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dust-php/dust-php
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A templating engine for PHP based on Dust JS

0.1.0(13y ago)6642.4k↓45.5%[3 PRs](https://github.com/cretz/dust-php/pulls)MITPHP >=5.4.0

Since Feb 16Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/cretz/dust-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dust-php/dust-php)[ Docs](http://cretz.github.com/dust-php)[ RSS](/packages/dust-php-dust-php/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (2)Used By (0)

### README not available

The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/cretz/dust-php).

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

4839d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/206396?v=4)[Chad Retz](/maintainers/cretz)[@cretz](https://github.com/cretz)

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Tags

templatingdust

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/dust-php-dust-php/health.svg)

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```

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