CakePHP

CakePHP

Developer(s)	Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
Initial release	April 2005; 20 years ago (2005-04)
Stable release	5.1.5[1] / 2025-01-16[±]
Repository	github.com/cakephp/cakephp
Written in	PHP
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	PHP 8.1+
Available in	Multilingual
Type	Web framework
License	MIT License
Website	cakephp.org

CakePHP is an open-source web framework. It follows the model–view–controller (MVC) approach and is written in PHP, modeled after the concepts of Ruby on Rails, and distributed under the MIT License.^[2]

CakePHP uses well-known software engineering concepts and software design patterns, such as convention over configuration, model–view–controller, active record, association data mapping, and front controller.