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lou117/core
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Lightweight and pragmatic PHP microframework

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You're about to discover *Core* microframework !
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[](#youre-about-to-discover-core-microframework-)

*Core* microframework gathers some state-of-the-art PHP recommendations and components ensuring that all painful parts of any PHP application are done "the right way". It's up to you to be creative for the rest.

*Core* is an assembly
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[](#core-is-an-assembly)

*Core* implements and assembles some PHP recommendations and popular components:

- Monolog library (https://seldaek.github.io/monolog/) for PSR-3 compliant logging;
- Guzzle PSR-7 implementation (https://github.com/guzzle/psr7) for server request and response streamlining;
- FastRoute library (https://github.com/nikic/FastRoute) for request routing;
- PSR-15 (HTTP Server Request Handlers) for middleware implementation;
- PSR-11 (Container Interface) added to *Core* `RequestHandlerInterface` implementation.

As such, *Core* is very lightweight, as it implements two of the simplest PSR recommendations ; delegating logging, routing, server request and server response building to renowned and bullet-proof libraries what are Monolog, Guzzle and FastRoute.

What do I do with *Core* ?
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Whatever you want, from HTTP APIs to websites. *Core* architecture makes no assumption on what you'll gonna build with it, it just provide you with some tools easing your way to the fun part of your project: actually coding what will make it great, not the boilerplate part.

Where do I begin ?
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[](#where-do-i-begin-)

Download *Core* skeleton application using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)(`composer create-project lou117/core-skeleton`): a tutorial will help you through your journey, if you need it !

*Core* documentation
====================

[](#core-documentation)

- [Request lifecycle in *Core*](doc/request_lifecycle.md)
- [Configuration syntax and usage](doc/configuration.md)
- [Routing table syntax and usage](doc/routing.md)
- [Understanding PSR-15 implementation](doc/psr-15_implementation.md)
- [Adding controllers](doc/controllers.md)
- [Migrating from v3.0 to v3.1](doc/migrating_to_v31.md)

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity89

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~39 days

Total

55

Last Release

1092d ago

Major Versions

v1.4.4 → v2.0.02017-11-01

v1.3.5 → v2.0.42017-12-02

v2.x-dev → v3.0.02018-07-24

v3.2.0 → v4.0.02023-01-23

PHP version history (3 changes)v2.0.0PHP 7.1.\*

v3.0.5PHP 7.1 - 7.2

v4.0.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![Lou117](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1639343?v=4)](https://github.com/Lou117 "Lou117 (125 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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