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bakeiro/light-php
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Easiest PHP framework

1.985(3y ago)811.6k12[2 issues](https://github.com/bakeiro/Light-PHP/issues)[4 PRs](https://github.com/bakeiro/Light-PHP/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.0

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 Micro PHP framework.
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Light-PHP
=========

[](#light-php)

Easiest PHP framework
---------------------

[](#easiest-php-framework)

`Light-php` Light PHP it's an open-source minimal PHP framework that only includes what's necessary, avoiding big and complex structures, yet capable of building big and fully-featured API/Websites.
It's advantages from others frameworks are the small learning curve, possibility to start working without reading massive documentations and it's easy to understand how the framework works and being able to modify its original behavior.

This project includes the `PSR-0`, `PSR-1`, `PSR-4`, `PSR-11`, `PSR-12` standards, good coding practices, MVC structure, service container and much more!

### What's this project?

[](#whats-this-project)

This is a lightweight micro PHP Framework focused on simplicity, aimed to capable to build small, medium Apps/APIs (big Apps/APIs even possible, dividing your app in smaller ones) and making things just work.

### What's not this project?

[](#whats-not-this-project)

This doesn't pretend to be a full complete PHP framework, highly abstracted, with ORM, autowiring, automatic processes, complex algorithm, or any kind of 'black magic' that frameworks comes nowdays.

### For who is this project?

[](#for-who-is-this-project)

This proyect can be aimed for people who only needs a small proyect to build and doesn't need a complete PHP framework, for beginners in PHP who need a easy entry point, for people who want to try a new PHP framework, and this proyect cover all it's needs

### What are benefits of using Light-php:

[](#what-are-benefits-of-using-light-php)

- Quick development
- Lightweight
- MVC structure
- Focused on simplicity
- Implements best practices
- Security implementations

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer create-project bakeiro/light-php
```

### License

[](#license)

Light-PHP is licensed under the Open Source MIT license, feel free to use it, modify it or contribute on it!

Built by [David Baqueiro](https://davidbaqueiro.com)### Support

[](#support)

Light-PHP is an open source project licensed under the MIT license. It's completely free to use. However, it would be great if you buy me a cup of coffee once in a while to keep me awake :)

[![Buy Me A Coffee](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bakeiro/light-php-site/master/src/view/www/src/images/coffe.png)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bakeiro)

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.9% 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 ~59 days

Recently: every ~201 days

Total

20

Last Release

1250d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.7PHP ^7.0

1.985PHP >=7.0

1.99PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1bfe3d9b6ce710204a80ccd42b69f36c68365c987095585fd5f1240bad2756a0?d=identicon)[bakeiro](/maintainers/bakeiro)

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Top Contributors

[![bakeiro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16777161?v=4)](https://github.com/bakeiro "bakeiro (562 commits)")[![learttmorina](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52824002?v=4)](https://github.com/learttmorina "learttmorina (17 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (5 commits)")[![ezoicbill](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75235031?v=4)](https://github.com/ezoicbill "ezoicbill (1 commits)")[![mevdschee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1288217?v=4)](https://github.com/mevdschee "mevdschee (1 commits)")

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Tags

frameworkmicroframeworkmvc-phpmvc-php-applicationphp

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