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limb-php/limb-framework
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Limb5 PHP framework

v5.0.0(1y ago)16081MITPHPPHP 8.0.\* || 8.1.\*

Since Aug 12Pushed 2w ago2 watchersCompare

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```
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            Limb4 Web Application Framework
################################################################################

Limb is a general PHP Web Application Framework

Here is the list of the most notable packages at the moment:

    * core: the base system package which provides lazy loading of PHP code, iterators support,
            generic object containers, decorators generators, transparent object proxies, etc
    * toolkit: dependency injection tools
    * filter_chain: InterceptingFilter design pattern implementation
    * web_app: FrontController and MVC patterns implementation.
    * active_record: ActiveRecord pattern implementation(Rails alike flavour, http://rubyonrails.com/)
    * dbal: Database Abstraction Layer which supports MySql, PostgreSQL and Oracle at the moment.
    * session: transparent PHP session wrappers with painless persistence of objects

Migrate from Limb3 to Limb4.4:

    * require PHP 8.0+
    * net: lmbHttpRequest - removed get*() methods

Limb5 roadmap:
    * PSR-4,7,17
    * PHP 8.1+
    * AR: remove validation, optimize DB connection (no store connection)
    * Toolkit: improved DI pattern
    * Remove all of static variables

Install
    * composer require limb-php/limb-framework
```

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance70

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity74

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 ~11 days

Recently: every ~72 days

Total

126

Last Release

14d ago

Major Versions

v4.6.3 → v5.0.02024-10-05

PHP version history (9 changes)v4.0.2PHP >=7.2

v4.2.4PHP >=7.3

v4.2.50PHP >=7.4

v4.4.10PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v4.4.23PHP 7.4.\* || 8.0.\* || 8.1.\*

v4.6.0PHP 8.0.\* || 8.1.\*

v4.6.4PHP 8.0.\* || 8.1.\* || 8.2.\*

v4.6.7PHP 8.0.\* || 8.1.\* || 8.2.\* || 8.3.\*

v4.6.9PHP 8.0.\* || 8.1.\* || 8.2.\* || 8.3.\* || 8.4.\*

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/78afb8404330170e30bb86cfbd8018b28359ea61cd8d161a3a6e09b274a8a4f5?d=identicon)[xadminx](/maintainers/xadminx)

---

Top Contributors

[![xadminx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/399028?v=4)](https://github.com/xadminx "xadminx (605 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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