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ibexa/core
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Ibexa DXP and Open Source core. Provides the Content Repository, its APIs, and the application's Symfony framework integration.

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Ibexa Kernel
============

[](#ibexa-kernel)

This package is part of [Ibexa DXP](https://ibexa.co).

To use this package, [install Ibexa DXP](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/install/).

This package contains an advanced Content Model, allowing to structure any kind of content or content-like data in a future-proof Content Repository. Ibexa Kernel also aims to provide additional features for the MVC layer (Symfony) to increase your productivity [Ibexa DXP](https://ibexa.co).

Current Organization
--------------------

[](#current-organization)

MVC layer:

- [src/bundle](src/bundle) - the bundles that are important to expose the functionality of the Backend and MVC layer to Symfony.
- [src/lib/MVC](src/lib/MVC) - the parts that make up the different components extending Symfony.
- [src/lib/Pagination](src/lib/Pagination) - a component extending PagerFanta for pagination of Ibexa search queries.

Backend:

- [src/contracts](src/contracts) - the definition of stable interfaces for the PHP *Public* API, mainly Content *Repository API*.
- [src/contracts/Persistence](src/contracts/Persistence) - a layer which is not frozen yet, meaning it might change in between releases. Those are persistence interfaces for Storage Engine.
- [src/lib](src/lib) - implementations of API Contracts; the naming aims to map to name of the interface they implement. For example, `Ibexa\Core\Persistence\Legacy` being implementation of `Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Persistence`.

Testing Locally
---------------

[](#testing-locally)

This kernel contains a comprehensive set of unit, functional, and integration tests. At the time of writing, 9k unit tests, 8k integration tests, and several functional tests.

**Dependencies**

- **PHP 7 Modules**: php7\_intl php7\_xsl php7\_gd php7\_sqlite *(aka `pdo\_sqlite`)*
- **Database**: sqlite3, optionally: mysql/postgres *if so make sure to have relevant pdo modules installed*

For Contributing to this Bundle, you should make sure to run both unit and integration tests.

1. Set up this repository locally:

    ```
    # Note: Change the line below to the ssh format of your fork to create topic branches to propose as pull requests
    git clone https://github.com/ibexa/core.git
    cd core
    composer install
    ```
2. Run unit tests:

    At this point you should be able to run unit tests:

    ```
    composer unit
    ```
3. Run integration tests:

    ```
    # If you want to test against mysql or postgres instead of sqlite, define one of these with reference to an empty test db:
    # export DATABASE="mysql://root@localhost/$DB_NAME"
    # export DATABASE="pgsql://postgres@localhost/$DB_NAME"
    composer integration
    ```

    To run integration tests against Solr, see [Solr Search Engine Bundle for Ibexa DXP](https://github.com/ibexa/solr-search-engine).

COPYRIGHT
---------

[](#copyright)

Copyright (C) 1999-2025 Ibexa AS (formerly eZ Systems AS). All rights reserved.

LICENSE
-------

[](#license)

This source code is available separately under the following licenses:

A - Ibexa Business Use License Agreement (Ibexa BUL), version 2.4 or later versions (as license terms may be updated from time to time) Ibexa BUL is granted by having a valid Ibexa DXP (formerly eZ Platform Enterprise) subscription, as described at: For the full Ibexa BUL license text, please see:  (latest version applies)

AND

B - GNU General Public License, version 2 Grants an copyleft open source license with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For the full GPL license text, please see:

###  Health Score

69

—

FairBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance89

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity48

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community47

Growing community involvement

Maturity84

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor4

4 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~14 days

Total

109

Last Release

52d ago

Major Versions

v4.6.23 → v5.0.12025-08-19

v4.6.24 → v5.0.22025-09-09

v4.6.25 → v5.0.32025-10-17

v4.6.26 → v5.0.42025-12-10

v4.6.28 → v5.0.62026-03-05

PHP version history (3 changes)v4.0.0-beta1PHP ^7.4

v4.0.0-beta3PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v5.0.0-beta1PHP  &gt;=8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/681611?v=4)[Ibexa Bot](/maintainers/ezrobot)[@ezrobot](https://github.com/ezrobot)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/130489?v=4)[Łukasz Serwatka](/maintainers/lserwatka)[@lserwatka](https://github.com/lserwatka)

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Tags

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Type Coverage Yes

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