phpClaw
phpClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI agent runtime for PHP developers. It brings a ReAct tool-calling loop, memory, security guards, workflows and framework-native integrations into PHP applications so teams can connect LLMs to their own code and data without a separate agent service.
At a Glance
- PHP developers and teams
- Laravel and Symfony application teams
- WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, PrestaShop and OpenCart operators
- Businesses with internal CRM, ERP, payment and workflow systems
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phpClaw
Open Source PHP AI Agent Engine
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Latest News
Zeniteq published an overview of phpClaw as an MIT-licensed PHP agent runtime with a ReAct loop, pluggable memory, seven model providers, eight framework adapters and default security guards.
Akash Patel launched phpClaw on Hacker News (Show HN), describing its ReAct tool loop, memory, input guards, MCP server, PHP 8.1+ core and framework adapters.
Coordinated latest release branch published core 0.1.5, cloud 0.1.4, MCP 0.1.4 and CMS builds including Joomla and WordPress 0.1.5.
phpclaw/phpclaw-mcp 0.1.4 was published, providing the MCP server adapter for exposing PHP application tools to MCP clients.
Products & Services
Framework-independent PHP 8.1+ agent runtime distributed through Composer, with the Claw API, ReAct loop, tools, memory, skills, pipelines, graphs, structured output and lifecycle events.
First-party integrations for Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, PrestaShop and OpenCart, using Composer for PHP frameworks and ZIP uploads for CMS plugins where appropriate.
MCP server adapter that exposes a PHP application's registered tools to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP-compatible clients.
Custom AI tools, integrations, plugins/modules, security and access reviews, automation, deployment and rollout services built by the maintainers for CRM, ERP, payment and internal workflows.
Market Position
phpClaw positions itself between a generic LLM SDK and a full agent framework: it provides the runtime loop, tools, memory, security guards, workflows, MCP and eight PHP-native adapters in one MIT-licensed package. Its differentiation is PHP-first, framework-native and self-hosted operation, with a security-first default guard chain; it explicitly does not try to be a RAG framework and has no embeddings or vector stores. Alternatives in the surrounding space include rolling a tool loop on top of a generic LLM SDK, or using agent frameworks primarily designed for Python or JavaScript.
Leadership
Founders
Akash Patel
Creator and primary maintainer of phpClaw. His GitHub profile describes him as a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer and Product Engineer with 14+ years shipping SaaS platforms, lead-generation and bulk marketing software, APIs and cloud-native systems, with experience across recruitment-tech SaaS, insurance, e-commerce, payments and PHP frameworks.
Executive Team
Akash Patel
Creator and primary maintainer
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer and Product Engineer; GitHub profile cites 14+ years across SaaS, lead generation, marketing, recruitment-tech, insurance, e-commerce, payments and PHP application development.
Founding Story
Akash Patel created phpClaw to address the gap between generic LLM SDKs and a production agent runtime for PHP. The initial vision was to make PHP a first-class environment for AI-driven workflows by assembling tool calling, memory, security controls and framework wiring inside the existing PHP application rather than treating AI as an external microservice.
Business Model
Revenue Model
The core software and adapters are MIT-licensed, self-hosted and have no usage fees or per-token markup. The maintainers offer paid custom Enterprise work for tools, integrations, security reviews, automation and deployment. A hosted phpClaw Platform for tracing and prompt security is described as in development, with no accounts or subscriptions offered as of September 19, 2026.
Pricing Tiers
MIT-licensed and self-hosted; no phpClaw usage fees or per-token markup. Customers still supply and pay their selected LLM provider, unless using local Ollama.
Target Markets
- PHP developers and teams
- Laravel and Symfony application teams
- WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, PrestaShop and OpenCart operators
- Businesses with internal CRM, ERP, payment and workflow systems
- Teams seeking self-hosted or local-model AI agents
- Enterprise engineering and operations teams needing security controls and approval gates
- Ask questions over application data through safe read-only database queries
- Operate files, codebases, HTTP APIs and allowlisted shell commands from an agent
- Add AI chat and agent workflows to Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Joomla, PrestaShop and OpenCart applications
- Expose existing PHP application capabilities to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and MCP clients
- Build multi-step automation, pipelines and approval-gated state-changing workflows
- Create custom CRM, ERP, payment-system and internal-workflow integrations