Core

The server component of API Platform: hypermedia and GraphQL APIs in minutes

From api-platform·Updated June 23, 2026·View on GitHub·

API Platform Core is an easy-to-use and powerful system to create [hypermedia-driven REST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS) and [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/) APIs. It is a component of the [API Platform framework](https://api-platform.com) and it can be integrated with [the Symfony framework](https://symfony.com) using the bundle distributed with the library. The project is written primarily in PHP, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2015. It has gained significant community traction with 2,566 stars and 966 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: api, api-platform, graphql, hacktoberfest, hal.

Latest release: v4.3.14

June 19, 2026View Changelog →

API Platform Core

API Platform Core is an easy-to-use and powerful system to create hypermedia-driven REST and GraphQL APIs.
It is a component of the API Platform framework and it can be integrated
with the Symfony framework using the bundle distributed with the library.

It natively supports popular open formats including JSON for Linked Data (JSON-LD), Hydra Core Vocabulary, OpenAPI v2 (formerly Swagger) and v3, JSON:API, HAL and Problem Details.

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