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joomla/router
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Joomla Router Package

4.0.0(9mo ago)10285.4k↓23.7%111GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.3.0CI passing

Since Jun 4Pushed 9mo ago11 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/joomla-framework/router)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/router)[ Docs](https://github.com/joomla-framework/router)[ RSS](/packages/joomla-router/feed)WikiDiscussions 3.x-dev Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (6)Versions (22)Used By (1)

The Router Package [![Build Status](https://github.com/joomla-framework/router/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=3.x-dev)](https://github.com/joomla-framework/router)
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[](#the-router-package-)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8c3cbe227eadae87f5bc5a15888c37c42c036d679cdc597fd9f23a39f233ee29/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f726f757465722f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/router)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ae3652e42405c55fe6bd22d7c27858852f26208ce3f270a94a7859ba51920754/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f726f757465722f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/router)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1fa6948a4f5c0343aa8a3d05bc5d6a844b2451def87170551eaf51b7fb04494b/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f726f757465722f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/router)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/dbd37056d36920ffe0ec1a2236c5ed85f1e40295d1dfb09524881204acf933a7/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f726f757465722f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/router)

The Router package is used to register an application's routes and to route the request URI to a controller method.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1 or later

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

[](#installation)

To install the package, you can simply run the following from the command line:

```
composer require joomla/router "~3.0"
```

###  Health Score

57

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance55

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity45

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community27

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity87

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56.9% 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 ~277 days

Recently: every ~268 days

Total

17

Last Release

299d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.0-beta2020-06-05

2.0.1 → 3.0.02023-10-08

3.0.2 → 4.0.02025-07-23

PHP version history (7 changes)1.0-alphaPHP &gt;=5.3.10

1.2.0PHP ^5.3.10|~7.0

2.0.0-betaPHP ^7.2.5

2.0.0-rcPHP ^7.2.5|^8.0

2.0.1PHP ^7.2.5|~8.0.0|~8.1.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.1.0

4.0.0PHP ^8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/305a2164440014dcef9ac681c139fe5e8a1ce1d7a8c3b3cfb828497729a4c70e?d=identicon)[wilsonge](/maintainers/wilsonge)

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Top Contributors

[![mbabker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/368545?v=4)](https://github.com/mbabker "mbabker (95 commits)")[![Hackwar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/313866?v=4)](https://github.com/Hackwar "Hackwar (22 commits)")[![dongilbert](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/718028?v=4)](https://github.com/dongilbert "dongilbert (15 commits)")[![wilsonge](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1986000?v=4)](https://github.com/wilsonge "wilsonge (9 commits)")[![ianmacl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/176534?v=4)](https://github.com/ianmacl "ianmacl (4 commits)")[![nibra](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/827605?v=4)](https://github.com/nibra "nibra (4 commits)")[![heelc29](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66922325?v=4)](https://github.com/heelc29 "heelc29 (3 commits)")[![eddieajau](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/700871?v=4)](https://github.com/eddieajau "eddieajau (3 commits)")[![joomla-jenkins](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/929228?v=4)](https://github.com/joomla-jenkins "joomla-jenkins (2 commits)")[![Achal-Aggarwal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3330262?v=4)](https://github.com/Achal-Aggarwal "Achal-Aggarwal (2 commits)")[![realityking](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/628508?v=4)](https://github.com/realityking "realityking (2 commits)")[![PhilETaylor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400092?v=4)](https://github.com/PhilETaylor "PhilETaylor (1 commits)")[![photodude](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10253980?v=4)](https://github.com/photodude "photodude (1 commits)")[![rdeutz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/467356?v=4)](https://github.com/rdeutz "rdeutz (1 commits)")[![chrisdavenport](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/305153?v=4)](https://github.com/chrisdavenport "chrisdavenport (1 commits)")[![richard67](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7413183?v=4)](https://github.com/richard67 "richard67 (1 commits)")[![C-Lodder](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2019801?v=4)](https://github.com/C-Lodder "C-Lodder (1 commits)")

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Tags

joomlajoomla-frameworkphprouterframeworkrouterjoomla

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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