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ares-legacy/ares-core
=====================

Ares core framework for building web api's.

3.2.4(5y ago)451MITPHP

Since Nov 7Pushed 5y agoCompare

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Ares Core
=========

[](#ares-core)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

This project is a custom php bundle, packed with features for simply building API's on top of slim 4 framework.

It can be used for fast creating and expanding php api's.

It offers following functionality:

- Responses
- Exceptions
- Validation
- Authentication
- Locales & Translations
- Cache
- Request Throttle
- Database
- Slugs
- Configs
- Dotenv
- Logging
- DI Container
- Routing (Slim)

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

[](#installation)

##### 1. Require Composer Package

[](#1-require-composer-package)

```
$ composer require ares-legacy/ares-core
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

If you got questions or feedback feel free to contact us.

- Discord: Dome#9999
- Mail:

---

- Discord: s1njar#0066
- Mail:

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [Slim4Framework](https://www.slimframework.com/docs/v4/)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT).

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~4 days

Total

9

Last Release

2029d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02020-11-15

2.0.0 → 3.0.02020-11-15

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/64329883?v=4)[Janis Schubert](/maintainers/s1njar)[@s1njar](https://github.com/s1njar)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54440915?v=4)[Dominik](/maintainers/Domexx)[@Domexx](https://github.com/Domexx)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97329b4d7cc7e7111a5158f38cc798d7ecf83daf5b0e86cfb98b409ed30e8534?d=identicon)[ares.dev.core](/maintainers/ares.dev.core)

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Top Contributors

[![s1njar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/64329883?v=4)](https://github.com/s1njar "s1njar (3 commits)")

---

Tags

apiaresphpslim-frameworkphpapislim

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