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Beam vs Nirvana

At a glance

  • Nirvana has more active installs: 10K+, against 90+ for Beam.
  • On a typical day, Nirvana is downloaded about 25 times, Beam about 0.
  • Beam is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.3 from 69 reviews.
  • Nirvana was updated more recently: Jan 26, 2026, against Apr 1, 2019 for Beam.
  • Nirvana has been around longer: since 2014, against 2019 for Beam.

Line by line

Nirvana leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricBeamNirvana
Popular rank–#273
Active installs90+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days0731
Rating5.0(1)4.3(69)
Last release7 years ago9 months ago
Requires PHP–5.6

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