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mikejw/elib-base
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ELib Base

v4.2.2(2mo ago)01.8k5MITPHP

Since Nov 7Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Empathy PHP Framework - ELib-Base
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[](#empathy-php-framework---elib-base)

Swiss army knife library for Empathy web applications. It's main function is providing the essential plumbing for an application with authenticated users and a default backend 'admin' area. Other Empathy extensions build on elib-base to provide blogging, CMS functionality etc with corresponding admin user flows.

Refer to [getting-started.md](./docs/getting-started.md) to read about the initial setup of Elib-Base.

Licence
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[](#licence)

Empathy and officially released extension libraries are now distributed under an MIT license. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE).

###  Health Score

51

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

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 ~135 days

Recently: every ~8 days

Total

37

Last Release

83d ago

Major Versions

v0.10.0 → v1.0.02025-05-15

v1.0.2 → v2.0.02025-05-18

v2.0.4 → v3.0.02025-05-23

v3.0.0 → v4.0.02025-05-28

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/715d4159043b7e1e6daa0f1717d396c480616e1db9aee2d1c4738d69217cbd37?d=identicon)[mikejw](/maintainers/mikejw)

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Top Contributors

[![mikejw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/115110?v=4)](https://github.com/mikejw "mikejw (408 commits)")

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Tags

lib

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

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