. - [TestHelper plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-test-helper) - Provides [testing](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/testing/testing) enhancements and TDD support as browser backend. ### Console *Command-line tools and improvements.* - [SignalHandler plugin](https://github.com/skie/SignalHandler) - [Cross-platform](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/cross-platform) signal handling for CakePHP console commands with zero external dependencies. Supports [Linux](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/linux) (pcntl), [Windows](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/platforms/windows) (native API). - [Scheduling plugin](https://github.com/skie/cakephp-scheduling) - The plugin provides task scheduling capabilities with sub-minute precision, allowing you to schedule tasks as frequently as every second, with single crontab entry point. It allows tasks monitoring. ### Debugging *Debugging and local development.* - [AssociationsDebugger plugin](https://github.com/zunnu/associations-debugger) - A plugin that draws your model associations as diagram. - [CakephpWhoops plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-whoops) - PHP errors and exceptions for cool kids with [filp/whoops](https://github.com/filp/whoops). - [DebugKit plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/debug_kit) - The de-facto standard for debugging. - [Execution order](https://github.com/dereuromark/executionorder) - A demo app to display the execution order of files, methods and callbacks. - [Sentry plugin](https://github.com/lordsimal/cakephp-sentry) - A plugin to seamlessly integrate Sentry for errors and exceptions. - [Setup plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-setup) - A lightweight setup plugin containing healthcheck(s), debugging and maintenance tools. ### Email *Transports and tools for email handling.* - [Queue plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-queue) - A dependency-free queue-based mail solution using Mailer/Email class, allowing re-queue on (network) failure. - [SendGrid plugin](https://github.com/sprintcube/cakephp-sendgrid) - Email transport plugin for sending email via SendGrid API. ### File Manipulation *Upload, storage, and file handling.* - [FileStorage plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-file-storage) - Flexible file storage and upload plugin. - [Josegonzalez/Upload plugin](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/cakephp-upload) - A customisable plugin that uses [Flysystem](https://flysystem.thephpleague.com/) to write to multiple backends (Dropbox, FTP, S3, Local, etc.). ### Filtering and Validation *Data sanitization and validation rules.* - see Cake/Localized plugin below. - see Tools plugin below. - [RuleFlow plugin](https://github.com/skie/rule-flow) - A plugin that seamlessly transforms server-side validation rules into client-side JSON Logic validation, providing automatic form validation without requiring separate client-side validation code. ### Geolocation *Geocoding addresses and working with latitudes and longitudes.* - [Geo plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-geo) - Containing [Geocoder behavior](https://www.dereuromark.de/2012/06/12/geocoding-with-cakephp/) and [GoogleMaps helper](https://www.dereuromark.de/2010/12/21/googlemapsv3-cakephp-helper/). ### I18n *I18n (Internationalization) and L10n (Localization).* - [ADmad/I18n plugin](https://github.com/ADmad/cakephp-i18n) - A plugin with I18n related tools. - [Cake/Localized plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/localized) - Localized validation and ready-to-use translation PO files. - [Translate plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-translate) - Translate your [translations](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/translations) in the backend with ease. ### Imagery *Image processing and manipulation libraries.* - [ADmad/Glide plugin](https://github.com/ADmad/cakephp-glide) - A plugin for using [Glide](https://glide.thephpleague.com/) image manipulation library. - [QrCodePlugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-qrcode/) - Easily render SVG/PNG QR Codes for your app. ### Libs *Useful libraries or tools that don't fit in any of the other categories.* - [Chronos](https://github.com/cakephp/chronos) - A simple standalone DateTime API extension (successor of Carbon). - [Composer Installers](https://github.com/composer/installers) - A multi framework [Composer](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/composer) library installer. - [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)/[Packagist](https://packagist.org/) - A package and dependency manager. - [Graphviz](https://github.com/alexandresalome/graphviz) - A Graphviz library. - [Rocketeer](https://github.com/rocketeers/rocketeer) - PHP task runner and deployment package. ### Markup *Syntax highlighting and markup processing.