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fm-labs/cakephp-essentials
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CakePHP core essentials meta package

5.1.1(1y ago)0143UnlicensePHP >=8.3

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CakePHP Core Essentials
=======================

[](#cakephp-core-essentials)

Bundle of CakePHP essentials core libraries.

This package is a composer meta-package bundling `cakephp`, `migrations`, `plugin-installer` and the `mobiledetect` libraries

Instead of adding and maintaining all core dependencies in each CakePHP project separately, just drop in this package.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require fm-labs/cakephp-essentials:^5

# For older CakePHP4 projects, use:
composer require fm-labs/cakephp-essentials:^4

```

Dev Tools
---------

[](#dev-tools)

Optionally install the [fm-labs/cakephp-devtools](https://github.com/fm-labs/cakephp-devtools) package for additional development tools.

```
composer require fm-labs/cakephp-devtools:^5

# For older CakePHP4 projects, use:
composer require fm-labs/cakephp-devtools:^4

```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance50

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

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 ~185 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

11

Last Release

367d ago

Major Versions

1.4.0 → 4.0.12024-03-19

4.0.1 → 5.0.02025-05-15

PHP version history (5 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.2

1.2.0PHP >=7.4

1.4.0PHP >=7.4,>=8.0

5.0.0PHP >=8.1

5.1.0PHP >=8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5556440?v=4)[fm-labs](/maintainers/fm-labs)[@fm-labs](https://github.com/fm-labs)

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Top Contributors

[![fm-labs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5556440?v=4)](https://github.com/fm-labs "fm-labs (16 commits)")

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