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digitaldesignlabs/feather
=========================

A featherlight PHP framework

v5.3.1(5y ago)11.8k1MITPHPPHP ^7.0

Since May 18Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Feather
=======

[](#feather)

A featherlight PHP framework. Get started with:

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

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.2% 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 ~83 days

Recently: every ~367 days

Total

27

Last Release

1114d ago

Major Versions

v3.5.1 → v4.0.02018-01-31

v4.1.2 → v5.0.02018-06-04

v5.3.1 → 6.0.0-alpha12023-04-30

PHP version history (2 changes)v3.0.0-alpha1PHP ^7.0

6.0.0-alpha1PHP >=7.3 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/560e5cbc38aad43c73c99e705ec16399fa1694c0252f91ea449d6791522b8580?d=identicon)[mikehall314](/maintainers/mikehall314)

---

Top Contributors

[![mikehall314](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1872237?v=4)](https://github.com/mikehall314 "mikehall314 (15 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-feather/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/digitaldesignlabs-feather/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/digitaldesignlabs-feather)
```

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