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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)6643.7k—5.8%19[8 issues](https://github.com/cretz/dust-php/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/cretz/dust-php/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Feb 16Pushed 9y ago7 watchersCompare

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Dust PHP
========

[](#dust-php)

PHP templating based off of Dust JS -

NOTE: This is no longer maintained. For an alternative, see the fork at

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

4885d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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

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Top Contributors

[![cretz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/206396?v=4)](https://github.com/cretz "cretz (10 commits)")

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Tags

templatingdust

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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

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