CakePHP vs CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is used by more websites in our catalog: 214 use CakePHP and 1,379 use CodeIgniter.

CakePHP sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (CakePHP: 30, CodeIgniter: 28).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, CakePHP went from 0.03% to 0.02% of all tracked sites, while CodeIgniter went from 0.18% to 0.16%. CakePHP is gaining ground faster in our index.

0 websites in our catalog use both CakePHP and CodeIgniter.

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.