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bloafer/dust-php
================

A templating engine for PHP based on Dust JS

0.1.91(7y ago)648.5k2MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Feb 16Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/Bloafer/dust-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/bloafer/dust-php)[ Docs](https://bloafer.github.io/dust-php)[ RSS](/packages/bloafer-dust-php/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

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Dust PHP
========

[](#dust-php)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/26f5dcbdc524b4830ed398cad3d9c5489ed6511bd7d22e496504679d170a3cd6/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f426c6f616665722f647573742d7068702e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/Bloafer/dust-php)[![Codacy Badge](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2ed4c8d842c4725ed9fdfdc9df50ddeca1784dadee73fcd9a97495e10d327ed7/68747470733a2f2f6170692e636f646163792e636f6d2f70726f6a6563742f62616467652f47726164652f6366383938623930313132343438303139633865383463323539653962613930)](https://www.codacy.com/app/operations/dust-php?utm_source=github.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=Bloafer/dust-php&utm_campaign=Badge_Grade)

PHP templating based off Dust.js by LinkedIn - This fork is maintained by

Install
-------

[](#install)

### Composer

[](#composer)

To install, simply require bloafer/dust-php in your composer.json like so:

```
{
    "require": {
        "bloafer/dust-php": "0.1.*"
    }
}
```

Get Started
-----------

[](#get-started)

- Read  for guides, tutorials, and documentation.
- Check out the `examples/` directory in the repo for simple examples to help you get started using [Dust PHP](https://bloafer.github.io/dust-php/) in a variety of ways.

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

- Bug or feature? We welcome issues and pull requests! If you'd like to submit a PR. PRs should include unit tests.

Throughput
----------

[](#throughput)

[![Throughput Graph](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d01fdd4e3634a03399ebff743bdc0d88e8833af388d7f93ca343d4e41c27231e/68747470733a2f2f6772617068732e776166666c652e696f2f426c6f616665722f647573742d7068702f7468726f7567687075742e737667)](https://waffle.io/Bloafer/dust-php/metrics/throughput)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75.6% 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 ~206 days

Recently: every ~141 days

Total

11

Last Release

2768d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c7f3b0eb47c944f5c4963f12825430c347ce4ec22e6f3f5308efae05f70de9f3?d=identicon)[Bloafer](/maintainers/Bloafer)

---

Top Contributors

[![Bloafer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/317470?v=4)](https://github.com/Bloafer "Bloafer (31 commits)")[![cretz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/206396?v=4)](https://github.com/cretz "cretz (9 commits)")[![larryweya](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127282?v=4)](https://github.com/larryweya "larryweya (1 commits)")

---

Tags

templatingdust

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/bloafer-dust-php/health.svg)

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```

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