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digitaldesignlabs/escher
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A lightweight PHP framework

v4.1.2(8y ago)177211MITPHPPHP ^7.0

Since May 18Pushed 8y ago17 watchersCompare

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Escher
======

[](#escher)

A lightweight PHP framework. Get started with:

```
composer create-project digitaldesignlabs/escher-project project-name
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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 ~22 days

Total

16

Last Release

2990d ago

Major Versions

v3.5.1 → v4.0.02018-01-31

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d367843c2e3bb125c50f96a7dc42e592461f1010fe3f5e09138bef979488194e?d=identicon)[it-general](/maintainers/it-general)

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Top Contributors

[![mikehall314](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1872237?v=4)](https://github.com/mikehall314 "mikehall314 (10 commits)")[![mattcarver86](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7237989?v=4)](https://github.com/mattcarver86 "mattcarver86 (2 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/digitaldesignlabs-escher/health.svg)

```
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```

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