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acquia/drupal-recommended-project
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Acquia-compatible Drupal application based on the Drupal Recommended Project

3.1.14(7mo ago)27537.5k↓24.5%34[3 issues](https://github.com/acquia/drupal-recommended-project/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/acquia/drupal-recommended-project/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP >=8.3CI passing

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Acquia Drupal Recommended Project
=================================

[](#acquia-drupal-recommended-project)

This is a project template providing a great out-of-the-box experience for new Drupal 11 projects hosted on Acquia. It is based on the [Drupal Recommended Project](https://github.com/drupal/recommended-project/tree/11.x), with the principal difference being the addition of several modules and packages that provide the best possible out-of-the-box experience for Acquia customers.

This project includes the following packages and configurations:

- [Drupal core](https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal)
- [Drupal core scaffold](https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/using-composer/using-drupals-composer-scaffold)
- [Acquia Drupal Starter kit](https://github.com/acquia/acquia-cms-starterkit)
- [Drupal Recommended Settings](https://github.com/acquia/drupal-recommended-settings)
- [Drush](https://github.com/drush-ops/drush) (Drupal CLI and development tool)
- [Asset Packagist](https://asset-packagist.org/) repository, package, and configuration
- [Acquia environment detection](https://github.com/acquia/drupal-environment-detector)
- [Acquia platform memcache settings](https://github.com/acquia/memcache-settings) (Not required on Acquia Cloud Next Platform)
- Best practices for Drupal development, testing and project architecture

Acquia Drupal Starter Kits
--------------------------

[](#acquia-drupal-starter-kits)

To learn more about Acquia Drupal starter kits, please refer to the [documentation](https://docs.acquia.com/drupal-starter-kits/starter-kits).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Create a new Drupal 11 project using Composer:

```
composer create-project --no-interaction acquia/drupal-recommended-project

```

To install Drupal Starter Kit, follow the [instructions](https://docs.acquia.com/drupal-starter-kits/install-cms).

Install other Drupal versions
-----------------------------

[](#install-other-drupal-versions)

To install Drupal 10 version, use the below command:

```
composer create-project acquia/drupal-recommended-project:^2

```

To install Drupal 9 version, use the below command:

```
composer create-project acquia/drupal-recommended-project:^1

```

Upgrading
---------

[](#upgrading)

To upgrade Acquia Drupal starter Kit, follow the [instructions](https://docs.acquia.com/drupal-starter-kits/upgrading-drupal-starter-kits-and-its-dependencies).

The Acquia Cloud Platform does not yet support MySQL 8.0, therefore enabling the backport database driver module is required for Drupal 11 installation on Acquia Cloud Platform. Follow [instructions](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/develop-apps/drupal-apps/mysql-80-57-backport-database-driver-upgrading).

License
=======

[](#license)

Copyright (C) 2024 Acquia, Inc.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

###  Health Score

65

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance76

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community28

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity90

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

666

Last Release

228d ago

Major Versions

1.15.3 → 3.1.32025-07-28

2.1.86 → 3.1.52025-08-07

2.1.87 → 3.1.82025-09-04

1.x-dev → 2.1.892025-09-05

2.1.89 → 3.1.102025-09-08

PHP version history (5 changes)v1.3.0PHP ^7.3

v1.5.0PHP >=7.3

v1.7.0PHP >=7.4

1.14.3PHP >=8.1

3.0.0-beta3PHP >=8.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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