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MVC Web Framework

v0.1.4(9y ago)1881MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

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Barebone Core
=============

[](#barebone-core)

MVC framework for building PHP web applications

Goals
-----

[](#goals)

- Have a simple installation process: download and go
- Be open, easy to understand and easy to extend
- Supporting and encouraging best practices
- Provide a solid foundation for almost anything
- Be minimal, but with a good minimum

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Some folders may have additional readme files.

Status
------

[](#status)

This is work in progress. Tests are on the way and the API may change (slightly). At this point i don't expect any drastic changes anymore.

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

[](#contributing)

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

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

You can run tests with `phpunit` directly or use the provided grunt-task, which will also run tests whenever a PHP file changes.

For using Grunt install all required packages with:

```
$ npm install

```

The following uses scripts from packages.json and references the binaries directly from '/vendor/'

```
$ npm start    runs phpunit and starts grunt file watcher
$ npm test     runs phpunit

```

### Alternatives:

[](#alternatives)

```
$ phpunit      if installed globally on your system
$ grunt        if installed globally on your system

```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~1 days

Total

5

Last Release

3566d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104684825?v=4)[Kjell Bublitz](/maintainers/kjbbtz)[@kjbbtz](https://github.com/kjbbtz)

---

Top Contributors

[![m3nt0r](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23321?v=4)](https://github.com/m3nt0r "m3nt0r (12 commits)")

---

Tags

frameworkmvcbarebone-php

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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