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flowpack/photon-base-distribution
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Photon static site generator - base distribution

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Photon static site generator (experimental)
===========================================

[](#photon-static-site-generator-experimental)

**Photon is a static site generator based on Neos CMS technology.**

What is Photon?
---------------

[](#what-is-photon)

- Content is stored in folders and files without needing a database
- A static version of the Neos Content Repository provides many of the same features like flexible and custom Node Types for structuring semantic content - by using folders and YAML files
- Content can be nested inside YAML files (but it can always be split in separate files)
- Photon does not use a fixed one-to-one mapping between files for the content and its output, like many other SSGs
- Generating *something* (it's not limited to HTML) from the content is fully flexible and based on Fusion (as one possible generator implementation)
- Fusion in Photon can use `FlowQuery` to traverse static nodes almost like in the original content repository
- For now it's an experiment to see how static site generation and Neos can be brought together

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### Creating a new project

[](#creating-a-new-project)

```
composer create-project flowpack/photon-base-distribution -s dev photon-demo

```

### Generate content from the demo package

[](#generate-content-from-the-demo-package)

```
./flow generate:content Flowpack.Photon.Demo

```

See `Flowpack.Photon.Demo/Resources/Private/Fusion/Root.fusion` for a demo generator definition and `Flowpack.Photon.Demo/Resources/Private/Content` for the static content layout.

Development
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[](#development)

All development is done in , expect to find a lot of loose ends and bugs.

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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