NativePHP — Desktop and Mobile Apps, All in PHP
NativePHP breaks PHP out of the browser. Build native desktop applications for macOS, Windows, and Linux — and now mobile apps for iOS and Android — using the PHP you already know.
// A desktop app window — in PHP
use Native\Laravel\Facades\Window;
Window::open()
->title('My PHP App')
->width(800)
->height(600)
->url('/');Under the hood, NativePHP uses Electron or Tauri for the desktop runtime, while NativePHP Mobile compiles your Laravel app into a genuine native iOS or Android binary. You get access to native APIs — camera, notifications, file system, biometrics — through a clean PHP interface.
This isn't a toy. Marcel Pociot and the Beyond Code team built it as a first-class Laravel package with a real developer experience: hot reloading, menu bar apps, system tray support, file associations, deep links, and auto-updates. The mobile runtime bundles a real PHP interpreter, so your Blade templates, Eloquent models, and middleware all work as-is.
For 30 years, "PHP is only for the web" was an unquestioned truth. NativePHP made it obsolete.
Source: nativephp.com · GitHub, March 2026