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acquia/lightning-project
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Project template for Drupal 8 sites built with the Lightning distribution.

9.2.0(5y ago)13089.8k57[20 issues](https://github.com/acquia/lightning-project/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/acquia/lightning-project/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-later

Since Apr 2Pushed 4y ago4 watchersCompare

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November 2, 2021: So long and thanks for all the fish!
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[](#november-2-2021-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish)

Acquia **ended support for the Lightning distribution on November 2, 2021**, simultaneously with Drupal 8. Lightning 3, 4, and 5 no longer receive any security updates or bug fixes. It is possible to safely uninstall Lightning from your site; please see [the official announcement](https://www.acquia.com/blog/acquia-lightning-eol-2021-acquia-cms-future), [FAQ for site owners](https://support.acquia.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500006393601-Frequently-Asked-Questions-FAQ-regarding-End-of-Support-for-Acquia-Lightning), and [developer instructions](https://github.com/acquia/lightning/wiki/Uninstalling-Lightning) for more information.

###  Health Score

43

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FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity74

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.3% 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 ~73 days

Recently: every ~115 days

Total

27

Last Release

1840d ago

Major Versions

8.8.1 → 9.0.02020-07-10

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f6073b94ae2519d22681a73ae734eff3d679543ea15bcae3a2d4dbcb271ca9ac?d=identicon)[balsama](/maintainers/balsama)

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Top Contributors

[![balsama](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1536654?v=4)](https://github.com/balsama "balsama (55 commits)")[![phenaproxima](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4504530?v=4)](https://github.com/phenaproxima "phenaproxima (23 commits)")[![damontgomery](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/397902?v=4)](https://github.com/damontgomery "damontgomery (1 commits)")[![kdruckman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8461726?v=4)](https://github.com/kdruckman "kdruckman (1 commits)")[![weitzman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7740?v=4)](https://github.com/weitzman "weitzman (1 commits)")[![danepowell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1984514?v=4)](https://github.com/danepowell "danepowell (1 commits)")[![b-sharpe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12438512?v=4)](https://github.com/b-sharpe "b-sharpe (1 commits)")

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Tags

composerdrupaldrupal-8drupal-scaffoldlightning

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