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circulatecms/framework
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The Circulate CMS framework.

1.0.3(8y ago)72711[1 PRs](https://github.com/CirculateCMS/framework/pulls)1MITPHP

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READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (5)Versions (5)Used By (1)

Nov 2020: Circulate has been discontinued and superseded by
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Circulate Framework
===================

[](#circulate-framework)

This repository contains the core code of the Circulate CMS. If you want to build an site using Circulate, visit the main [Circulate repository](https://github.com/CirculateCMS/circulate).

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Circulate was created by [Gilbert Pellegrom](https://gilbitron.me) from [Dev7studios](https://dev7studios.co). Released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.8% 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 ~9 days

Total

4

Last Release

2961d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/20011de485eeea26b5582c75daaab217937832762b5d5f551d34d07f74138bb0?d=identicon)[gilbitron](/maintainers/gilbitron)

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Top Contributors

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