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hiraeth/app
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A PHP Nano Framework

2.0.0(6y ago)15444↓87.5%[1 issues](https://github.com/hiraeth-php/app/issues)20MITPHP >=7.2

Since Nov 26Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Hiraeth is the product of 10+ years of PHP framework development. Over those 10+ years, the PHP ecosystem has grown and developed to include some truly great libraries and components. At the beginning of that journey, developers who were concerned with ease of use, stability, or flexibility encountered many barriers in the course of application or website development.

These barriers no longer exist. Hiraeth is designed to let you use and re-use the packages you love without locking you in.

> Hiraeth (pronounced \[hiraɪ̯θ\]) is a Welsh word for which there is no direct English translation. The online Welsh-English dictionary of the University of Wales, Lampeter likens it to homesickness tinged with grief or sadness over the lost or departed. -- Wikipedia

What is a Nano-Framework?
-------------------------

[](#what-is-a-nano-framework)

The term "nano-framework" was chosen for Hiraeth due to the extremely limited scope of its core components. At its core, Hiraeth is only concerned with three distinct responsibilities:

1. Basic Application Services
2. Dependency Injection
3. Configuration

All functionality beyond these is provided by separate packages which bridge third-party solutions with the Hiraeth architecture.

Interested?
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[](#interested)

[Read the documentation to get started.](https://hiraeth.dev/)

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~970 days

Total

3

Last Release

470d ago

Major Versions

1.0 → 3.0-beta2025-03-21

PHP version history (3 changes)2.0.0PHP >=7.2

1.0PHP >=5.6.0

3.0-betaPHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4ab2b91daf2aa6e4c7f98f785a3135daa3e9998bd7021d89df05a374e28ecde5?d=identicon)[mattsah](/maintainers/mattsah)

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Top Contributors

[![mattsah](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/586346?v=4)](https://github.com/mattsah "mattsah (61 commits)")

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Tags

frameworkmicro-frameworknano-frameworkphpphp-framework

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