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Whippet is part of dxw's work to build and host WordPress-based applications that conform more closely to 12-factor principles. Whippet has a few basic goals: 1. Allowing proper build steps to take place, that automate build tasks both during development and deployment 2. Properly managing plugins and themes, allowing them to be version controlled and easily updated 3. Managing the creation of releases, including rollbacks Whippet can manage plugins and themes and releases. During development, whippet can be used in conjunction with [wpc](https://github.com/dxw/wpc). *Whippet is under development and should be considered alpha software. If you use it, we'd love to know what you think.* Getting started --------------- [](#getting-started) You will need: - [PHP](https://www.php.net/) - [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) - [git](https://git-scm.com/) ### Install whippet [](#install-whippet) #### Via homebrew (recommended) [](#via-homebrew-recommended) You can install Whippet via Homebrew by running: ``` brew install dxw/tap/whippet ``` #### From source [](#from-source) Whippet implements the [scripts to rule them all](https://github.com/github/scripts-to-rule-them-all)pattern. To install Whippet from source, clone this repository: ``` $ git clone https://github.com/dxw/whippet.git ``` Then run the relevant script to setup your environment and install dependencies: ``` ./script/setup ``` You might also want to symlink whippet to somewhere in your path: ``` sudo ln -s $PWD/bin/whippet /usr/local/bin/whippet ``` Using Whippet ------------- [](#using-whippet) The main things you can use Whippet to do are: - [Managing themes and plugins](docs/themesandplugins.md) - [Deploying a Whippet application](docs/deploy.md) Support ------- [](#support) For dxw developers who will encounter Whippet in a support context. See the [Support](docs/support.md) doc. Licence ------- [](#licence) [MIT](COPYING.txt) ### Health Score 54 — FairBetter than 97% of packages Maintenance54 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity40 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community26 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity83 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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 ~134 days Recently: every ~128 days Total 16 Last Release 270d ago Major Versions v1.0.1 → v2.0.02020-12-09 PHP version history (4 changes)v2.0.0PHP ^7.2 v2.3.0PHP ^7.4 v2.4.0PHP ^7.4||^8.0 v2.7.0PHP ^8.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/370665?v=4)[Rob Skilling](/maintainers/RobjS)[@RobjS](https://github.com/RobjS) ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1659723?v=4)[jkeasley](/maintainers/jkeasley)[@jkeasley](https://github.com/jkeasley) ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4721596?v=4)[Matthew Passmore](/maintainers/matpassmore)[@matpassmore](https://github.com/matpassmore) ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71827088?v=4)[Serena Piccioni](/maintainers/serena-piccioni)[@serena-piccioni](https://github.com/serena-piccioni) --- Top Contributors [![RobjS](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/370665?v=4)](https://github.com/RobjS "RobjS (160 commits)")[![harry-m](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146397?v=4)](https://github.com/harry-m "harry-m (121 commits)")[![mallorydxw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2256130?v=4)](https://github.com/mallorydxw "mallorydxw (111 commits)")[![snim2](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97674?v=4)](https://github.com/snim2 "snim2 (73 commits)")[![dgmstuart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/393167?v=4)](https://github.com/dgmstuart "dgmstuart (37 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (24 commits)")[![Stretch96](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13812373?v=4)](https://github.com/Stretch96 "Stretch96 (6 commits)")[![tommarshall](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1125251?v=4)](https://github.com/tommarshall "tommarshall (3 commits)")[![robbiepaul](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2804149?v=4)](https://github.com/robbiepaul "robbiepaul (2 commits)")[![CristinaRO](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/579522?v=4)](https://github.com/CristinaRO "CristinaRO (2 commits)")[![rjw1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46021?v=4)](https://github.com/rjw1 "rjw1 (2 commits)")[![alexsexton](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/703505?v=4)](https://github.com/alexsexton "alexsexton (1 commits)")[![magdamaciaszczyk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1705154?v=4)](https://github.com/magdamaciaszczyk "magdamaciaszczyk (1 commits)")[![pezholio](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/109774?v=4)](https://github.com/pezholio "pezholio (1 commits)")[![dxw-rails-user](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24606521?v=4)](https://github.com/dxw-rails-user "dxw-rails-user (1 commits)") --- Tags govpresspackagistplatform-toolswordpress ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPsalm Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/dxw-whippet/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/dxw-whippet/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/dxw-whippet) ``` ### Alternatives [neuron-core/neuron-ai The PHP Agentic Framework. 1.8k245.3k21](/packages/neuron-core-neuron-ai)[tencentcloud/tencentcloud-sdk-php TencentCloudApi php sdk 3731.2M42](/packages/tencentcloud-tencentcloud-sdk-php)[aedart/athenaeum Athenaeum is a mono repository; a collection of various PHP packages 245.2k](/packages/aedart-athenaeum) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)