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phacility/phabricator — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-24

12,305PHPAudience · developerComplexity · 4/5LicenseSetup · hard

tl;dr

Phabricator is a now-archived collection of PHP web apps for software teams, it covered code review, project management, and version control integration, but has been officially discontinued since June 2021.

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    Status
      Archived 2021
      No active maintenance
    Features
      Code review
      Project management
      Version control
    Tech Stack
      PHP
      Git
      Mercurial
    Audience
      Dev teams
      Legacy users

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Self-host a legacy code review and task tracking system for a team already running Phabricator.

VIBE 2

Study the PHP codebase to understand how a large-scale developer tooling platform was architected.

what's the stack?

PHPGitMercurialSubversion

how it stacks up fr

phacility/phabricatortypecho/typechoslimphp/slim
Stars12,30512,33512,258
LanguagePHPPHPPHP
Setup difficultyhardmoderatemoderate
Complexity4/53/52/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · hard time til it works · 1day+

No longer maintained as of June 2021, running in production requires forking and maintaining the codebase yourself.

Use freely for any purpose including commercial projects, with attribution required under the Apache 2.0 license.

in plain english

Phabricator is a collection of web applications for software development, written in PHP. The repository's topics indicate it worked with Git, Mercurial, and Subversion version control systems. Beyond that, the README is extremely sparse and does not describe what the individual applications do or how to use them. As of June 1, 2021, Phabricator is no longer actively maintained by its original developers. The repository is preserved but should be considered archived. The software is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

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How do I set up a self-hosted Phabricator instance for code review on a Linux server?
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What are the best modern alternatives to Phabricator now that it is no longer maintained?

Frequently asked questions

what is phabricator fr?

Phabricator is a now-archived collection of PHP web apps for software teams, it covered code review, project management, and version control integration, but has been officially discontinued since June 2021.

What language is phabricator written in?

Mainly PHP. The stack also includes PHP, Git, Mercurial.

What license does phabricator use?

Use freely for any purpose including commercial projects, with attribution required under the Apache 2.0 license.

How hard is phabricator to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1day+ to a first successful run.

Who is phabricator for?

Mainly developer.

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