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bsm/phrank
==========

A simple framework composed of other third-party libraries

06PHP

Since May 6Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Phrank
------

[](#phrank)

Phrank is a small amount of plumbing code that ties in other well-constructed libraries and frameworks. Together, these libraries provide a full MVC-style framework.

[![Phrank](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7bfa972b2efd91cee865712c2e883cdde6e45e9316a7cf935fc4048d4c623706/687474703a2f2f312e62702e626c6f6773706f742e636f6d2f5f6b48704150333975684d772f53376f717238664e436e492f41414141414141414230452f6b776a584d366c417248342f733430302f74686f7567687466756c6672616e6b2e6a7067)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7bfa972b2efd91cee865712c2e883cdde6e45e9316a7cf935fc4048d4c623706/687474703a2f2f312e62702e626c6f6773706f742e636f6d2f5f6b48704150333975684d772f53376f717238664e436e492f41414141414141414230452f6b776a584d366c417248342f733430302f74686f7567687466756c6672616e6b2e6a7067)

### Quickstart

[](#quickstart)

```
$ composer install
$ createdb phrank
$ php phrank/bin/new_app.php
$ php -S 127.0.0.1:8000 -t public

```

### Docs

[](#docs)

There are no docs for Phrank yet, but most of the magic was written by other talented people, and you can find their docs here:

- [Slim (routing)](http://docs.slimframework.com)
- [Idiorm (ORM)](http://idiorm.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)
- [Paris (data models)](http://paris.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)
- [Twig (templates)](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/documentation)

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 9% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/260474?v=4)[Black Square Media](/maintainers/bsm)[@bsm](https://github.com/bsm)

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/bsm-phrank/health.svg)

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```

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