Story & Mission

How MonkeysLegion Began

MonkeysLegion started as a personal quest for sanity. After years of wrestling with bloated PHP stacks, I—just one developer—set out to prove a framework could be ultra-fast, cloud-native, and friendly enough for side-projects yet sturdy enough for production. What began as a weekend experiment turned into a lean core that routed thousands of requests per second and felt joyful to hack on.

When a few friends tried the prototype and loved the simplicity, I knew the next step was obvious: open-source it and invite others to build something remarkable together.

 

Our Mission

Empower every PHP developer to build, ship, and scale without framework baggage—through openness, performance, and community.

To reach that goal we focus on four pillars:

Pillar

What It Means

Zero-Friction DX

Clear error messages, sane defaults, and tooling that “just works”.

Production-Grade Rigor

Solid tests, semantic versioning, and backwards-compat guarantees.

Cloud-Native DNA

First-class Docker, K8s, and serverless adapters right in the box.

Composable Freedom

Swap any layer—ORM, templating, auth—without rewriting your app.

Core Values

Value

How We Live It

Transparency

Public RFCs and open discussions—no closed-door decisions.

Performance First

Every feature must earn its CPU cycle and byte of memory.

Community over Ego

Good ideas win, no matter who submits the PR.

Learn & Teach

Docs, livestreams, and mentoring baked into each release.

Call to Join the Legion

MonkeysLegion is still a one-dev show—and that means your voice can shape everything:

  1. Star & Fork the Repo – Show support and tinker freely.

  2. Chat on Discord – Help answer questions, propose features, or just hang out.

  3. Open a Pull Request – Docs, code, tests, examples—every contribution counts.

  4. Spread the Word – Blog, tweet, screencast, or speak at meetups about your experience.

Together we can prove that PHP doesn’t need to choose between speed, clarity, and joy. Welcome to the Legion—let’s build the future of PHP, one commit at a time.