RoadRunner is an open-source (MIT licensed) high-performance PHP application server, process manager written in Go and powered with plugins ❤️. It supports running as a service with the ability to extend its functionality on a per-project basis with plugins.
RoadRunner features a range of plugins, including HTTP(S)/2/3
and fCGI
servers that are compatible with PSR-7/PSR-17 standards. This is just one of its many capabilities. It serves as an effective alternative to the traditional Nginx+FPM setup, providing improved performance and more flexibility. Its extensive plugin options go far beyond just HTTP(S)/2/3
and fCGI
servers, offering a broad range of functionalities:
gRPC
, http
, jaeger
).gRPC
server. For increased speed, the protobuf
extension can be used.HTTP(S)/2/3
and fCGI
servers features automatic TLS management, 103 Early Hints support and middleware like: Static, Headers, gzip, prometheus (metrics), send (x-sendfile), OTEL, proxy_ip_parser, etc.Official Website | Documentation | Forum | Release schedule | Ask RoadRunner Guru
The easiest way to get the latest RoadRunner version is to use one of the pre-built release binaries, which are available for OSX, Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows. Instructions for using these binaries are on the GitHub releases page.
To get the roadrunner binary file you can use our docker image: ghcr.io/roadrunner-server/roadrunner:2025.X.X
(more information about image and tags can be found here).
FROM ghcr.io/roadrunner-server/roadrunner:2025.X.X AS roadrunner FROM php:8.3-cli COPY --from=roadrunner /usr/bin/rr /usr/local/bin/rr # USE THE RR
Configuration located in the .rr.yaml
file (full sample):
You can also install RoadRunner automatically using the command shipped with the composer package, run:
composer require spiral/roadrunner-cli ./vendor/bin/rr get-binary
Server binary will be available at the root of your project.
Installation option for the Debian-derivatives (Ubuntu, Mint, MX, etc)Note
PHP's extensions
php-curl
andphp-zip
are required to download RoadRunner automatically. PHP's extensionsphp-sockets
need to be installed to run roadrunner. Check withphp --modules
your installed extensions.
wget https://github.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner/releases/download/v2025.X.X/roadrunner-2025.X.X-linux-amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i roadrunner-2025.X.X-linux-amd64.debDownload the latest release via curl:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roadrunner-server/roadrunner/master/download-latest.sh | sh
Configuration can be located in .rr.yaml
file (full sample):
version: '3' rpc: listen: tcp://127.0.0.1:6001 server: command: "php worker.php" http: address: "0.0.0.0:8080" logs: level: error
Read more in Documentation.
<?php use Spiral\RoadRunner; use Nyholm\Psr7; include "vendor/autoload.php"; $worker = RoadRunner\Worker::create(); $psrFactory = new Psr7\Factory\Psr17Factory(); $worker = new RoadRunner\Http\PSR7Worker($worker, $psrFactory, $psrFactory, $psrFactory); while ($req = $worker->waitRequest()) { try { $rsp = new Psr7\Response(); $rsp->getBody()->write('Hello world!'); $worker->respond($rsp); } catch (\Throwable $e) { $worker->getWorker()->error((string)$e); } }
Important
If you see the EOF
error, check that you have installed the PHP packages from this step. If this does not help, try to execute the command php worker.php
directly and check the output.
To run application server:
The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE
for more information. Maintained by Spiral Scout.
Thanks to all the people who already contributed!
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