Built for Scale. Engineered for Speed. Secured by Design.
Arch is a modern, high-performance, security-first PHP framework focused exclusively on building robust backend systems and scalable APIs. Powered by the lightweight Nitro core, Arch offers an elegant developer experience without sacrificing performance, simplicity, or security.
- Pure PHP – Written from scratch with zero external dependencies.
- Lightning-Fast Core – Optimized for low latency and high throughput.
- Secure by Default – Enforces strong defaults and follows modern security practices.
- Developer-Centric – Simple, expressive, and extensible architecture.
- Framework-Level Scaling – Designed to support growing teams, large codebases, and high-concurrency environments.
- ✅ Advanced routing system with middleware stack
- ✅ RESTful API-ready out of the box
- ✅ Powerful DI container & service providers
- ✅ Custom CLI powered by
nova - ✅ Built-in logging, caching, and exception handling
- ✅ No learning curve if you know modern PHP
Arch is not a general-purpose framework. It is purpose-built for backend systems, microservices, and API platforms that need to scale predictably and perform reliably under heavy load.
"If it doesn’t serve the backend, it doesn’t belong in Arch."
Coming soon via Composer:
composer create-project phicorp/arch my-app
cd my-app
php nova serve
novais the built-in CLI tool that controls your application.
Arch is engineered with a security-first mindset. From input sanitization to HTTPS enforcement, from CSRF handling to encrypted secrets — every layer of the stack is carefully hardened.
✅ Supports PASETO
✅ Isolated environments with strict config loading
✅ No accidental exposure of sensitive data
- PHP 8.1+
- OpenSSL extension
- mbstring extension
- PDO driver
Full documentation will be available at:
docs (Coming soon)
Arch is an open-source project maintained by PHICORP. We welcome pull requests, issues, and discussions.
Arch is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License.
Building frameworks for builders.
Follow us on GitHub: @phicorp