Why developers like CodeIgniter

What is CodeIgniter?

CodeIgniter is a proven, agile & open PHP web application framework with a small footprint. It is powering the next generation of web apps.

CodeIgniter is a tool in the Frameworks (Full Stack) category of a tech stack.

CodeIgniter is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to CodeIgniter's open source repository on GitHub

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Who uses CodeIgniter?

Companies

1745 companies reportedly use CodeIgniter in their tech stacks, including Accenture, Esummarizer.com, and BirdView.

Accenture

Esummarizer.com

BirdView

Ola

WISESIGHT

Buffer

Khmer24.com

SocialDog

Evergreenteam stack

Developers

1415 developers on StackShare have stated that they use CodeIgniter.

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Technologies

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CodeIgniter Integrations

PHP, Laravel, KeyCDN, htmx, and Deployer are some of the popular tools that integrate with CodeIgniter. Here's a list of all 10 tools that integrate with CodeIgniter.

PHP

Laravel

KeyCDN

htmx

Deployer

BunnyCDN

Medianova

ArrowChat

BlazingCDN

Pros of CodeIgniter

Mvc

Easy setup

Open source

Well documented

Community support

Easy to learn

Easy

Fast

HMVC

"Fast","Easy","MVC"

Language Suppert

Powerful

I think it is best. we can make all types of project

Easy, fast and full functional

Open source, Easy to setup

Customizable

Beginner friendly framework

Super Lightweight, Super Easy to Learn

CLI

Easily Extensible

Powerful

Decisions about CodeIgniter

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose CodeIgniter in their tech stack.

AM Dev

Developer · May 29, 2023 | 7 upvotes · 35K views

Needs advice

MySQL

and

Unity

Hello Everyone, I'm a freelancer and I have a project for an online trivia app (not a multiplayer yet for now). I'll be using Unity for the client side, but I'm having a hard time deciding which Backend technologies should I use considering the goal is to have a large number of users in the future. I was thinking to use MySQL as the DBMS but Im planning not to use Laravel or CodeIgniter with it.

Can anyone recommend some Backend stacks that will be ideal? Kudos and Thanks in Advance!

Aijaz Abdul

Nov 25, 2022 | 3 upvotes · 5.1K views

Needs advice

AWS CodeCommit

and

GitHub

I have a team of 4-5 developers. Which will be the best version control for collaboration. My team work on web projects using CodeIgniter and other tools.

Michael Feldhake

Developer at Fleet-Nomics · Sep 11, 2022 | 7 upvotes · 40.5K views

Needs advice

Bubble

CakePHP

and

CodeIgniter

Hi all, I need to create a simple IoT interface application that connects the end device API with a GeoTab API. I am considering using Bubble due to its simple interface and configuration tools, but I fear it's too simple. We will want to add features and new devices as we grow - I was thinking of using CodeIgniter or CakePHP on a hosted site for the application. Must support JCOM encoding between the two APIs and there is no need for a separate interface as GeoTab already has one; we are just connecting and pushing data. Thoughts?

Narjis Fatima

Web developer at WebSolution Creators · Oct 11, 2020 | 2 upvotes · 22.8K views

Needs advice

CodeIgniter

and

Django

I have learned Python. I also developed an online Result management system in CodeIgniter for my school but now want to migrate to Django as the system is expanding. Is it a good idea?

Sarah T

Jun 25, 2020 | 5 upvotes · 16.3K views

Needs advice

Django

Laravel

and

Symfony

Currently, we're using CodeIgniter but would like to move away from it & use a more modern framework. What do you recommend?

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CodeIgniter Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to CodeIgniter?

Laravel

It is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. It attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in the majority of web projects, such as authentication, routing, sessions, and caching.

WordPress

The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.

Yii

Yii comes with: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc. It can reduce your development time significantly.

Symfony

It is written with speed and flexibility in mind. It allows developers to build better and easy to maintain websites with PHP..

Kohana

Kohana is an elegant, open source, and object oriented HMVC framework built using PHP5, by a team of volunteers. It aims to be swift, secure, and small.

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