phalcon/zephir

Zephir is a compiled high-level language aimed to ease the creation of C-extensions for PHP

3,386

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PHP

primary language

Sep 11, 2026

updated

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php-extensions

php-internals

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zephir

README

Zephir - is a high level programming language that eases the creation and maintainability of extensions for PHP. Zephir extensions are exported to C code that can be compiled and optimized by major C compilers such as gcc/clang/vc++. Functionality is exposed to the PHP language.

Documentation

Official documentation is located here

Community

Follow us on GitHub and Facebook
Get Zephir support on Discord and GitHub discussions
Read our Code of Conduct

Contributing

Zephir is an Open Source, community-driven project. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details about contributions to this repository.

Sponsors

Become a sponsor and get your logo on our README on GitHub with a link to your site. [Become a sponsor]

Backers

Support us with a monthly donation and help us continue our activities. [Become a backer]

License

Zephir licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

Contributors

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1,256 commits

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522 commits

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phalcon/zephir

Zephir is a compiled high-level language aimed to ease the creation of C-extensions for PHP

3,386

stars

5,678

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PHP

primary language

Sep 11, 2026

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php-extension

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skeleton

zephir

README

Zephir - is a high level programming language that eases the creation and maintainability of extensions for PHP. Zephir extensions are exported to C code that can be compiled and optimized by major C compilers such as gcc/clang/vc++. Functionality is exposed to the PHP language.

Documentation

Official documentation is located here

Community

Follow us on GitHub and Facebook
Get Zephir support on Discord and GitHub discussions
Read our Code of Conduct

Contributing

Zephir is an Open Source, community-driven project. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details about contributions to this repository.

Sponsors

Become a sponsor and get your logo on our README on GitHub with a link to your site. [Become a sponsor]

Backers

Support us with a monthly donation and help us continue our activities. [Become a backer]

License

Zephir licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

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Contributors

(top 30 of 86)

1,469 commits

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andresgutierrez

1,068 commits

522 commits

Languages

PHP

74.3%

C

14.8%

Zephir

10.0%