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barebone/barebone
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MVC Web Framework

v0.1.3(9y ago)2681MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

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Barebone
========

[](#barebone)

MVC framework for building PHP web applications

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

[](#installation)

```
composer create-project barebone/barebone --no-dev [YOUR_PROJECT_NAME]

```

At a glance
-----------

[](#at-a-glance)

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Setup your application details and database connection `/app/config.json`

### Models

[](#models)

Define your models as needed in `/app/models`

### Controllers

[](#controllers)

Write your controller actions in `/app/controllers`

### Libraries

[](#libraries)

Anything else under the namespace `App` can be created in `/app/lib`

### Views

[](#views)

Add as many views as referenced in your controllers in `/app/views`

### Routing

[](#routing)

Connect your controller "actions" to URLs in `/app/routes.php`

### Logging

[](#logging)

You can write from models and controllers to a log in `/app/logs`

### Database

[](#database)

You can manage your database schema using migrations in `/app/database`

### Frontend Assets

[](#frontend-assets)

Get gulp with "npm install" in `/app/frontend`, comes preconfigured for SASS and JS

### Javascript

[](#javascript)

Develop your frontend code `/app/frontend/js` supported by Browserify and Babel.

### Stylesheets

[](#stylesheets)

By default SASS renders to CSS from `/app/frontend/sass`, but LESS is also available.

### Hosting

[](#hosting)

Upload everything to Server with at least PHP 5.5 and point your virtual host to `/public`

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Any PR is welcome. If you find issues, please report.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 67.8% 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 ~1 days

Total

4

Last Release

3520d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6d422460d32b44e4ce60d78fbe36134c5c5c9e954305280b8b93fe0ba33729b8?d=identicon)[kjbbtz](/maintainers/kjbbtz)

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Top Contributors

[![kjbbtz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104684825?v=4)](https://github.com/kjbbtz "kjbbtz (40 commits)")[![m3nt0r](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23321?v=4)](https://github.com/m3nt0r "m3nt0r (19 commits)")

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Tags

frameworkmvcbarebone-php

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