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fierce/fierce
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Web Framework

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Fierce Web Framework
====================

[](#fierce-web-framework)

Fierce is a fast, minimal and secure framework with a user friendly CMS.

It's especially suited to a consulting firm with an experienced team of coders creating a website on behalf of a non-tech-savvy client who will self manage the website after the initial build.

***WARNING:*** *Fierce is currently unstable and breaking changes are frequent.*

Setup a Feirce website
----------------------

[](#setup-a-feirce-website)

Export a copy of the example template:

```
svn export https://github.com/fierce/site-template.git/trunk example.com

```

Use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to load dependencies:

```
cd example.com
composer install

```

Update `config.php`, especially:

- specify your timezone
- generate a new auth\_salt using `uuidgen | shasum`
- specify your site name
- create a and enter connection details

Run migrations by running `/vendor/fierce/fierce/maint/migrate.php` in your browser

Navigate to `/admin` and login with user `admin` password `test`. From here you can setup pages and specify a new password.

The site design is changed by editing `views/main-public.tpl`. Add any custom PHP classes to the `classes` directory. Subclass of `PageController` can be associated with a URL by creating a new entry in the `Page` database table (preferably by creating a migration in the `migrations` directory).

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~106 days

Recently: every ~311 days

Total

16

Last Release

1819d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/452e7f30c909e23f882bab422b4c1783a5ae001a1be7766ae838dcbb2f5c2a34?d=identicon)[abhibeckert](/maintainers/abhibeckert)

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Top Contributors

[![abhibeckert](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/266088?v=4)](https://github.com/abhibeckert "abhibeckert (189 commits)")

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