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banzai/banzai
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The Banzai CMS Web Application Framework

v6.1.0(10mo ago)46.5k↓20%MITPHPPHP ^8.3CI passing

Since Sep 26Pushed 10mo ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/BanzaiCMS/banzai)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/banzai/banzai)[ Docs](https://www.ins.de/)[ RSS](/packages/banzai-banzai/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (8)Versions (13)Used By (0)

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About Banzai
------------

[](#about-banzai)

Banzai is a small and efficient PHP CMS and Web framework.

Banzai is the core of the INS framework and the INS CMS, which have been successfully used for commercial websites and e-commerce web applications by INS and cooperation partners for almost 20 years - but so far only with a closed source commercial license.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](SECURITY.md) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

License
-------

[](#license)

Banzai is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE). With the MIT license, the software "as is" is provided without guarantee of any kind. However, a commercial support and service license is also available for projects in which legal liability issues are relevant.

About Us
--------

[](#about-us)

Banzai development is sponsored and led by [INS GmbH](https://www.ins.de/)

###  Health Score

48

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance54

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70.4% 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 ~191 days

Recently: every ~71 days

Total

12

Last Release

318d ago

Major Versions

v0.0.2 → v6.0.0-alpha22024-09-10

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.0.1PHP >=7.3.0

v0.0.2PHP ^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![thataf](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/91525174?v=4)](https://github.com/thataf "thataf (38 commits)")[![ThatBea](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55582478?v=4)](https://github.com/ThatBea "ThatBea (16 commits)")

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Tags

banzaicmsframeworkphpframeworkwebcmsbanzai

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