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jascha030/xerox
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Framework, heavily inspired by Symfony, Laravel and roots/bedrock, aiming to help relieve your "Word-Pression".

0.4.1(4y ago)11491MITPHPPHP ^8.0CI failing

Since Sep 27Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Xerographer
===========

[](#xerographer)

***"PHP Framework to help relieve your WordPression."***

This is the main composer library used in various related OOP WordPress projects. The name Xerographer is partially a cheeky play on WordPress' Gutenberg editor. Basically stating; It is like WordPress, only using modern techniques. It is also a nod to *Smalltalk* the first class based OOP programming language, which was developed at **Xerox's*****P**alo **A**lto **R**esearch **C**enter, or **PARC***.

The only project using this so far is [jascha030/wp-environment](https://github.com/jascha030/wp-environment) (W.I.P.), a WordPress starter environment, heavily inspired by/based on [roots/bedrock](https://github.com/roots/bedrock).

**Other plans include:**

A small plugin development library as spiritual successor to [jascha030/wp-plugin-lib](https://github.com/jascha030/wp-plugin-lib), based around a set of interfaces and a class, aiming to make WordPress' actions and filters faster by implementing the lazy-loading of class-methods with help of a `psr-11` compatible DI container and hook definitions provided by their classes statically.

And eventually a small starter theme based around `twig/twig` to improve templating, and a configuration system comparable to that of libraries like Symfony or Laravel. Preferably based a round Symfony components.

**All these projects are based on problems and annoyances I personally encounter regularly, when developing for WordPress.**

Prerequisites
-------------

[](#prerequisites)

- PHP `8.0`
- Composer `2+`
- WordPress `5+`

To use this to it's full potential, the following is also required:

- `laravel/valet`

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

[](#installation)

Require as global dependency with composer.

```
composer global require jascha030/xerographer
```

Unit testing
------------

[](#unit-testing)

To run the full testsuite, one setup step is required, together with an installed version of `laravel/valet`. Create a new `.env` file in `tests/.env` by copying the `.env.example` file inside the test directory.

Fill in your mysql user password and root pass (looking for another solution for that last one).

This will make sure the `Jascha030\Xerox\Tests\Console\Command\InitCommandTest` class test the execution of the `xerographer init` console command.

When you have taken these steps, you can run the full testsuite through the composer script command:

```
composer run phpunit
```

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.5% 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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~34 days

Total

26

Last Release

1476d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP ^7.4|^8.0

0.3.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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