* - [Markup plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-markup) - Allows to use PHP or JS based syntax highlighting. ### Migration *Plugins and resources around migration and upgrading.* - [Migrations plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/migrations) - (DB) Migration plugin. - [Upgrade app](https://github.com/cakephp/upgrade) - Official upgrade app for 3.x=>4.x and 4.x=>5.x. - [Upgrade app (extended)](https://github.com/dereuromark/upgrade) - An extended upgrade app for 3.x=>4.x and some 5.x snippets. - [Upgrade/Migration Guide](https://book.cakephp.org/5/en/appendices.html) - Official migration guide. ### Miscellaneous *Misc plugins and libraries.* - [Ajax plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ajax) - A plugin to ease handling AJAX requests. - [AttributeRegistry plugin](https://github.com/josbeir/cakephp-attribute-registry) - A powerful CakePHP plugin for discovering, caching, and querying PHP 8 attributes across your application and plugins. - [CakeDC/Enum plugin](https://github.com/CakeDC/enum) - A plugin to add enumeration list support to your app. - [CakeDto plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-dto) - Quickly generate useful data transfer objects for your app (mutable/immutable), replacing messy arrays and leveraging your IDE through typehinting and autocomplete. - [CakeHtmx plugin](https://github.com/zunnu/cake-htmx) - CakePHP integration for [htmx](https://htmx.org/). - [Calendar plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-calendar) - For generating basic calendars. Includes IcalView for ICS calendar file generation. - [DatabaseBackup plugin](https://github.com/mirko-pagliai/cakephp-database-backup) - A plugin to export, import and manage database backups. Currently, the plugin supports [MySQL](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/databases/mysql), [PostgreSQL](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/databases/postgresql) and SQLite databases. - [Feedback plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-feedback) - Allow visitors to send quick and easy feedback incl. a screenshot via sidebar form. - [Flash plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-flash) - More powerful flash messages for your application. - [Inertia plugin](https://github.com/CakeDC/cakephp-inertia) - Plugin for connecting a Vue 3 app and use an API interface using a middleware. - [OPCache Preloader](https://github.com/cnizzardini/cakephp-preloader) - An OPCache Preloader for CakePHP applications. - [Setup:Maintenance](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-setup/blob/master/docs/Maintenance/Maintenance.md) - Maintenance [shell](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/shell) to go into maintenance mode for all requests with optional IP whitelisting. - [Shim plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-shim) - A plugin containing useful shims and improvements as basis for your application. - [Tools plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools) - Containing lots of useful helpers, behaviors, components, commands, helpers, libs and more. ### Navigation *Building navigation structures.* - [Icings/Menu plugin](https://github.com/icings/menu) - A [KnpMenu](https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpMenu) seasoned menu plugin for CakePHP. ### Notifications and Real-time Communication *Working with notification software.* - [Crustum/Broadcasting plugin](https://github.com/crustum/broadcasting) - The [Broadcasting](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/media/broadcasting) plugin provides real-time event broadcasting for CakePHP applications using WebSocket connections compatible with the Pusher protocol or Redis pub/sub. - [Crustum/Notification plugin](https://github.com/crustum/notification) - The Notification plugin provides support for sending notifications across a variety of delivery channels. - [Mercure plugin](https://github.com/josbeir/cakephp-mercure) - Push real-time updates to clients using the Mercure protocol. ### ORM / Database / Datamapping *Plugins that implement object-relational mapping or data-mapping techniques.