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monkblog/monkblog-php
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MonkBlog a blogging engine.

v1.1.1(10y ago)115[19 issues](https://github.com/monkblog/monkblog-php/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Nov 19Pushed 4y ago2 watchersCompare

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Monk!
=====

[](#monk)

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A blogging engine built on Laravel 5.1.

Homestead local dev instructions
--------------------------------

[](#homestead-local-dev-instructions)

If you prefer to use Homestead over Docker, you can find [instructions on the Laravel website](http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/homestead).

Docker local dev instructions
-----------------------------

[](#docker-local-dev-instructions)

If you don't yet have Docker installed, install it [according to the Docker website](https://www.docker.com).

After you have Docker installed, this command will get you started:

```
docker-compose up

```

### Dependency installation and configuration

[](#dependency-installation-and-configuration)

Next, you'll need to run these commands, in order:

```
cp .env.example .env
composer install
npm install (or, better yet, yarn)
bower install
gulp
docker exec monkblogphp_app_1 php artisan key:generate
docker exec monkblogphp_app_1 php artisan migrate
docker exec monkblogphp_app_1 php artisan db:seed

```

### Adding your first admin user

[](#adding-your-first-admin-user)

Add an admin user by using the following console command:

```
php artisan user:generate

```

If you want to run it through a Docker container, do it like this:

```
docker exec -it monkblogphp_app_1 php artisan user:generate

```

Admin Interface
---------------

[](#admin-interface)

Access the admin interface via `/admin` on your site.

License
-------

[](#license)

The Monk blog engine is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

The Laravel framework is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 62.5% 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 ~45 days

Recently: every ~55 days

Total

7

Last Release

3928d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/36dcfe7b751e13acba5f9fb7821737b913263f69b9ea6063c7ac94fcbd4a8608?d=identicon)[ericdowell](/maintainers/ericdowell)

---

Top Contributors

[![ericdowell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/525506?v=4)](https://github.com/ericdowell "ericdowell (135 commits)")[![BenOvermyer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/658473?v=4)](https://github.com/BenOvermyer "BenOvermyer (81 commits)")

---

Tags

blog-enginelaravelblogmonkMonkBlogblogging

###  Code Quality

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