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bravedave/esse
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Essential Core Application

v22.12.02(3y ago)018MITPHPPHP >=8.1

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Esse
====

[](#esse)

###### MVC in PHP

[](#mvc-in-php)

### Features

[](#features)

- MVC Architecture
- Supports MariaDB and SQLite
- Simple Authentication
- All licenses are MIT at the time of writing (Dec. 2022)

### What

[](#what)

This is a PHP PSR-4 Framework - [www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/)

### Why

[](#why)

To craft PHP applications you need this style of Framework

This is a **M**odel-**V**iew-**C**ontroller Application in PHP

It:

- Creates an entry point
- Loads php scripts as required
- Calls a Controller
    - Models data
    - Displays a View

[![foo](application.drawio.svg "MVC")](application.drawio.svg)

### How

[](#how)

1. Create a composer file

```
{
  "license": "MIT",
  "minimum-stability": "dev",
  "autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
      "": "src/app"
    }
  },
  "require": {
    "bravedave/esse": "dev-main"
  }
}
```

2. update to install files

```
composer u
```

3. install a sample application

```
mkdir src
cp -r vendor/bravedave/esse/src/app src/app
cp -r vendor/bravedave/esse/www .
```

4. Run

```
cd www
php -S localhost:8080 _mvp.php

```

the program will run, but there are no users or database

- a data folder was created in src/data
    1. rename the esse-defaults-sample.json to esse-defaults.json *- activates SQLite as the database*
    2. create a user in users with a password
    3. logoff
    4. authentication is now required

dive into the app folder and build your app ! etc .. etc..

### Credits:

[](#credits)

- [Bootstrap](https://getbootstrap.com)
- [JQuery](https://jquery.com)
- [Monolog](https://seldaek.github.io/monolog/)
- [Matthias Mullie minify and scrapbook](https://github.com/matthiasmullie)
- [Symfony Mailer](https://github.com/symfony/mailer)
- [Parsedown](https://parsedown.org/)
- and whatever libraries these libraries required

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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

1283d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2217137?v=4)[Dave Bray](/maintainers/bravedave)[@bravedave](https://github.com/bravedave)

---

Top Contributors

[![bravedave](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2217137?v=4)](https://github.com/bravedave "bravedave (79 commits)")

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