--- title: PHP runtime written in Rust | daily.dev description: Turbine is a high-performance PHP application server written in Rust that embeds PHP directly via the PHP embed SAPI, replacing the traditional Nginx + PHP-FPM... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/php-runtime-written-in-rust-q1lic0xxg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PHP runtime written in Rust | daily.dev og:description: Turbine is a high-performance PHP application server written in Rust that embeds PHP directly via the PHP embed SAPI, replacing the traditional Nginx + PHP-FPM... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-runtime-written-in-rust-q1lic0xxg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/q1LIc0xXg.png og:image:alt: PHP runtime written in Rust og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PHP runtime written in Rust **[PHP Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/phpdev)** · [@damienseguy](https://daily.dev/damienseguy) · 45 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Turbine is a high-performance PHP application server written in Rust that embeds PHP directly via the PHP embed SAPI, replacing the traditional Nginx + PHP-FPM + OPcache stack with a single binary. It eliminates inter-process communication overhead and offers two worker modes: process mode (NTS, fork-based, crash-isolated) and thread mode (ZTS, in-memory channels, maximum throughput). A built-in multi-layered security sandbox written in Rust provides execution whitelisting, path-traversal guards, heuristic SQL/code injection filters, and per-IP behavior guards with ~500 ns total overhead. Additional features include ACME auto-TLS, virtual hosting, OPcache preload across all workers, hot reload, Prometheus metrics, Brotli/Zstd/Gzip compression, and support for Laravel, Symfony, Phalcon, and WordPress. The project is under active development and not yet production-ready. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@deepwell\_at** · 4 upvotes > Wondering how this compares to RoadRunner or FrankenPHP. **@nop1984** · 3 upvotes > Cool > > But doesn't look like complete replacement of nginx, more like a simple tool behind its load balancer and routing **@danielpetrica** · 3 upvotes > Maybe it can be a container runtime to have it behind something like traefik. **@palalet** · 1 upvotes > Kudos for Phalcon! **@denerfernandes** · 1 upvotes > Hey Guys, I'm the developer of Turbine. My idea is for Turbine to be something like Franken, but I'm trying to make it as compatible as possible. I still have some performance issues, but overall it's faster than Franken and FPM. I want it to be a complete runtime/server. There's still a lot of work to be done; the project is open to pull requests, suggestions, or any help will be welcome. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/php-runtime-written-in-rust-q1lic0xxg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/php-runtime-written-in-rust-q1lic0xxg","headline":"PHP runtime written in Rust","text":"Shared: GitHub - 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My idea is for Turbine to be something like Franken, but I’m trying to make it as compatible as possible. I still have some performance issues, but overall it’s faster than Franken and FPM. I want it to be a complete runtime/server. 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