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bistro/swell
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A library to add functionality to the Slim PHP Microframework.

0.1.0(12y ago)221MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Jul 10Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Bistro: Swell
=============

[](#bistro-swell)

The Slim PHP microframework is awesome. After developing with it for a while there were some patterns that that showed up. This library is an attempt to keep the awesome'ness of Slim while adding some developer friendly features.

In Heavy Development
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[](#in-heavy-development)

This library is still in heavy development. If you want to help, then fork the repo and jump in.

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4737d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46fa0decb95ad8d80b65e1fbed54f3fa9ee6350f1c8a0f83335221a201effb59?d=identicon)[davewid](/maintainers/davewid)

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Top Contributors

[![daveWid](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/116173?v=4)](https://github.com/daveWid "daveWid (15 commits)")

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Tags

slimextendedextendswellenhance

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