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joshuaestes/thoth
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PHP Static Site Generator

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Thoth
=====

[](#thoth)

PHP Static Site Generator

---

Install
=======

[](#install)

`composer global require "joshuaestes/thoth:dev-master"`

Getting Started
===============

[](#getting-started)

Configuration
=============

[](#configuration)

Config done via .thoth.{yaml|yml} and .env{.local} files

```
# .thoth.yml
theme: default # can use vendor/theme to pull from github
source: .
destination: ./public
```

New Command
===========

[](#new-command)

`thoth new [dir]`, "dir" defaults to currently directory

- Generates a new thoth project in given directory

Watch Command
=============

[](#watch-command)

`thoth watch` will generate a new site if anything changes

- runs `thoth generate`

Generate Command
================

[](#generate-command)

`thoth generate` output to `/public`

- `/public` can be configured

Serve Command
=============

[](#serve-command)

`thoth serve` will use php webserver to serve generated files?

- Option to --watch

Deploy Command?
===============

[](#deploy-command)

Themes
======

[](#themes)

Themes are stored in `themes` directory. Directory is name of theme

themes/default themes/blog themes/docs

Theme files

- `base.html.twig`
- `home.html.twig`
- `page.html.twig`
- `post.html.twig`
- `_head.html.twig`
- `_header.html.twig`
- `_footer.html.twig`
- `full-width.layout.html.twig`

"included" files will be prefixed with an underscore

Assets are store in the `assets` directory for the theme, ie themes/blog/assets

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447419?v=4)[Joshua Estes](/maintainers/joshuaestes)[@JoshuaEstes](https://github.com/JoshuaEstes)

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Top Contributors

[![JoshuaEstes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447419?v=4)](https://github.com/JoshuaEstes "JoshuaEstes (30 commits)")

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Tags

markdownphpstatic-site-generatortwig

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