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barrelstrength/sprout-base
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Common libraries for Sprout Plugins for Craft CMS

6.0.2(5y ago)5226.2k—0%611proprietaryPHP

Since Jan 27Pushed 3y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/barrelstrength/sprout-base)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/barrelstrength/sprout-base)[ RSS](/packages/barrelstrength-sprout-base/feed)WikiDiscussions v5 Synced 1mo ago

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Sprout Base
===========

[](#sprout-base)

A collection of common classes and libraries for the Sprout Plugins Suite for Craft CMS.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

- Report issues to the appropriate Sprout plugin repository.
- Pull Requests should reference an open issue in the appropriate Sprout plugin repository

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Include Sprout Base in your Sprout plugin composer.json file:

```
{
  "require": {
    "barrelstrength/sprout-base": "^6.0.0"
  }
}
```

See this article on [Creating a Yii Module for Craft 3](https://straightupcraft.com/articles/creating-a-yii-module-for-craft-3) for an example of how to load the Sprout Base Yii Module to the `Craft::$app` instance and create controllers and variables.

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.8% 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 ~29 days

Recently: every ~230 days

Total

60

Last Release

1290d ago

Major Versions

v2.x-dev → 3.0.02018-07-26

v3.x-dev → 4.0.02018-10-30

4.0.8 → 5.0.02019-04-20

v4.x-dev → 5.0.12019-06-17

5.2.0 → 6.0.02020-04-28

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2899039?v=4)[Barrel Strength](/maintainers/BarrelStrength)[@barrelstrength](https://github.com/barrelstrength)

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Top Contributors

[![BenParizek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/309735?v=4)](https://github.com/BenParizek "BenParizek (610 commits)")[![pdaleramirez](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4172750?v=4)](https://github.com/pdaleramirez "pdaleramirez (159 commits)")[![andrelopez](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/875476?v=4)](https://github.com/andrelopez "andrelopez (140 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (2 commits)")[![lindseydiloreto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5309692?v=4)](https://github.com/lindseydiloreto "lindseydiloreto (1 commits)")[![timkelty](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18329?v=4)](https://github.com/timkelty "timkelty (1 commits)")

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Tags

craft-plugincraftcmssprout-emailsprout-fieldssprout-importsprout-reportssprout-seoyii-extension

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