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Cowtent, the new content management platform !

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Cowtent
=======

[](#cowtent)

**Cowtent** is an evolutive **Content Application** both accessible by Web Browser and by **Rest Api**.

[![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1ca88cee01f14c92012b189120006d2b95ce10d7ca5c316902f3f77f32849ef8/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f636f7774656e742f636f7774656e742d6170706c69636174696f6e2f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/cowtent/cowtent-application/?branch=master) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d852b6daf0b80b34702a1018c13bfacad84f9564eb9ba4cbec4391f6189748e3/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f636f7774656e742f636f7774656e742d6170706c69636174696f6e2f6261646765732f6275696c642e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/cowtent/cowtent-application/build-status/master)

Main features:

- Multiple accounts *(like Saas profiles)*
- Multiple users by account
- Multiple applications by account *(Rest Api entry point)*
- Multiple workspaces by account
- Multiple branches by workspace *(eg: MASTER for Production environment)*
- Polymorphic content types
- Content versionning
- Sync functions between branches on a same workspace
- ...

**Still under hard development !**

Rest Api is built using Json format exchange with [WSSE security authentication](http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/security/custom_authentication_provider.html#meet-wsse).

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Rest Api Documentation](https://github.com/cowtent/cowtent-application/tree/master/src/Cowtent/RestBundle/Resources/doc)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

### System

[](#system)

Based on top of Symfony 2.7.x, main requirements are dicted by Symfony itself:

- PHP >= 5.3.9
- PHP Modules:
    - php5-curl
    - php5-gd
    - php5-intl
    - php5-mysql
    - php5-mongo
    - php5-mcrypt
    - php-apc for PHP 5.4
    - php5-apcu for PHP 5.5
- MySQL 5.1 or above (or compatible like PerconaDB)
- MongoDB 3.0 or above
- Apache mod rewrite enabled

Installation instructions
-------------------------

[](#installation-instructions)

### Install Composer

[](#install-composer)

If you don't have Composer yet, download it following the instructions on [getcomposer.org](http://getcomposer.org/) or just run the following command:

```
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

```

Please note that you will certainly need to provide your GitHub credentials with this method, A lot of our dependencies are coming from GitHub and this reaches the max limit of 50 API calls from anonymous users.

### Create a project with Composer

[](#create-a-project-with-composer)

```
$ php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist cowtent/cowtent-application ./cowtent-project --stability=dev

```

### Write permissions

[](#write-permissions)

As for each Symfony2 projects, rights must be adapted for some folders:

- app/cache
- app/logs

Read this article if you need more details:

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 82.1% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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