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carlonicora/minimalism
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Minimal MVC framework

13.7.2(5y ago)52.6k1MITPHP >=8.2

Since May 14Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/carlonicora/minimalism)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/carlonicora/minimalism)[ Docs](https://carlonicora.com)[ RSS](/packages/carlonicora-minimalism/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2d ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (5)Versions (229)Used By (1)

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The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/carlonicora/minimalism).

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity92

Battle-tested with a long release history

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 ~3 days

Total

224

Last Release

2010d ago

Major Versions

11.3.4 → 12.0.02020-12-28

12.7.6 → 13.0.02020-12-28

PHP version history (4 changes)11.0.1PHP ^7.4

12.1.24PHP >=8.0

13.0.0PHP >=8.1

13.5.6PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cb2d98115960a36e2eeea19879c25032b7780fbd834ed6951c086f17d1e7bf2b?d=identicon)[carlo.nicora](/maintainers/carlo.nicora)

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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