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jurchiks/simpleframe
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A light-weight framework with minimal limitations on developer creativity

0.9.5(9y ago)427MITPHPPHP >=7.0.0

Since Dec 28Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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The Idea
========

[](#the-idea)

SimpleFrame is a very slim framework intended to allow developers to write/use any code they want without limiting their options in any way, except the bare minimum required to make the framework itself work.

There is only ONE required file in the `/app` directory to make the site work, and that is `routes.php`. Technically it will work even without that, but it will just show a `404 page not found`.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

You can use the built-in PHP server to run the code. Just execute `php -S localhost:8000`in the `/public` directory and open `http://localhost:8000` in your browser. It works with pretty URLs, no need to prefix `/index.php` to your routes.

You can test almost any page (the exception being file uploads) in the terminal by going to the `/public` directory and executing `php index.php METHOD ROUTE[ DATA]`, e.g. `php index.php get /`or `php index.php post /abc foo=bar&bar[0]=baz`. Redirects obviously won't work, and absolute URLs generated via the framework's router will be invalid, but aside from that, everything else will work the same.

At the time of writing this, the framework only relies on three $\_SERVER variables, namely `REQUEST_METHOD`, `REQUEST_URI` and `HTTP_REFERER`. Absolute route generation will also use `HTTPS` and `HTTP_HOST` variables.

Alternatively, you can run custom console commands via `php index.php command[ arguments]`.

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

[](#installation)

This project is available via composer:

`composer create-project jurchiks/simpleframe your-project-name`

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~4 days

Recently: every ~29 days

Total

47

Last Release

3567d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f7746633432f54c60cb28ea31675d1917e7737350035099d405a23c714aded36?d=identicon)[jurchiks](/maintainers/jurchiks)

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Top Contributors

[![jurchiks](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/542788?v=4)](https://github.com/jurchiks "jurchiks (43 commits)")

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