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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. featherbb/featherbb ActiveProject[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) featherbb/featherbb =================== Lighter than a feather. 1.0.0-beta.5(7y ago)454710[8 issues](https://github.com/featherbb/featherbb/issues)GNU General Public LicencePHPPHP >=5.5 Since Sep 9Pushed 7y ago15 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/featherbb/featherbb)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/featherbb/featherbb)[ Docs](https://featherbb.org/)[ RSS](/packages/featherbb-featherbb/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (10)Versions (5)Used By (0) FeatherBB Readme ================ [](#featherbb-readme) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/featherbb/featherbb](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/abe08b740a4156153736f791393ec4da6619c4be73212e75769f52edacc0e2b5/68747470733a2f2f6261646765732e6769747465722e696d2f4a6f696e253230436861742e737667)](https://gitter.im/featherbb/featherbb?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/800960ea6f792febbb4b9cc9b0a1783265e53a49d892e6b625c0ff9686ee2152/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6665617468657262622f6665617468657262622f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/featherbb/featherbb)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b45b06d779794dcbe820fe5b2bf9d0312cdde73c7590abd81e777718cad1618f/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6665617468657262622f6665617468657262622f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/featherbb/featherbb)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f84cae4b7a74e66918119d9913e1bfa5d63571347bbb33bf023ea37227f1044d/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6665617468657262622f6665617468657262622f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/featherbb/featherbb) About ----- [](#about) FeatherBB is an open source forum application released under the GNU General Public Licence. It is free to download and use and will remain so. FeatherBB is a fork of FluxBB 1.5 based on Slim Framework and designed to be simple and very lightweight, with modern features: MVC architecture, PDO, OOP and a plugin system. Maybe more? You are more than welcome to join the development :-) Changelog --------- [](#changelog) This is **FeatherBB v1.0.0 Beta**. It is intended for testing purposes only and not for use in a production environment. Please report all the bugs you may encounter to the forums or in the GitHub bug tracker. ### Beta 5 (2019-05-05) [](#beta-5-2019-05-05) - API \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - New permission systen \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] - Switch parser to TextFormatter \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Migrate templates to Twig \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Use .env for configuration \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] ### Beta 4 (2016-02-21) [](#beta-4-2016-02-21) - Upgrade to Slim version 3 \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - More OOP goodness thanks to static classes (User::, Input::, Post::, ...) \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] - Download and install plugins right from the admin panel \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Switch to Json Web Token for authentication \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] - Better installer \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] - Cleaner gettext code \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] ### Beta 3 (2015-09-09) [](#beta-3-2015-09-09) - Plugin system and some hooks \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - New architecture ready for Composer \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] - New template system \[[capkokoon](https://github.com/capkokoon)\] \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Gettext implemented \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Dynamic URLs within code \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] - Better permission handling \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - OOP parser \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Major namespaces cleanup \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - New caching system \[[capkokoon](https://github.com/capkokoon)\] - New error handler \[[capkokoon](https://github.com/capkokoon)\] - New installer \[[capkokoon](https://github.com/capkokoon)\] - Static functions files converted to OOP \[[capkokoon](https://github.com/capkokoon)\] \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] ### Beta 2 (2015-08-11) [](#beta-2-2015-08-11) - New DB Layer \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Flash messages \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] - BBCode editor \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] - CSRF tokens \[[capkokoon](https://github.com/capkokoon)\] - Cookie encryption improved \[[capkokoon](https://github.com/capkokoon)\] - htaccess management improved \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] ### Beta 1 (2015-07-09) [](#beta-1--2015-07-09) - Integration with Slim Framework v2.6.2 \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - New parser \[[ridgerunner](https://github.com/ridgerunner)\] - MVC architecture \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - URL rewriting \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Routing system \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Responsive default style \[[Magicalex](https://github.com/Magicalex)\] - Database schema compatible with FluxBB \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Antispam protection \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - Themes fully customizables \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - PHP 4 support dropped \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] - PSR-2 compliant \[[Magicalex](https://github.com/magicalex)\] Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - A webserver - PHP 5.5.0 or later - A database such as MySQL 4.1.2 or later, PostgreSQL 7.0 or later, SQLite 2 or later Recommendations --------------- [](#recommendations) - Make use of a PHP accelerator such as OPCache - Make sure PHP has the zlib module installed to allow FeatherBB to gzip output - If you download directly from the repository, make sure to run a composer install to setup the dependencies (Slim Framework and some more) Links ----- [](#links) - Homepage: - Documentation: - Community: - Chat: - Development: Contributors ------------ [](#contributors) - \[[adaur](https://github.com/adaur)\] Project leader - \[[capkokoon](https://github.com/capkokoon)\] contributor - \[[beaver](https://github.com/beaver-dev)\] contributor - \[[Magicalex](https://github.com/magicalex)\] contributor ### Health Score 27 — LowBetter than 47% of packages Maintenance16 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity21 Limited adoption so far Community20 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity47 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 63.4% 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 ~667 days Total 3 Last Release 2606d ago PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0-beta.3PHP >=5.3 1.0.0-beta.4PHP >=5.5 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12696022?v=4)[FeatherBB](/maintainers/FeatherBB)[@featherbb](https://github.com/featherbb) --- Top Contributors [![adaur](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/959078?v=4)](https://github.com/adaur "adaur (784 commits)")[![beaver-dev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4940980?v=4)](https://github.com/beaver-dev "beaver-dev (436 commits)")[![Poffen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3382610?v=4)](https://github.com/Poffen "Poffen (13 commits)")[![al3xLvs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3195382?v=4)](https://github.com/al3xLvs "al3xLvs (2 commits)")[![gitter-badger](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8518239?v=4)](https://github.com/gitter-badger "gitter-badger (1 commits)") --- Tags fluxbbforumlightweightpunbbslimslim-frameworktwiglightweightforumfeatherbb ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/featherbb-featherbb/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/featherbb-featherbb/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/featherbb-featherbb) ``` ### Alternatives [duxweb/dux-lite The lightweight framework based on slim php 161.0k9](/packages/duxweb-dux-lite) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)