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aheart/espresso
===============

Silex wired with radioactive caffeine.

v0.2.1(13y ago)1301MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Jul 11Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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React/Espresso
==============

[](#reactespresso)

React/Espresso is a proof-of-concept microframework that integrates Silex with React/Http.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b940ae94895675b4b69599456e24b6b823953502c3501dad2e4e3b68a63e0281/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6168656172742f657370726573736f2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/aheart/espresso)

Install
-------

[](#install)

The recommended way to install react/espresso is [through composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```
{
    "require": {
        "minimum-stability": "dev",
        "aheart/espresso": "0.2.*"
    }
}
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$app = new React\Espresso\Application();

$app->get('/', function ($request, $response) {
    return 'Hello World';
});

$app->get('/hello/{name}', function($name) use($app) {
    return 'Hello '.$app->escape($name);
});

$app->error(function (\Exception $e, $code) use ($app) {
	return 'Page not found';
});

$stack = new React\Espresso\Stack($app);
$stack->listen(1337);
```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

To run the test suite, you need PHPUnit.

```
$ phpunit

```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT, see LICENSE.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56.8% 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 ~25 days

Total

4

Last Release

4984d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=5.3.2

v0.2.0PHP >=5.3.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/800ba1a26336a7bb11cda7ecbc31be9614de1cc8d89f555b607c4539681d23c4?d=identicon)[aheart](/maintainers/aheart)

---

Top Contributors

[![igorw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/88061?v=4)](https://github.com/igorw "igorw (25 commits)")[![aheart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9392791?v=4)](https://github.com/aheart "aheart (10 commits)")[![cboden](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/617694?v=4)](https://github.com/cboden "cboden (7 commits)")[![dave1010](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/50682?v=4)](https://github.com/dave1010 "dave1010 (1 commits)")[![sobit](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1245542?v=4)](https://github.com/sobit "sobit (1 commits)")

---

Tags

microframework

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/aheart-espresso/health.svg)

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