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buonjg/smarty
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Smarty - the compiling PHP template engine

v3.1.28(10y ago)032LGPL-3.0PHPPHP &gt;=5.2

Since Oct 30Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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\#Smarty 3 template engine ##Distribution repository

> Smarty 3.1.28 introduces run time template inheritance

> Read the NEW\_FEATURES and INHERITANCE\_RELEASE\_NOTES file for recent extensions to Smarty 3.1 functionality

Smarty versions 3.1.11 or later are now on github and can be installed with Composer.

The "smarty/smarty" package will start at libs/.... subfolder.

To get the latest stable version of Smarty 3.1 use

```
"require": {
    "smarty/smarty": "~3.1"
}
```

in your composer.json file.

To get the trunk version use

```
"require": {
    "smarty/smarty": "~3.1@dev"
}
```

For a specific version use something like

```
"require": {
    "smarty/smarty": "3.1.19"
}
```

PHPUnit test can be installed by corresponding composer entries like

```
"require": {
    "smarty/smarty-phpunit": "3.1.19"
}
```

Similar applies for the lexer/parser generator

```
"require": {
    "smarty/smarty-lexer": "3.1.19"
}
```

Or you could use

```
"require": {
    "smarty/smarty-dev": "3.1.19"
}
```

Which is a wrapper to install all 3 packages

Composer can also be used for Smarty2 versions 2.6.24 to 2.6.28

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 67% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.4% 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 ~19 days

Recently: every ~45 days

Total

23

Last Release

3753d ago

Major Versions

v2.6.28 → v3.1.112014-10-31

v2.6.29 → v3.1.282015-12-13

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![uwetews](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1246127?v=4)](https://github.com/uwetews "uwetews (842 commits)")[![glensc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/199095?v=4)](https://github.com/glensc "glensc (5 commits)")[![Stricted](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4091731?v=4)](https://github.com/Stricted "Stricted (3 commits)")[![BUONJG](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/898114?v=4)](https://github.com/BUONJG "BUONJG (2 commits)")[![yonex](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4462818?v=4)](https://github.com/yonex "yonex (1 commits)")[![dan-abc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/195538?v=4)](https://github.com/dan-abc "dan-abc (1 commits)")[![mmerian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/167871?v=4)](https://github.com/mmerian "mmerian (1 commits)")[![aivus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1021703?v=4)](https://github.com/aivus "aivus (1 commits)")

---

Tags

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