# Manticore

An ahead-of-time compiler for PHP, written in PHP, that turns PHP code into static binaries that run with no PHP runtime.

It compiles a large part of PHP 8.5 to arm64 and x86\_64 binaries through LLVM. It can rebuild itself byte for byte. It runs on macOS and Linux.

- Made by: [Taras Chornyi](https://github.com/blacktrs)
- Shipped: 21/07/2026
- Date from: [release](https://github.com/manticorephp/compiler/releases/tag/v0.6.0)
- Source: [github.com/manticorephp/compiler](https://github.com/manticorephp/compiler)
- Docs: [github.com/manticorephp/compiler/tree/main/docs](https://github.com/manticorephp/compiler/tree/main/docs)
- Install: `composer require manticorephp/compiler`
- Licence: MIT
- Stack: plain PHP
- Checked: 21/10/2026
- Added: 21/10/2026

See more at [phplives.dev](https://phplives.dev)