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frostnova/starter
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Starter project for Frostnova - a fully customizable PSR compatible PHP framework.

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Frostnova Starter Project
=========================

[](#frostnova-starter-project)

Starter project for [Frostnova](https://github.com/ironexdev/frostnova) - a fully customizable and [PSR](https://www.php-fig.org) compatible PHP framework.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP `^8.0.0`

How to create a new project
---------------------------

[](#how-to-create-a-new-project)

Run `composer create-project frostnova/starter `

Hints
-----

[](#hints)

- Run `composer run add-docker` to add Docker environment for the project
- Rename project in `composer.json`
- Define interfaces in `config/config-di.php`
- Define routes in `config/api/routes.php`
- Create custom `AbstractController` and extend `Frostnova\Api\AbstractController` to override selected methods to add custom response handling
- Search (case insensitive) for frostnova and frost nova in the project and replace it with your project's name
- Configure or comment out `CorsMiddleware` in `config/config-di.php`
    - Middleware is handled before request gets to `Controller`

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1503d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3111195?v=4)[ironex](/maintainers/ironex)[@ironex](https://github.com/ironex)

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Top Contributors

[![ironexdev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24256329?v=4)](https://github.com/ironexdev "ironexdev (5 commits)")

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