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backstage/installer
===================

Backstage installer.

v5.1.16(1mo ago)117MITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since May 22Pushed 1w ago4 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (80)Versions (322)Used By (0)

The installer of Backstage.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer global require backstage/installer
```

Create a new site
-----------------

[](#create-a-new-site)

```
backstage new my-site
```

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.4% 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 ~2 days

Total

178

Last Release

57d ago

Major Versions

v1.0 → v2.0.02026-01-23

v2.0.0-beta40 → v4.0.112026-03-13

2.x-dev → 4.x-dev2026-03-13

v2.0.29 → v4.0.02026-03-13

v4.2.9 → v5.0.52026-05-08

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7c6a425dc8645907a118a007438172d58c2016773f54ab3a834beff172632f13?d=identicon)[ux](/maintainers/ux)

---

Top Contributors

[![Casmo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/385764?v=4)](https://github.com/Casmo "Casmo (17 commits)")[![Ynitial](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35238373?v=4)](https://github.com/Ynitial "Ynitial (1 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelcmsbackstage

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/backstage-installer/health.svg)

```
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```

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