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ifcastle/application
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A set of interfaces for the "Application" pattern.

v0.8.0(1y ago)11957MITPHPPHP ^8.4

Since Jul 30Pushed 4mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Application [![PHP Composer](https://github.com/EdmondDantes/application/actions/workflows/php.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/EdmondDantes/amphp-pool/actions/workflows/php.yml)
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[](#application-)

Provides **scaffolding** for building a `BackEnd` application that is designed to function as an `API`, with components that will be permanently loaded into memory.

Architecture
------------

[](#architecture)

[![Application pattern](docs/application.svg)](docs/application.svg)

Read more about the [Application pattern](docs/01-architecture).

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~2 days

Total

63

Last Release

541d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0bbbb16082fa2d9cb757d6e84fbac3c18c135b08111bf01611dfbd5123a77f68?d=identicon)[EdmondIf](/maintainers/EdmondIf)

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Top Contributors

[![EdmondDantes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1571649?v=4)](https://github.com/EdmondDantes "EdmondDantes (8 commits)")

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Tags

interfacesapplicationpatterns

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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