* - [ADmad/Sequence plugin](https://github.com/ADmad/cakephp-sequence) - Behavior for maintaining ordered list of records. - [CakeDecimal plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-decimal) - A value object approach on handling decimals. - [CakeUid](https://github.com/josbeir/cakephp-uid) - A collection of UID field types for your Tables (UUIDV4, UUIDV6, UUIDV7, ULID). - [Duplicatable plugin](https://github.com/riesenia/cakephp-duplicatable) - Behavior for duplicating entities including related data. - [Lampager/Cake plugin](https://github.com/lampager/lampager-cakephp) - Rapid pagination without using OFFSET. - [Muffin/Orderly plugin](https://github.com/usemuffin/orderly) - Allows setting default order for your tables. - [Muffin/Trash plugin](https://github.com/usemuffin/trash) - Soft-delete behavior for CakePHP. - [Itosho/EasyQuery plugin](https://github.com/itosho/easy-query) - Behavior for easily generating some complicated queries like (bulk) insert/upsert etc. - [Icings/Partitionable plugin](https://github.com/icings/partitionable) - Partitionable associations allowing for basic limiting per group. ### PDF *Plugins and software for working with PDF files.* - [CakePdf plugin](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/CakePdf) - A plugin around PDF generation. ### Queue *Working with event and task queues.* - [Queue plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/queue) - CakePHP core queue system for the [php-queue](https://php-enqueue.github.io) queue library. - [Cake/Enqueue plugin](https://github.com/CakeDC/cakephp-enqueue) - Database-driven message queue integration using the Enqueue library for CakePHP Queue plugin. - [Crustum/BatchQueue plugin](https://github.com/crustum/batch-queue) - Unified system for managing batch job processing with parallel execution and sequential chains. - [Crustum/Temporal plugin](https://github.com/crustum/cakephp-temporal) - Workflow orchestration plugin for durable execution, reliable background jobs, and long-running processes with automatic retries. - [Queue plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-queue) - A minimal and dependency-free queue solution. - [QueueScheduler plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-queue-scheduler) - A dependency-free crontab-like scheduler as DB driven solution and addon to Queue (dereuromark) plugin. ### REST and API *Plugins and web tools for developing REST-ful APIs.* - [CRUD plugin](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/crud) - CakePHP Application development on steroids - rapid prototyping / scaffolding & production-ready code. - [CakeDC/Api plugin](https://github.com/CakeDC/cakephp-api) - All-in-one solution to provide a complete API. It includes versioning, renderers, CRUD, authentication, extensions (paginate, filter, HATEOAS), and much more. - [FractalTransformerView plugin](https://github.com/andrej-griniuk/cakephp-fractal-transformer-view) - A plugin which allows using [Fractal transformers](https://fractal.thephpleague.com/transformers/) for your API output. - [MixerApi](https://mixerapi.com) - Streamline development of modern RESTful APIs for your team's CakePHP project. - [SwaggerBake plugin](https://github.com/cnizzardini/cakephp-swagger-bake) - This plugin automatically builds OpenAPI from your existing models and routes for display in Swagger and Redoc. ### Search *Plugins and software for indexing and performing search queries on data.* - [Cake/Elasticsearch plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/elastic-search) - Alternative ORM using [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/) as its backend. - [CakeDC/SearchFilter plugin](https://github.com/CakeDC/search-filter) - Powerful and flexible solution for implementing advanced search functionality. Provides a robust set of tools for creating dynamic, user-friendly search interfaces with minimal effort. - [PlumSearch plugin](https://github.com/skie/plum_search) - Implements custom, flexible and extendable search strategies. Implements PRG pattern. - [Search plugin](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/search) - Provides easy searching/filtering for paginated views using PRG pattern. - [Tags plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tags) - For tagging and finding tagged records. ### Security *Plugins and information around security, preventing vulnerabilities and protection against XSS and alike.* - [Captcha plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-captcha) - Simple, unobtrusive and extendable [captcha](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/captcha) solution providing by default an image based math captcha. - [Expose plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-expose) - Expose entities through additional UUIDs instead of their AIID primary keys to obfuscate those IDs and data associated with these numerically ordered values. - [Muffin/Obfuscate plugin](https://github.com/usemuffin/obfuscate) - Primary key obfuscation/shortening using UUIDs, HashIds, Optimus, Tiny and/or custom obfuscation strategies. - [Muffin/Throttle plugin](https://github.com/usemuffin/throttle) - A plugin for rate limiting (API) requests. - [Recaptcha plugin](https://github.com/ctlabvn/Recaptcha) - Simple, lightweight Google Recaptcha v2. ### SEO *Search Engine Optimization.