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kanopi/saplings-base
====================

Simple base configuration for modern Drupal.

1.0.0-beta.18(11mo ago)2592↓100%[3 issues](https://github.com/kanopi/saplings-base/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/kanopi/saplings-base/pulls)1GPL-2.0-or-later

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Saplings - Base
===============

[](#saplings---base)

This recipe is designed to configure the basic modules and configuration needed to start a Drupal site.

Features
--------

[](#features)

Adds and configures the following modules:

- Block Class
- Critical CSS
- Diff
- Easy Breadcrumb
- Google Tag
- Menu Link Attributes
- Pathauto
- Redirect & Redirect 404
- Simple Sitemap
- Sitemap
- Tour
- Ultimate Cron

In addition, we configure basic Drupal settings for:

- Automated Cron
- System Date
- System Loggin
- System Performance
- Site Home page
- User Settings
- User permissions

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity36

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 84.8% 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 ~28 days

Recently: every ~42 days

Total

19

Last Release

333d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bf9dca5c46910be861bb00920034637b5a36a1f6277413be6817a50a1ce6fc74?d=identicon)[kanopi\_studios](/maintainers/kanopi_studios)

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Top Contributors

[![thejimbirch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5177009?v=4)](https://github.com/thejimbirch "thejimbirch (28 commits)")[![echechulina](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/59713012?v=4)](https://github.com/echechulina "echechulina (3 commits)")[![kmurphychi247](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/82771690?v=4)](https://github.com/kmurphychi247 "kmurphychi247 (2 commits)")

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