neuron-ai
The Agentic Framework of the PHP ecosystem to build production-ready AI driven applications. Connect components (LLMs, Tools, vector DBs, memory) to agents that interact with your data and UI.
Runssource: GitHubhomepagePHPMITcommit f6d4e4507309
PHP, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: agent, agentic ai, agentic framework, agents, ai, llm, llm inference and llms.
neuron-ai runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 15 minutes and hit 7 errors on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Composer install with all 145 dependencies succeeded; vendor/bin/phpunit reports 1373 tests, 5460 assertions passed, 0 failures, 0 errors, 78 skipped (external services); vendor/bin/phpstan analyse reports OK, 0 errors; bin/neuron CLI reports help with 7 commands
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 58.6 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.
- PHP 8.1+ not installed (no root apt permissions)3 minutes
- Composer install failed: zip extension missing, no unzip binary2 minutes
- Disk full (7.8G partition at 100%) during composer install2 minutes
- psr.so extension (from php8.3-common) provides PsrExt\Http\Message\ResponseInterface conflicting with PHP-level PSR-7 interfaces2 minutes
- Composer.phar requires phar, mbstring extensions1 minute
- PDO SQLite driver not found for Eloquent tests1 minute
- Install time
- 15 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 33 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 7 hit, 6 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- vendor/bin/phpunit exited 0, 1373 tests, 5460 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 78 skipped
- Model tokens used
- 343,307
- Exact commit tested
- f6d4e4507309
- 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.
All verifications done. Let me compile the final result exec /bin/sh -lc '# Final verification: run the full suite one more time to get precise counts cd /work/repo && PATH="/tmp/unzip-extract/usr/bin:$PATH" /tmp/phpcache/usr/bin/php8.3 -c /tmp/phpco… succeeded in 1314ms: Time: 00:01.258, Memory: 44.00 MB OK, but some tests were skipped! Tests: 1373, Assertions: 5460, Skipped: 78. All tasks complete. Let me present the final result. tokens used 343,307 All tasks complete. Let me present the final result.
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.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What did not, or is not known
- Took 15 minutes to install, slower than the median of the 68 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
- Hit 7 errors during setup, 1 of which were not solved.
Of the 69 agent projects Argusic has installed and timed, neuron-ai was the 48th fastest to reach a running state, and 47 of 69 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 | 97.14 | 0.23 | |
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Did not run | 20.00 | 0.12 |
Topics (from GitHub)
agentagentic-aiagentic-frameworkagentsaillmllm-inferencellmsphpvector-database
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/neuron-ai)Questions
- Does neuron-ai run?
- Yes. neuron-ai runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 15 minutes, hitting 7 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test neuron-ai?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit f6d4e4507309. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test neuron-ai?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.23: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does neuron-ai take to install?
- 15 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 neuron-ai need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing neuron-ai?
- 7 things broke in the recorded run, and 6 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- How does neuron-ai compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 69 agent projects Argusic has installed and timed, neuron-ai was the 48th fastest to reach a running state, and 47 of 69 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for neuron-ai?
- 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.