* - [Muffin/Slug plugin](https://github.com/UseMuffin/Slug) - A plugin for generating slugs and finding records by slug. Uses a pluggable architecture which allows using your own slug generator class. - [Tools:Slugged](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools) - Containing Slugged behavior to auto-generate URL-compatible slugs from titles. ### Skeleton *Plugins and repositories around app skeletons.* - [App template](https://github.com/cakephp/app) - An empty CakePHP project for use with composer. - [BS flavored App template](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-app) - An empty CakePHP project with BS5 and FontAwesome out of the box. ### Social *Plugins around social features.* - [Comments plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-comments) - Allows users to comment records, supporting different formats. - [Favorites plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-favorites) - Allows users to star/like/favor records. - [Ratings plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ratings) - Allows users to rate records and displays ratings. ### Templating *Template engines and view generation.* - [Bake plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/bake) - Provides code generation functionality. - [BootstrapUI plugin](https://github.com/friendsofcake/bootstrap-ui) - Bootstrap 4/5 integration. - [CsvView plugin](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/cakephp-csvview) - A view class to easily generate CSV. - [Feed plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-feed) - Containing an RssView class to easily generate (complex) RSS feeds. - [LatteView plugin](https://github.com/josbeir/cakephp-latte-view) - A plugin providing Latte template engine integration. - [Meta plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-meta) - Makes handling meta tags and SEO-relevant HTML markup DRY and easy. - [TemplaterDefaults plugin](https://github.com/josbeir/cakephp-templater-defaults) - Allows the use of default HTML attributes within CakePHP's string template system. - [Templating](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-templating) - HTML snippets as value objects, (Font) [icons](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/media/icons), and templating topics. - [Tools:Tree](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools) - Tree helper to work with Core Tree behavior and handle tree structure output. - [TwigView plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/twig-view) - A plugin to use the Twig Templating Language for views. - [XlsView plugin](https://github.com/impronta48/cakephp-xlsview) - A view class to easily generate XLS using PHPSpreadsheet. ### Testing *Plugins/Tools for testing codebases and generating test data.* - [CakePHP CodeSniffer rules](https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer) - The official CakePHP CS rules. - [CakephpFixtureFactories plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-fixture-factories) - Create your fixtures dynamically on a test basis, accelerate the writing and maintenance of your tests. - [FriendsOfCake/Fixturize plugin](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/fixturize) - More efficient inserting fixtures when running test suites by decreasing amount of inserts (MySQL only). ### Third Party APIs *Accessing third party APIs.* ## Software *Software for creating a development environment.* ### Development Environment *Software and tools for creating a sandboxed development environment.* - [CakePHP Docker](https://github.com/cnizzardini/cakephp-docker) - A cakephp/app template for [Docker](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/back-end-development/docker). - [CakePHP Vagrant Setup](https://github.com/cpierce/cakephp-vagrant-setup) - Tool for spinning up multiple CakePHP vanilla dev environments using [Vagrant](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/back-end-development/vagrant). - [CakePHP Docker Setup](https://github.com/cpierce/cakephp-docker-setup) - Tool for spinning up multiple CakePHP vanilla dev environments using Docker. - [DDEV](https://ddev.