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boson-php/app
=============

The skeleton application for the Boson

0.19.0(5mo ago)51271MITPHPPHP ^8.4

Since Sep 18Pushed 4mo agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/boson-php/app)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/boson-php/app)[ RSS](/packages/boson-php-app/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Boson package is available as Composer repository and can be installed using the following command in a root of your project:

```
composer create-project boson-php/app boson --prefer-dist
```

After installation, navigate to your project directory and run the application:

```
php index.php
```

The desktop application will open.

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/05adf50155e753230e3a16a88794c51e9bfa223c5ea042c1cfa638bd9ff6366f/68747470733a2f2f686162726173746f726167652e6f72672f776562742f367a2f75792f376e2f367a7579376e7a6f70786b6a7138336e6e6d6c70616668697570712e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/05adf50155e753230e3a16a88794c51e9bfa223c5ea042c1cfa638bd9ff6366f/68747470733a2f2f686162726173746f726167652e6f72672f776562742f367a2f75792f376e2f367a7579376e7a6f70786b6a7138336e6e6d6c70616668697570712e706e67)[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/821ec1d13306077d38f8a52810f5bd245744eb53b1cda4c392b2e69a1a3a59ea/68747470733a2f2f686162726173746f726167652e6f72672f776562742f6a622f33392f6c612f6a6233396c616b7379616b7371346e687268617a6368757733336f2e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/821ec1d13306077d38f8a52810f5bd245744eb53b1cda4c392b2e69a1a3a59ea/68747470733a2f2f686162726173746f726167652e6f72672f776562742f6a622f33392f6c612f6a6233396c616b7379616b7371346e687268617a6368757733336f2e706e67)[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b0f02aa0fb5d5e0be9d17496a154f4f13482119077b7385f0c0a3e64bea3fd6e/68747470733a2f2f686162726173746f726167652e6f72672f776562742f79382f36662f687a2f79383666687a34653176777630727832776e6c7763666d70726d6f2e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b0f02aa0fb5d5e0be9d17496a154f4f13482119077b7385f0c0a3e64bea3fd6e/68747470733a2f2f686162726173746f726167652e6f72672f776562742f79382f36662f687a2f79383666687a34653176777630727832776e6c7763666d70726d6f2e706e67)LinuxmacOSWindows

Note that BosonPHP is a tool for creating desktop applications, so you don't need a web server or browser - just run the PHP script directly from the console.

Compilation
-----------

[](#compilation)

Once you've finished developing your application, you can compile it into a native executable:

```
php vendor/bin/boson compile
```

The compiled executable will be available in the `build/` directory for your platform. You can configure which platforms to compile for in the `boson.json` file.

Other Commands
--------------

[](#other-commands)

**Tests**

```
composer test:unit
composer test:feature
composer test:integration

# or all tests:
composer test
```

**Code Analyse**

```
composer linter
```

**Code Style Analyse**

```
composer phpcs:fix

# or check only:
composer phpcs:check
```

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [Boson repository](https://github.com/boson-php/boson).
- [Documentation](https://bosonphp.com/doc).

Community
---------

[](#community)

- Any questions left? You can ask them [in the chat `t.me/boson_php`](https://t.me/boson_php)!

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

[](#contributing)

Boson is an Open Source, [community-driven project](https://github.com/boson-php/boson/graphs/contributors). Join them [contributing code](https://bosonphp.com/contribution.html).

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance74

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 61.8% 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 ~26 days

Total

4

Last Release

164d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/150420?v=4)[Ruslan Sharipov](/maintainers/Serafim)[@serafim](https://github.com/serafim)

---

Top Contributors

[![SerafimArts](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2461257?v=4)](https://github.com/SerafimArts "SerafimArts (21 commits)")[![xepozz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6815714?v=4)](https://github.com/xepozz "xepozz (8 commits)")[![lee-to](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1861327?v=4)](https://github.com/lee-to "lee-to (5 commits)")

---

Tags

applicationSkeletonbosonboson-php

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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