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amber/sketch
============

Lightweight PHP templating engine.

v0.0.1-beta(6y ago)091[2 PRs](https://github.com/systemson/sketch/pulls)GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.2.0

Since May 17Pushed 5y agoCompare

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Sketch
======

[](#sketch)

Development project for a light weight php template engine.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

With composer
-------------

[](#with-composer)

```
composer require amber/sketch

```

*See example folder for more details*

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.3% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2554d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1912ffd7709c7c3d7498921fd3080e23589e5cee9fb84a4d3831126739ac85b5?d=identicon)[systemson](/maintainers/systemson)

---

Top Contributors

[![systemson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32528630?v=4)](https://github.com/systemson "systemson (72 commits)")[![ivvanare](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32280279?v=4)](https://github.com/ivvanare "ivvanare (2 commits)")[![milanegrin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/82895394?v=4)](https://github.com/milanegrin "milanegrin (2 commits)")[![dependabot-support](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/112581971?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-support "dependabot-support (1 commits)")[![devilu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25694532?v=4)](https://github.com/devilu "devilu (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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