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cartalyst/extensions
====================

A starter kit for building a modular, extensions-based application.

v8.0.0(2y ago)20[2 issues](https://github.com/cartalyst/extensions/issues)1proprietaryPHPPHP ^8.1

Since May 29Pushed 2y ago4 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (14)Versions (41)Used By (1)

Extensions
==========

[](#extensions)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/aabbe00b9812c5dc694a4c0c06f05502c8242c0ca11c51bb209572a2c674168a/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e636f6d2f63617274616c7973742f657874656e73696f6e732e7376673f746f6b656e3d4c417574334c4d626d4246693354396a34354648266272616e63683d382e78)](https://travis-ci.com/cartalyst/extensions)

A starter kit for building modular, extensions-based applications. Extension instances are created from a `extension.php` file.

Part of the Cartalyst Arsenal &amp; licensed [Cartalyst PSL](LICENSE). Code well, rock on.

Version Matrix
--------------

[](#version-matrix)

VersionLaravelPHP Version8.x10.x&gt;= 8.17.x9.x&gt;= 8.06.x8.x&gt;= 7.35.x7.x&gt;= 7.2.54.x6.x&gt;= 7.23.x5.x&gt;= 5.6.42.x5.x&gt;= 5.3.01.x4.x&gt;= 5.3.0Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Reader-friendly documentation can be found [here](https://cartalyst.com/manual/extensions).

Using the package, but you're stuck? Found a bug? Have a question or suggestion for improving this package? Feel free to create an issue on GitHub, we'll try to address it as soon as possible.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Thank you for your interest, here are some of the many ways to contribute.

- Check out our [contributing guide](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- Look at our [code of conduct](/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

License
-------

[](#license)

This software is released under the [Cartalyst PSL](LICENSE) License.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity84

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~94 days

Recently: every ~228 days

Total

40

Last Release

1059d ago

Major Versions

3.0.x-dev → v4.0.02019-08-30

v4.0.2 → 5.x-dev2020-03-03

v4.0.3 → v6.0.02020-09-12

6.x-dev → 7.x-dev2022-04-08

v7.0.0 → v8.0.02023-06-24

PHP version history (8 changes)v1.0.0PHP &gt;=5.3.0

v3.0.0PHP &gt;=5.6.4

v4.0.0PHP ^7.2

5.x-devPHP ^7.2.5

v6.0.0PHP ^7.3

v6.1.0PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

7.x-devPHP ^8.0

v8.0.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cc3fd8ac4c6279992afacafbe3420cc64ffbe4b1db4880e97cb1ef4196ae847c?d=identicon)[cartalyst](/maintainers/cartalyst)

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Top Contributors

[![brunogaspar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2285372?v=4)](https://github.com/brunogaspar "brunogaspar (121 commits)")[![suwardany](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2053770?v=4)](https://github.com/suwardany "suwardany (83 commits)")[![bencorlett](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/181919?v=4)](https://github.com/bencorlett "bencorlett (74 commits)")[![drsii](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100901?v=4)](https://github.com/drsii "drsii (7 commits)")[![ipalaus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/248183?v=4)](https://github.com/ipalaus "ipalaus (3 commits)")[![driesvints](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/594614?v=4)](https://github.com/driesvints "driesvints (1 commits)")[![rtablada](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2532004?v=4)](https://github.com/rtablada "rtablada (1 commits)")[![dbrmr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44587?v=4)](https://github.com/dbrmr "dbrmr (1 commits)")[![utroda](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1255024?v=4)](https://github.com/utroda "utroda (1 commits)")

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