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joshmoody/library-skeleton
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Skeleton for building PHP libraries. It is pre-configured for use with Composer, PHPUnit, and CodeSniffer. These three items should be in every PHP Library.

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Library Skeleton
================

[](#library-skeleton)

Skeleton for building PHP packages. It is pre-configured for use with Composer, PHPUnit, and CodeSniffer. These three items should be in *every* PHP Library.

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer create-project joshmoody/library-skeleton your-project-name
```

See [README\_SAMPLE.md](README_SAMPLE.md) for an example README you can use in your packages with badges and standard installation instructions.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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 ~75 days

Recently: every ~93 days

Total

6

Last Release

4130d ago

Major Versions

0.0.2 → 1.0.02014-02-02

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1cda8a02682a999e89bc2443c6c169b1dc9228cc4709d0b5fad642dc2a151141?d=identicon)[joshmoody](/maintainers/joshmoody)

---

Top Contributors

[![joshmoody](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1504862?v=4)](https://github.com/joshmoody "joshmoody (16 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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