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bcosca/fatfree-core
===================

A powerful yet easy-to-use PHP micro-framework designed to help you build dynamic and robust Web applications - fast!

3.9.2(7mo ago)237666.2k↓30%94[31 issues](https://github.com/f3-factory/fatfree-core/issues)[5 PRs](https://github.com/f3-factory/fatfree-core/pulls)20GPL-3.0PHPPHP >=7.2

Since Dec 12Pushed 1mo ago50 watchersCompare

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fatfree-core
============

[](#fatfree-core)

Fat-Free Framework core library

### Usage:

[](#usage)

First make sure to add a proper url rewrite configuration to your server, see

**without composer:**

```
$f3 = require('lib/base.php');
```

**with composer:**

```
composer require bcosca/fatfree-core

```

```
require("vendor/autoload.php");
$f3 = \Base::instance();
```

---

For the main repository (demo package), see
For the test bench and unit tests, see
For the user guide, see
For the documentation, see

###  Health Score

65

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance77

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity57

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community50

Growing community involvement

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 63.7% 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 ~131 days

Recently: every ~99 days

Total

32

Last Release

153d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → 3.5.02015-06-02

1.0.0-beta2 → 3.5.12015-12-31

1.1.0-alpha1 → v3.6.02016-11-19

1.1.0 → 3.6.12017-04-02

3.9.2 → 4.0.0-alpha.92026-01-05

PHP version history (4 changes)3.5.0PHP >=5.3.6

1.0.0-alpha1PHP >=5.4

3.9.0PHP >=7.2

4.0.0-alpha.9PHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b692785ca5fcf63214b6bb49624aabddc100a056e544546653af378e480ede39?d=identicon)[sn0opy](/maintainers/sn0opy)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a3034d7d22c7615046f9177c77c7218f410475270ea136632a2b84dba8360c11?d=identicon)[bcosca](/maintainers/bcosca)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1177647?v=4)[Christian Knuth](/maintainers/ikkez)[@ikkez](https://github.com/ikkez)

---

Top Contributors

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