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brainsware/bacon
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Fast and scalable PHP MVC framework

1.2.3(7y ago)76282[2 issues](https://github.com/Brainsware/bacon/issues)Apache-2.0PHPPHP >= 7.0

Since Mar 14Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Got bacon?
==========

[](#got-bacon)

The bacon PHP framework is a lean, clean, simple and fast MVC framework without too much fuzz about it.

Server Requirements:

- A webserver
- PHP 7.0 or greater ([php.net](http://php.net/))
- Composer ([getcomposer.org](http://getcomposer.org/))

Installation:
=============

[](#installation)

Once you have PHP and composer set up, you can create a skeleton project with the following:

```
% composer create-project brainsware/bacon-dist project-name

```

This will download all the necessary software, and create all important directories and sample configuration files for your new project:

```
Installing brainsware/bacon-dist (1.0)
  - Installing brainsware/bacon-dist (1.0)
    Loading from cache

Created project in project-name
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies
  - Installing brainsware/php-markdown-extra-extended (dev-master 1.0)
    Cloning 1.0

  - Installing brainsware/sauce (1.0)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing minmb/phpmailer (dev-master df44323)
    Cloning df443234ad0ca10cbf91a0c0a728b256afcab1d1

  - Installing twig/twig (dev-master ba67e2c)
    Cloning ba67e2cf8e2ca6cada1de5a316a724df648c52ac

  - Installing brainsware/bacon (1.0)
    Loading from cache

Writing lock file
Generating autoload files

```

Configuration:
==============

[](#configuration)

Bacon uses PHP files for storing all of its configurations.

The skeleton project we provide comes with an Intro controller, which is set as the default fallback controller in `Config/Base.php`

The second config file you will want to look at is `Config/Database.php`Here are the basic options you will want to set for your database:

```
'server'   => 'db.dbznet',  # Enter your server host here
'name'     => 'blogDB',     # The name of your database
'type'     => 'mysql',      # Anything your PDO Installation supports. (http://www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.drivers.php)
'username' => 'blogDBuser', # The username you want to connect to your database with
'password' => 'VryScrPswd', # The password.

```

Bacon does not provide default values for these options. If your application needs a database, you will have to create it and connect Bacon to it via `Config/Database.php`.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance14

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~118 days

Recently: every ~147 days

Total

19

Last Release

2672d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → 1.0.02015-12-28

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP >= 5.4.0

1.0.0PHP >= 5.5.0

1.1.0PHP >= 7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b4bf63f4e5b6aa0d5d87b88efa862e04a7d3ed12130ca1b872048356e1690c6d?d=identicon)[DKhalil](/maintainers/DKhalil)

---

Top Contributors

[![DKhalil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/497250?v=4)](https://github.com/DKhalil "DKhalil (10 commits)")[![ivuk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/681816?v=4)](https://github.com/ivuk "ivuk (3 commits)")[![igalic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/497249?v=4)](https://github.com/igalic "igalic (2 commits)")

---

Tags

bacon-php-frameworkphpphp-frameworkphp-orm

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