PHPackages                             modernkernel/yii2-skeleton - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [Framework](/categories/framework)
4. /
5. modernkernel/yii2-skeleton

Abandoned → [powerkernel/yii2-skeleton](/?search=powerkernel%2Fyii2-skeleton)Project[Framework](/categories/framework)

modernkernel/yii2-skeleton
==========================

Yii 2 Skeleton Project Template

1.1.0(8y ago)9862[1 PRs](https://github.com/modernkernel/yii2-skeleton/pulls)BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Nov 27Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/modernkernel/yii2-skeleton)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/modernkernel/yii2-skeleton)[ Docs](https://powerkernel.com/)[ RSS](/packages/modernkernel-yii2-skeleton/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (21)Versions (16)Used By (0)

Yii 2 Skeleton
==============

[](#yii-2-skeleton)

Yii 2 Skeleton is a skeleton (based on [Yii 2 App Advanced](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced)) application best for developing complex Web applications with multiple tiers.

The template includes 4 tiers: front end, back end, api and console, each of which is a separate Yii application.

The template is designed to work in a team development environment. It supports deploying the application in different environments.

Note: Yii 2 Skeleton only supports MongoDB

INSTALLATION
------------

[](#installation)

1. Unzip repository, edit composer.json to suit your needs, then run `composer update` or `composer update --prefer-source`
2. Run `init`, update your database information, `baseUrl` in common/config/mail-local.php
3. Run `php yii mongodb-migrate --migrationPath=@console/migrations`
4. Run `php yii setup`
5. Go to frontend and sign up for new account, admin role will be auto assigned
6. Go to backend and update all settings (reCaptcha, API, SMTP...)
7. Generate icons from , upload favicon.ico to the root of your web site (frontend and backend)
8. (optional) update `gitHubPage` in common/config/params-local.php if you want to use github to host favicon and images.

Web server config
-----------------

[](#web-server-config)

frontend/web => domain.com backend/web => backend.domain.com api/web => api.domain.com

Google Login Authorized redirect URIs
-------------------------------------

[](#google-login-authorized-redirect-uris)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.9% 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 ~38 days

Recently: every ~28 days

Total

14

Last Release

2962d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6bffa572bd111bbacbd683a7fc266a7e0e6e23012185624f69f8490f23fa44ed?d=identicon)[modernkernel](/maintainers/modernkernel)

---

Top Contributors

[![harrytang](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/792413?v=4)](https://github.com/harrytang "harrytang (203 commits)")[![giaduy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22519119?v=4)](https://github.com/giaduy "giaduy (11 commits)")

---

Tags

frameworkyii2project templateSkeleton

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/modernkernel-yii2-skeleton/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/modernkernel-yii2-skeleton/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/modernkernel-yii2-skeleton)
```

###  Alternatives

[skeeks/cms

SkeekS CMS — control panel and tools based on php framework Yii2

13825.6k47](/packages/skeeks-cms)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)