letsdrink/ouzo

Ouzo PHP MVC framework

4.0.0 2026-04-28 08:15 UTC

Requires

• ext-fileinfo: *
• ext-json: *
• filp/whoops: ~2.18.4
• friendsofphp/proxy-manager-lts: ~1.0.19
• psr/log: ~3.0.2
• symfony/console: ~7.4.8
• symfony/event-dispatcher: ~7.4.8

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ~13.1.7

Replaces

• letsdrink/ouzo-goodies: 4.0.0
• letsdrink/ouzo-inject: 4.0.0

MIT

• Ouzo developers

• framework
• orm
• php
• TDD
• mvc

README

Ouzo is a PHP MVC framework with built-in ORM and util libraries. PHP 8.4 or later is required.

We believe in clean code and simplicity. We value unit testing and beautiful design.

Want to know more?

• Offical website
• Getting started (5 minutes tutorial)
• Documentation
• Interested only in Ouzo's fancy utils? Check out Ouzo Goodies

For ideas, questions, discussions write to [e-mail].

Current release

See the release notes and latest documentation.

Contributing to Ouzo

• Don't hesitate to ask questions on mailing list or submit issues on github.
• If you know the answer to questions/problems that others have then go ahead and reply.
• Found something unclear in docs or app messages? Let us know and help us improve Ouzo.
• If you miss a feature - check out issues, maybe it is already addressed. If not, drop us an example of what you need (issues or mailing list).
• Want to help? Browse the issues and grab something to work on!
• How to contribute? Create a fork and start a branch. Let us know when you are done, we will discuss it and merge your pull request.

General rules

• We encourage you to use PhpStorm IDE for Ouzo development.
• Write a test. Or tests. The more the better.
• Make sure to run a full test suite before you send us a PR.
• Don't forget to update the docs!
• And the changelog as well.

Support for older PHP versions

Ouzo 4.x requires PHP 8.4 or later. For older PHP versions:

• PHP 8.2 — use Ouzo 3.x branch
• PHP 8.0 — use Ouzo 2.x branch
• PHP 5.6 / 7.x — use Ouzo 1.x branch