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liten/liten
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Liten is a small, simple, and restful micro framework. Even though it is small, you can still use it to build intelligent and dynamic restful api's.

v1.0.9(8y ago)9871MITPHPPHP ^7.0CI failing

Since Oct 3Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Liten
=====

[](#liten)

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Liten is a small and simple microframework. Even though it is small, you can still use it to build intelligent and dynamic restful api's.

System Requirement
------------------

[](#system-requirement)

Minimum PHP version 5.4

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Simple Configuration
- Static Routes
- Dynamic Routes
- Route Subpatterns
- Group Routing
- Before Route Middlewares
- Before Router Middlewares
- After Router Middlewares
- HTTP methods and responses

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
$ composer require liten/liten

```

Rewrite Rules
-------------

[](#rewrite-rules)

### .htaccess

[](#htaccess)

```
RewriteEngine On

# Some hosts may require you to use the `RewriteBase` directive.
# If you need to use the `RewriteBase` directive, it should be the
# absolute physical path to the directory that contains this htaccess file.
#
# RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

```

### Nginx (root directory)

[](#nginx-root-directory)

```
location / {
    try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
}

```

### Nginx (subdirectory)

[](#nginx-subdirectory)

```
location /liten {
    try_files $uri /liten/index.php$is_args$args;
}

```

Hello World Example
-------------------

[](#hello-world-example)

Instantiate a new Liten Application:

```
$app = new \Liten\Liten();
```

GET Route:

```
$app->get('/hello/(\w+)/' function($name) {
    echo "Howdy, $name";
}
```

Run the new Liten Application

```
$app->run();
```

Sample Application
------------------

[](#sample-application)

The [Liten Blog](https://github.com/parkerj/Liten-Blog) is a sample application to show what you can do with the Liten Framework.

Documentation & Community
-----------------------------

[](#documentation--community)

Would love to have your input and help into making Liten a small but yet powerful micro framework. Head on over to the [online documentation](https://www.litenframework.com/) site to ask questions and or make suggestions.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~156 days

Total

5

Last Release

2934d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.5PHP >=5.4.0

v1.0.9PHP ^7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/86d25d805eb5b710fab925600008b72f9f5f11a5206154fcd1ded01794a4d1b8?d=identicon)[nomadicjosh](/maintainers/nomadicjosh)

---

Top Contributors

[![gitter-badger](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8518239?v=4)](https://github.com/gitter-badger "gitter-badger (1 commits)")

---

Tags

frameworkmicro-frameworkrest-apirestfulframeworkrestmicroframeworkliten

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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