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monsoon/framework
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A Simple and Rapid MVC Framework in PHP

v1.0.4(6y ago)19MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since Apr 9Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Monsoon Framework
=================

[](#monsoon-framework)

Monsoon PHP is an open-source, simple, fast, secure and free PHP web framework that assists developers in creating a secure application rapidly (RAD). You can maintain your Application’s code, as well as your REST API and CLI based scripts in a single codebase with Monsoon. Documentation is available at

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### Direct Download

[](#direct-download)

1. Download the framework as a zip file from Github repository or through composer
2. Point your webserver's root to *public/* folder
3. Access the URL from your browser

### Composer Download

[](#composer-download)

1. Give the command in terminal `composer create-project monsoon/framework .`
2. Point your webserver's root to *public/* folder
3. Access the URL from your browser

Available Tools from Composer
-----------------------------

[](#available-tools-from-composer)

This framework uses following packages when you install as composer-project.

- phinx
- php\_codesniffer
- phpunit
- pdepend
- phpmd

Configuration File
------------------

[](#configuration-file)

Configuration file distributable file is available under `src/Config/.env.php.dist`. Remove the .dist extension to get started. More configuration parameters can be setup in `src/Config/Config.php`.

### Database migrations with Phinx

[](#database-migrations-with-phinx)

Version your database changes with Phinx library. Run your migrations with this commands. See *phinx.php* for predefined values.

### Running on PHP server

[](#running-on-php-server)

You can use PHP's internal webserver to run the application in your development system. Give this command in the terminal. The default URL will be

`php -S localhost:8080 -t public`

Alternatively, you can also run bin/start.sh.

`sh bin/start.sh`

### Docker

[](#docker)

To run this framework in a docker container, give this command in terminal. Dockerfile is available in *data/docker/* folder

`docker-compose up -d`

The default URL will be

### Gulp

[](#gulp)

You can install Gulp with NPM with these commands. See *gulpfile.js* for configurations.

```
npm install

gulp js|css|sass

```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2231d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9390551cb798edda7ec88c50b9926c592c759929a307a59c1f0b4a74a4e71621?d=identicon)[lightracers](/maintainers/lightracers)

---

Top Contributors

[![lightracers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26088953?v=4)](https://github.com/lightracers "lightracers (14 commits)")

---

Tags

frameworkPHP7monsoonphp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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