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adam-paterson/skeleton-php
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A skeleton repository for my packages

v3.1.0(4y ago)210MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since May 30Pushed 3y agoCompare

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---

This package provides a wonderful **PHP Skeleton** to start building your next package idea.

> **Requires [PHP 8.2+](https://php.net/releases/)**

⚡️ Create your package using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
composer create-project adam-paterson/skeleton-php --prefer-source PackageName
```

🧹 Keep a modern codebase with **Pint**:

```
composer lint
```

⚗️ Run static analysis using **PHPStan**:

```
composer test:types
```

✅ Run unit tests using **PEST**

```
composer test:unit
```

🚀 Run the entire test suite:

```
composer test
```

**Skeleton PHP** was modified by **[Adam Paterson](https://twitter.com/adam-paterson)** but was created by **[Nuno Maduro](https://twitter.com/enunomaduro)** under the **[MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)**.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 71% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.9% 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 ~63 days

Recently: every ~98 days

Total

21

Last Release

1643d ago

Major Versions

v1.5.0 → v2.0.02020-06-26

v2.1.1 → v3.0.02021-05-05

PHP version history (5 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.1.3

v1.2.0PHP ^7.2

v2.0.0PHP ^7.3

v2.1.0PHP ^7.4

v3.0.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/296c5969d49c166c45bbe6066cc3057d7279a1451f495186ac82de0de9455107?d=identicon)[Adam\_Paterson](/maintainers/Adam_Paterson)

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Top Contributors

[![nunomaduro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5457236?v=4)](https://github.com/nunomaduro "nunomaduro (64 commits)")[![adam-paterson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1008727?v=4)](https://github.com/adam-paterson "adam-paterson (5 commits)")[![askdkc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7894265?v=4)](https://github.com/askdkc "askdkc (1 commits)")[![dansysanalyst](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/79267265?v=4)](https://github.com/dansysanalyst "dansysanalyst (1 commits)")[![svenluijten](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11269635?v=4)](https://github.com/svenluijten "svenluijten (1 commits)")

---

Tags

phppackageSkeleton

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

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