Boost Your PHP Apps with FrankenPHP: Fast Deployment via Docker and Binaries

FrankenPHP is a modern PHP application server built on the Caddy web server, offering features such as Early Hints, multiple work modes, real‑time capabilities, automatic HTTPS, and support for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3.

Running with Docker

docker run -v $PWD:/app/public \
    -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 443:443/udp \
    dunglas/frankenphp

After the container starts, open https://localhost in a browser; the displayed page confirms the server is running.

Static binary releases

If Docker is not preferred, standalone FrankenPHP binaries for Linux and macOS are provided, bundling PHP 8.3 and common extensions. They can be downloaded from the GitHub releases page. ./frankenphp php-server This command serves the current directory as a PHP application.

Command‑line script execution

./frankenphp php-cli /path/to/your/script.php

Mounting a local directory for custom scripts

docker run -v e:/GitHub/tinywan-frankenphp:/app/public \
    -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 443:443/udp \
    dunglas/frankenphp

Access the application at https://localhost/public/index.php to run your custom PHP code.