Framewire is a PHP development framework. It is:

• Modern PHP 5.3+ clean - there is no legacy code.
• Fast Low-impact, streamlined, efficient and under 1000 lines.
• Transparent No hidden magic buried under layers of abstraction.
• Reversible On-demand debugging shows exactly what happens with every request.
• Agile No rigid patterns of encapsulation that look good only on paper.
• Straightforward No steep learning curve that will end up hacked around anyway.
• Standard Consistent, repeatable and intuitive.
• Useful Complement PHP with useful tools for rapid development.
• Honest No attempt at making PHP something it's not.
• Realistic Developers can always do bad things; don't waste cycles trying to rescue them.

Today's frameworks often feel like academic exercises, with grand design patterns, imposing object models, and a steep learning curve to grasp it all.

But let's face it - web development is chaotic, with never-ending changes created forced hacks to work around the very framework and structure we just learned.

Framewire supports the chaos, helping to organize and benefit from clever hacks, rather than an exercise in futility to over-engineer and abstract them out of existence.