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jelix/castor
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A template engine using a simple syntax

v1.2.0(1mo ago)0104.2k↓21.3%1LGPL-2.1PHP >=7.4

Since Nov 28Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/jelix/castor)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/jelix/castor)[ Docs](http://jelix.org)[ RSS](/packages/jelix-castor/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (11)Used By (1)

### README not available

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###  Health Score

55

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FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance89

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.6% 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 ~418 days

Recently: every ~216 days

Total

10

Last Release

56d ago

PHP version history (5 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3

v1.1.0PHP >=5.6

v1.1.2PHP >=5.6 <=8.2

v1.1.3PHP >=5.6 <8.4

v1.2.0PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ae8142be36568660282368ce7c1eec904ecbc515ab5b58c759a487f3a6f1d114?d=identicon)[laurentj](/maintainers/laurentj)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/baa42c7323bbc9245b0c70f770031383879941a1a813f678f2835699fd50b375?d=identicon)[mdouchin](/maintainers/mdouchin)

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Top Contributors

[![laurentj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/336034?v=4)](https://github.com/laurentj "laurentj (355 commits)")[![julieni](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/995738?v=4)](https://github.com/julieni "julieni (14 commits)")[![kissifrot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/105998?v=4)](https://github.com/kissifrot "kissifrot (10 commits)")[![bastnic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/84887?v=4)](https://github.com/bastnic "bastnic (9 commits)")[![doubleface](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/228695?v=4)](https://github.com/doubleface "doubleface (5 commits)")[![bricet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/968476?v=4)](https://github.com/bricet "bricet (4 commits)")[![kewix](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1006956?v=4)](https://github.com/kewix "kewix (4 commits)")[![ziwot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13657413?v=4)](https://github.com/ziwot "ziwot (2 commits)")[![dsdenes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/123850?v=4)](https://github.com/dsdenes "dsdenes (2 commits)")[![Tpt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/458123?v=4)](https://github.com/Tpt "Tpt (2 commits)")[![khena](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2631622?v=4)](https://github.com/khena "khena (1 commits)")[![vincentv](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/304983?v=4)](https://github.com/vincentv "vincentv (1 commits)")[![njeudy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/995787?v=4)](https://github.com/njeudy "njeudy (1 commits)")

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Tags

template

###  Code Quality

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