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mcms/core
=========

The core of the CMS

v0.1.3(4y ago)132MITPHP

Since Dec 12Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (17)Versions (52)Used By (0)

Core
====

[](#core)

The Core package of the CMS

Install
-------

[](#install)

To get the system up and running follow the steps bellow

- Install a fresh copy of laravel like so `laravel new my-project` or via composer `composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel my-project`
- Edit the composer.json file and add the following packages ```
    "mcms\/core-package": "0.*",
    "mcms\/package-admin": "0.*",
    "mcms\/package-pages": "0.*",
    "mcms\/front-end": "0.*"

    ```
- Run `composer update` in order to download the packages
- Edit your `config/app.php` and add the following service providers ```
     Mcms\Core\CoreServiceProvider::class,
     Mcms\Admin\AdminServiceProvider::class,
     Mcms\FrontEnd\FrontEndServiceProvider::class,
     Mcms\Pages\PagesServiceProvider::class,

    ```
- Edit your .env file and add your database information
- Run `php artisan core:install-packages` to run the interactive command line installer and just fill in the required fields

Admin interface
---------------

[](#admin-interface)

After you have completed the installation process, you can visit the admin interface on `/admin` and login with the email/password you provided during the installation.

Installer
---------

[](#installer)

```
php artisan core:install
```

OR

```
php artisan core:install provision.installer.json
```

### Provision scripts

[](#provision-scripts)

```
{
  "packages" : [
    {
      "name" : "Core",
      "requiredInput" : {
        "name" : "a name"
      },
      "migrations" : [],
      "seeders" : [],
      "publish" : []
    },
    {
      "name" : "Admin",
      "requiredInput" : {
        "balls" : "To the wall"
      },
      "migrations" : [],
      "seeders" : [],
      "publish" : []
    }
  ]
}
```

Table of contents
=================

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Settings Manager](https://github.com/mbouclas/mcms-core/blob/master/SettingsManager.md)
- [Images](https://github.com/mbouclas/mcms-core/blob/master/images.md)
- [Config files](https://github.com/mbouclas/mcms-core/blob/master/ConfigFiles.md)
- [Private packages](https://github.com/mbouclas/mcms-core/blob/master/satis.md)

Other modules
=============

[](#other-modules)

- [CMS](https://github.com/mbouclas/mcms-pages) A very opinionated CMS
- [Frontend](https://github.com/mbouclas/mcms-frontEnd) The front end of any website
- [Admin interface](https://github.com/mbouclas/mcms-admin) The admin interface

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~39 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

51

Last Release

1494d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.0.1PHP ~5.5|~7.0

v0.0.30PHP ~5.5|~8.0

v0.0.32PHP >=5.6.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/642742?v=4)[Michael Bouclas](/maintainers/mbouclas)[@mbouclas](https://github.com/mbouclas)

---

Top Contributors

[![mbouclas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/642742?v=4)](https://github.com/mbouclas "mbouclas (64 commits)")

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