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caffeina-core/base-application
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Caffeina Core - Application Skeleton

1.0.6(10y ago)4831MITHTMLPHP >=5.4

Since Nov 18Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/caffeina-core/base-application)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/caffeina-core/base-application)[ Docs](http://labs.caffeina.co/tech/core)[ RSS](/packages/caffeina-core-base-application/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 4d ago

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Core - Application starter
==========================

[](#core---application-starter)

Web application vanilla template.

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

[](#installation)

[![Deploy](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3da7ea007288c7a8b14c8c84f0836d66ba8f82bd2f3b72fb7e0e72e19a16d28f/68747470733a2f2f7777772e6865726f6b7563646e2e636f6d2f6465706c6f792f627574746f6e2e706e67)](https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/caffeina-core/base-application)

Create a new copy of this project via [composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/)

```
$ composer create-project caffeina-core/base-application ./my-awesome-new-app
$ cd my-awesome-new-app
$ composer dump-autoload -o
```

Done.

Docker
------

[](#docker)

A complete PHP+NginX server is ready from

```
docker pull caffeina/core-app
```

Front Controller
----------------

[](#front-controller)

Like all URL-routed web app, you need to pass every request to the front controller `public/index.php`.

### NginX + PHP-FPM

[](#nginx--php-fpm)

Change `PATH_TO_YOUR_APP_DIR` to the absolute path of your project directory.

```
server {
        listen 80 default_server;

        root PATH_TO_YOUR_APP_DIR/public/;
        index index.php index.html index.htm;

        location / {
             try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
        }

        # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on /var/run/php5-fpm.sock
        location ~ \.php$ {
                try_files $uri /index.php =404;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
                fastcgi_index index.php;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }
}
```

### Apache2

[](#apache2)

Assert that the document root of the virtualhost is pointing to `PATH_TO_YOUR_APP_DIR/public/`

```

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~103 days

Recently: every ~129 days

Total

6

Last Release

3679d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b00a7323d0ef535e352696bc141305b3928fce777a0f477109d2274ad17cdb9f?d=identicon)[lastguest](/maintainers/lastguest)

---

Top Contributors

[![lastguest](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/178900?v=4)](https://github.com/lastguest "lastguest (39 commits)")

---

Tags

coreappSkeleton

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