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dburkart/scurvy
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Dead-simple PHP template engine

v1.2.1(12y ago)11383[7 issues](https://github.com/dburkart/scurvy/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5

Since Nov 10Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Scurvy Templating Engine
------------------------

[](#scurvy-templating-engine)

Scurvy is a PHP templating engine with a focus on simplicity. There are too many templating engines available which are bloated and/or syntax heavy; Scurvy was created for those who want a simple solution.

### Features

[](#features)

- Simple usage
- Fast evaluation
- Variables, includes, loops, and if-statements
- Rich if-statement expression set: () = != + - \* / % && ||
- Template caching

### Planned

[](#planned)

- Comprehensive debugging / error output
- Speed optimization

[![travis-ci build status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/50dbd78ecfa9a3bcde3e5e7348d9db4e0f91045dc49276547dd33c67f6a6f4de/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f646275726b6172742f7363757276792e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/50dbd78ecfa9a3bcde3e5e7348d9db4e0f91045dc49276547dd33c67f6a6f4de/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f646275726b6172742f7363757276792e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance7

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4615d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55467?v=4)[Dana Burkart](/maintainers/dburkart)[@dburkart](https://github.com/dburkart)

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Top Contributors

[![dburkart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55467?v=4)](https://github.com/dburkart "dburkart (5 commits)")

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Tags

templatetemplatingengine

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