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kuick/framework
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Kuick is an extremely low footprint application framework, suitable for high throughput workloads

v2.8.3(2mo ago)27.8k4MITPHPPHP >=8.2.0CI passing

Since Nov 26Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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Kuick PHP framework
===================

[](#kuick-php-framework)

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Kuick is an extremely low footprint PHP application framework. Designed for developers seeking speed, efficiency, and flexibility in web application development.

Key features
------------

[](#key-features)

1. Logging realized with PSR-3 Logger Interface implementation
2. Integrated PSR-7 HTTP message interface
3. PSR-11 Container
4. Implemented Event Dispatcher compatible with [PSR-14](https://github.com/milejko/kuick-event-dispatcher)
5. Request handling compatible with [PSR-15](https://github.com/milejko/kuick-http)
6. [PSR-16 Caching](https://github.com/milejko/kuick-cache)

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

1. Make sure you have PHP >= 8.2 and Composer installed on your system
2. Require the framework to your project

```
composer require kuick/framework
composer require kuick/api-tools

```

3. Run the installer

```
./vendor/bin/kuick-installer

```

Creating Kuick project
----------------------

[](#creating-kuick-project)

Convenient way to develop projects based on Kuick is to create a kuick/project with Composer.

1. Follow those instructions: [kuick/project](https://github.com/milejko/kuick-project?tab=readme-ov-file)

Docker Demo
-----------

[](#docker-demo)

Ready to deploy images you can find here:

1. Run using Docker This example utilizes the smallest, Alpine distribution.

```
docker run -p 8080:80 kuickphp/kuick:alpine

```

Now you can try it out by opening

2. Examine sample routes:

- Homepage:

```
curl http://localhost:8080/

```

- Hello/ping:

```
curl http://localhost:8080/hello/John

```

3. Container runtime configuration:

- dev mode enabled
- custom app name
- custom localization (charset, locale, timezone)
- DEBUG log with microtime
- custom OPS API token

```
docker run -p 8080:80 \
    -e APP_ENV=dev \
    -e APP_NAME=ExampleApp \
    -e APP_CHARSET=UTF-8 \
    -e APP_LOCALE=en_US.utf-8 \
    -e APP_TIMEZONE="Europe/Warsaw" \
    -e APP_LOG_USEMICROSECONDS=1 \
    -e APP_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG \
    -e API_SECURITY_OPS_GUARD_TOKEN=secret-token \
    kuickphp/kuick:alpine

```

OPS endpoint:

```
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer secret-token" http://localhost:8080/api/ops

```

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.7% 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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~43 days

Total

57

Last Release

67d ago

Major Versions

v1.3.6 → v2.0.02025-01-22

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=8.2.0

v2.8.0PHP >=8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![milejko](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14335568?v=4)](https://github.com/milejko "milejko (202 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (9 commits)")

---

Tags

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