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) - Docker based local env. - [Devilbox](https://devilbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) - A Docker development environment for (CakePHP) apps to be auto-setup including a lot of tools. - [Docker](https://github.com/stefanvangastel/docker-cakephp) - CakePHP in a Docker container environment. - [Galley](https://gitlab.com/amayer5125/galley) - A small Docker dev environment for CakePHP development which includes a simple command line utility. - [NetBeans](https://github.com/junichi11/cakephp3-netbeans) - This package provides support for CakePHP in NetBeans 8.1+. - [Oven](https://github.com/CakeDC/oven) - Setup your favorite framework with 1 file and 1 click. - [Puppet](https://puppetlabs.com/) - A server automation framework and application. - [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) - A portable development environment utility. IDE specific compatibility information and tips can be found [here](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/wiki#ide-support-and-tips). ### Web Applications ### CMS and applications built on CakePHP - [baserCMS](https://github.com/baserproject/basercms) - This is a website development framework with RESTful APIs. Installable as a plugin for CakePHP. ### Demo *Web-based (demo) applications and tools.* - [BlogMVC](https://github.com/Kareylo/BlogMVC-CakePHP3) - A simple Blog example with CakePHP based on [BlogMVC Project](https://github.com/Grafikart/BlogMVC). - [Bookmarkr](https://github.com/lorenzo/cakephp3-bookmarkr) - A bookmarking application built with the CRUD plugin. - [Fluentd + Grafana Loki demo application](https://github.com/ishanvyas22/cakephp-loki-demo) - A demo application to send CakePHP Docker container logs to [Grafana Loki](https://grafana.com/logs/) via [Fluentd](https://www.fluentd.org/). - [RealWorld](https://github.com/gothinkster/cakephp-realworld-example-app) - Example CakePHP codebase containing real world examples (CRUD, auth, advanced patterns and more) that adheres to the [RealWorld](https://github.com/gothinkster/realworld-example-apps) spec and API. - [Sandbox](https://sandbox.dereuromark.de) - A sandbox CakePHP application with lots of demos and plugin showcasings. - [Query Examples](https://github.com/lorenzo/cakephp3-examples) - Advanced query building examples. - [Xeta](https://github.com/XetaIO/Xeta) - A resource to help people starting with CakePHP. - [Vue.js Demo App](https://github.com/ishanvyas22/cakephpvue-spa) - A CakePHP + [Vue.js](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/vue-js) single page application skeleton. ## Resources Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your CakePHP development skills and knowledge. ### Help *Where to get help.* - [Official CakePHP Forum](https://discourse.cakephp.org/) - This is for generic questions and alike. - [stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/cakephp](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/cakephp) - This is for specific questions, ideally along with some example code. ### CakePHP Websites *Useful and current CakePHP-related websites and blogs.* - [CakeDC](https://www.cakedc.com/articles) - Articles around CakePHP. - [dereuromark.de](https://www.dereuromark.de) - An extensive CakePHP core dev blog. - [josediazgonzalez.com](https://josediazgonzalez.com/) - A mainly CakePHP related core dev blog. - [mark-story.com](https://mark-story.com) - CakePHP lead dev blog. ### CakePHP Books and Articles *Fantastic CakePHP-related (e)books and other reading material.* ### CakePHP Videos *Fantastic CakePHP-related videos.* - [CakePHP](https://www.youtube.com/user/CakePHP) - Channel about CakePHP videos. ### CakePHP Tutorials *Must-do tutorials.* - [Official Content Management Tutorial](https://book.cakephp.org/5/en/tutorials-and-examples/cms/installation.html) ### CakePHP Reading and Listening *Documentation and CakePHP-related reading and listening materials.* - [CakePHP Cookbook(!)](https://book.cakephp.org/) - The official CakePHP documentation. ### CakePHP Internals Reading *Reading materials related to the CakePHP internals and decisions.* - [Top 10 (and more) core contributors](https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/graphs/contributors) - Give 'em a hand. ## Conferences ### Official *International conference.* - [cakefest.org](https://cakefest.org/) - Annual CakePHP Conference. ### MeetUps *Regional meet-ups.* - [CakePHP-DE](https://www.meetup.com/CakePHP-DE) - MeetUps in Germany. ## Footnotes awesome-cakephp has been created by [dereuromark](https://github.com/dereuromark) and is currently maintained by him and the FriendsOfCake group. Thank you to all [contributors](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/awesome-cakephp/graphs/contributors), too.