Pure PHP 8.0+ · Zero Mandatory Dependencies

The modern, blazing-fast PHP framework.

Bongo is built from the ground up for speed, elegance, and extreme developer productivity. Ultra-lightweight runtime (~600 KB), instantaneous boot times (7–13 ms), and zero mandatory external packages.

$ php bongo serve
Running on http://127.0.0.1:8000
Ultra High Performance

Consistently serves requests in 7–13 ms with under 0.8 MB memory usage per request. Built-in route, view, and config compilers.

Enterprise Security

Native CSRF protection, secure cookie sessions, XSS HTML sanitization, SQL injection prevention, rate limiting, and password hashing.

Multi-Database & Queues

Native support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite with Eloquent-style ORM, migrations, seeds, and Redis / Database background queues.