Your next API.
A little simpler.

Build around what your app does. Pionia brings services, data, and authentication together behind a versioned JSON API.

Start with Composer

composer create-project pionia/pionia-app pionia-shop

Open source · PHP 8.5+ · Your application, your infrastructure

Pionia Shop The API, at a glance

POST/api/v1/JSON

{
  "service": "product",
  "action": "list"
}

SwitchServiceAction

200 OKResponse envelope

{
  "returnCode": 0,
  "returnMessage": "OK",
  "returnData": {
    "products": [
      { "id": 1, "name": "Ada Mug" }
    ]
  },
  "extraData": null
}

From first request to production

Make something real.

Follow the Pionia Shop tutorial, or go straight to the guide you need.

01 / Learn by building

A small shop.
A solid foundation.

Create a catalog API, add validation and staff permissions, then prepare it for deployment.

Start the 15-part guide 02 / Build your API

Give your app
its capabilities.

Understand switches, services, and actions. Add validation and document your API.

Explore Moonlight 03 / Ship with confidence

Ready for
real requests.

Run RoadRunner, configure logging, and prepare your application for production.

Deployment guides

Keep moving

Find your next answer.

All documentation

Database & Porm

Migrations, queries, joins, and transactions.

Authentication & permissions

JWTs, account identity, and action access.

HTTP & middleware

Requests, responses, and shared behavior.

Your frontend

Connect a Vite app to your Moonlight API.

CLI reference

Scaffold, inspect, and operate your app.

Extend Pionia

Providers, packages, and framework helpers.

Built in the open. Better together.Explore PioniaCore on GitHub

Your next API.A little simpler.