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http://lumen.laravel.com/ Getting started (by the man himself, Taylor Otwell): https://laracasts.com/lessons/introducing-lumen Micro-framework by Laravel Think of it like what Sinatra is to Rails, but maybe better Fantastic for simple APIs Easy migration from Lumen to a full Laravel app Super fast Lots of Laravel features: Eloquent ORM, caching, queues, validation, routing layer, middleware, Laravel service container Very little config required Has a nice CLI tool If you love Laravel, you will love Lumen Might be worth evaluating for smaller projects