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CodeIgniter vs Slim: What are the differences?

Developers describe CodeIgniter as "A Fully Baked PHP Framework". CodeIgniter is a proven, agile & open PHP web application framework with a small footprint. It is powering the next generation of web apps. On the other hand, Slim is detailed as "A PHP micro framework". Slim is easy to use for both beginners and professionals. Slim favors cleanliness over terseness and common cases over edge cases. Its interface is simple, intuitive, and extensively documented — both online and in the code itself.

CodeIgniter belongs to "Frameworks (Full Stack)" category of the tech stack, while Slim can be primarily classified under "Microframeworks (Backend)".

"Mvc" is the primary reason why developers consider CodeIgniter over the competitors, whereas "Microframework" was stated as the key factor in picking Slim.

CodeIgniter and Slim are both open source tools. It seems that CodeIgniter with 17.4K GitHub stars and 7.72K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Slim with 9.95K GitHub stars and 1.84K GitHub forks.

Webedia, Die Coder GmbH, and Manchester.com are some of the popular companies that use CodeIgniter, whereas Slim is used by Coderus, WebbyLab, and Die Coder GmbH. CodeIgniter has a broader approval, being mentioned in 261 company stacks & 105 developers stacks; compared to Slim, which is listed in 29 company stacks and 21 developer stacks.

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Ajeet Giri
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CodeIgniterCodeIgniterLaravelLaravel
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Node.jsNode.js

Hi, We are thinking to rebuild a website and need your suggestion on which platform to choose from NodeJs, Laravel & CodeIgnitor. Since it's an education base website and there will be multiple functionalities like the use of graphics, video, animation and off-course forms for lead generation. Please advise us which tool to use to build the website considering load-time, server security, code vulnerability, etc.

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JT Turner
Lean Software Programmer · | 1 upvotes · 158.5K views
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Phoenix FrameworkPhoenix Framework

Node.js is great but if I had a choice for something like this I would pick Elixir and Phoenix. They have LiveViews and channels which be one step up then the other 3 plateforms. It will also scale better and respond faster. Last will probably far less code as well.

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giovannyvalent
| 1 upvotes · 158.2K views
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LaravelLaravel

It has the necessary packages for what you need, in addition to optimizing your time with what is needed.

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William Meza
Developer · | 1 upvotes · 158.5K views
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Node.jsNode.js

Node.js is the perfect tech to real-time features like chats, forums, quizzes and polls. Additionally it has great support for objects storage like Mongodb and its important for file media management.

William Eduardo Meza - Desarrollador Web - WMEZA
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abdul mobeen
Backend Engineer(PHP◆Laravel◆CodeIgniter◆APIs◆Microservices) at StarsLeague · | 0 upvotes · 158K views
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Node.jsNode.js

I would suggest you to pick the right stack for the right purpose. My suggestion would be to go for Microservices approach and break your app into smaller pieces according to the type of functionality like you mentioned above. E.g if you would be expecting the high traffic on you platform, then Node.js can be used as the endpoint there to handle that traffic. Normal form processing can be done in Laravel but I would not suggest codeigniter as managing code is difficult there.

So this way you can decide do architecture you app and can use the best of the feature from all the languages. Even it would be easier for you to manage your app based on the functionality and team who will be working on that. Hope you would like my suggestions.

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Pros of CodeIgniter
Pros of Slim
  • 87
    Mvc
  • 76
    Easy setup
  • 70
    Open source
  • 62
    Well documented
  • 36
    Community support
  • 25
    Easy to learn
  • 21
    Easy
  • 14
    Fast
  • 11
    HMVC
  • 9
    Language Suppert
  • 9
    "Fast","Easy","MVC"
  • 7
    Powerful
  • 6
    Easy, fast and full functional
  • 6
    I think it is best. we can make all types of project
  • 6
    Open source, Easy to setup
  • 5
    Customizable
  • 5
    Beginner friendly framework
  • 4
    Super Lightweight, Super Easy to Learn
  • 3
    CLI
  • 2
    Easily Extensible
  • 1
    Powerful
  • 32
    Microframework
  • 27
    API
  • 21
    Open source
  • 20
    Php
  • 11
    Fast
  • 8
    Restful & fast framework
  • 7
    Easy Setup, Great Documentation
  • 5
    Clear and straightforward
  • 5
    Good document to upgrade from previous version
  • 4
    Modular
  • 1
    Composer
  • 1
    Dependency injection
  • 1
    Easy to learn

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Cons of CodeIgniter
Cons of Slim
  • 6
    No ORM
  • 1
    No CLI
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    What is CodeIgniter?

    CodeIgniter is a proven, agile & open PHP web application framework with a small footprint. It is powering the next generation of web apps.

    What is Slim?

    Slim is easy to use for both beginners and professionals. Slim favors cleanliness over terseness and common cases over edge cases. Its interface is simple, intuitive, and extensively documented — both online and in the code itself.

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    What are some alternatives to CodeIgniter and Slim?
    Laravel
    It is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. It attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in the majority of web projects, such as authentication, routing, sessions, and caching.
    WordPress
    The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
    Yii
    Yii comes with: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc. It can reduce your development time significantly.
    Symfony
    It is written with speed and flexibility in mind. It allows developers to build better and easy to maintain websites with PHP..
    Kohana
    Kohana is an elegant, open source, and object oriented HMVC framework built using PHP5, by a team of volunteers. It aims to be swift, secure, and small.
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