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lion/framework
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The Lion-Framework

v5.1.1(2mo ago)321[1 PRs](https://github.com/lion-packages/framework/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=8.5CI passing

Since Oct 24Pushed 1mo agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/lion-packages/framework)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/lion/framework)[ Docs](https://lion-client.vercel.app/)[ RSS](/packages/lion-framework/feed)WikiDiscussions 5.x Synced 1mo ago

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🚀 **Lion-Framework** is a web application framework with a simple and powerful syntax, designed to help developers build fast and scalable applications.

---

📖 Features
----------

[](#-features)

✔️ Simple and fast routing engine.
✔️ Dependency injection container.
✔️ Native and easy-to-use database ORM.
✔️ Database independent schema migrations.

---

📦 Installation
--------------

[](#-installation)

Install the framework using **Composer**:

```
composer create-project lion/framework
```

Usage Example
-------------

[](#usage-example)

```
use Lion\Route\Route;

Route::get('hello', function (): string {
    return "Hello, world! 🦁";
});
```

📝 License
---------

[](#-license)

The **framework** is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT License](https://github.com/lion-packages/framework/blob/main/LICENSE).

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.9% 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 ~12 days

Total

71

Last Release

78d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.1 → v2.0.02024-02-09

v2.14.0 → v3.0.02024-05-16

v3.14.0 → v4.0.02025-01-15

4.x-dev → v5.0.02025-12-29

PHP version history (5 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=8.1

v2.0.0PHP >=8.2

v2.13.0PHP >=8.3

v4.0.0PHP >=8.4

v5.0.1PHP >=8.5

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![Sleon4](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56183278?v=4)](https://github.com/Sleon4 "Sleon4 (505 commits)")[![GabrielPalac](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/162063476?v=4)](https://github.com/GabrielPalac "GabrielPalac (28 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (27 commits)")[![mcesmeralda](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96641807?v=4)](https://github.com/mcesmeralda "mcesmeralda (5 commits)")[![MMarioLP](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/105904645?v=4)](https://github.com/MMarioLP "MMarioLP (2 commits)")[![StyleCIBot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11048387?v=4)](https://github.com/StyleCIBot "StyleCIBot (1 commits)")

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Tags

api-restcomposerdockerelectronjsemaillionmysqlnpmphpphpunitpostgresqlredisvitejsframeworklionlion-framework

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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