fusio
Self-Hosted API Management for Builders
Runssource: GitHubhomepagePHPApache-2.0commit 4acff95ad952
PHP, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: ai, ai agents, api, api gateway, api management, api manager, backend and javascript.
fusio runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 18 minutes and hit 5 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Fusio v8.8.7 API server running on PHP 8.4 with SQLite at http://127.0.0.1:8084; CLI commands work; backend admin UI at /apps/fusio/ returns 200; system/health endpoint returns healthy: true
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 60 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- No PHP binary available in container6 minutes
- Missing PHP extensions (curl, mbstring, pdo, soap, sqlite, etc.)3 minutes
- Composer lock requires PHP >= 8.4 but only PHP 8.3 available via apt2 minutes
- Missing unzip tool for composer install1 minute
- SQLite database path wrong in .env (pdo-sqlite:/// requires 3 slashes for absolute path)1 minute
- Install time
- 18 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 18 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 5 hit, 5 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- Started PHP built-in server (php8.4 -S 127.0.0.1:8084 -t public); curl http://127.0.0.1:8084/ returned HTTP 200 with Fusio API metadata JSON; curl http://127.0.0.1:8084/system/health returned HTTP 200 with {"healthy":true}; curl http://127.0.0.1:8084/apps/fusio/ returned HTTP 200 with administrative UI HTML; php bin/fusio route shows all API routes; database contains 51 tables
- Model tokens used
- 208,186
- Exact commit tested
- 4acff95ad952
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
- `php -S 127.0.0.1:8080 -t public` starts Fusio - `curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/` returns **200** with Fusio about JSON - `curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/system/health` returns **200** with `"healthy": true` - `curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/apps/fusio/` returns **200** with the Angular admin app HTML - SQLite DB has 51 tables, 876 KB **Errors encountered:** 1. Missing PHP binary - fixed by extracting PHP 8.3 .deb packages and later switching to static PHP… 2. Missing extensions (xml, mbstring, curl, pdo, pdo_sqlite, phar, etc.) - fixed by extracting from… 3. Missing PHP 8.4+ requirement - fixed by using static PHP 8.4 binary 4. Missing unzip - fixed by extracting unzip .deb package 5. Missing zip extension (libzip.so.4 runtime dep) - fixed by removing zip from php.ini and getting… 6. SQLite path had wrong format (need 3 slashes in URL) - fixed `.env` to use `pdo-sqlite:////path/…
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Recovered from all 5 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What did not, or is not known
- Took 18 minutes to install, slower than the median of the 85 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
Of the 86 ai projects Argusic has installed and timed, fusio was the 70th fastest to reach a running state, and 61 of 86 reached one at all.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 2/3 | Runs | 100.00 | 0.08 | |
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Did not run | 20.00 | 0.08 |
Topics (from GitHub)
aiai-agentsapiapi-gatewayapi-managementapi-managerbackendjavascriptmcp-servermicroserviceopenapiphprest
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/fusio)Questions
- Does fusio run?
- Yes. fusio runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 18 minutes, hitting 5 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test fusio?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 4acff95ad952. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test fusio?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.08: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does fusio take to install?
- 18 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does fusio need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing fusio?
- 5 things broke in the recorded run, and 5 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- How does fusio compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 86 ai projects Argusic has installed and timed, fusio was the 70th fastest to reach a running state, and 61 of 86 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for fusio?
- All 2 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.