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ddb87/paper-simple
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Canvas Simple Theme

v1.0.5(9y ago)015MITCSS

Since Jan 9Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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[![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cnvs/assets/master/paper.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cnvs/assets/master/paper.png)

About Paper
-----------

[](#about-paper)

Paper is the default appearance of [Canvas](https://github.com/cnvs/canvas). Feel free to fork it, use it as a starting point and create your own theme! For more information regarding themes in general, check out the [Canvas documentation](https://cnvs.readme.io/docs/theme-overview).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Since Paper is integrated into Canvas as the default appearance out of the box, this isn't a theme that you need to install. This repository is meant to be a guide for creating new themes.

License
-------

[](#license)

Paper is an open-sourced theme library licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% 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

6

Last Release

3414d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6191?v=4)[David Brown](/maintainers/ddb)[@ddb](https://github.com/ddb)

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Top Contributors

[![austintoddj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8037011?v=4)](https://github.com/austintoddj "austintoddj (21 commits)")[![reliq](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2624812?v=4)](https://github.com/reliq "reliq (13 commits)")[![ddb87](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1703697?v=4)](https://github.com/ddb87 "ddb87 (1 commits)")

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Tags

themecanvaspaper

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