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mostlyserious/ms-craft
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A Craft CMS Starter

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MS Craft
========

[](#ms-craft)

A Craft CMS starter used for new sites built by the [Mostly Serious](https://www.mostlyserious.io) team. It's designed to pair with our build tool, [Vitepack](https://github.com/mostlyserious/vitepack).

> **[Project Technical Documentation](#)**

Software requirements
---------------------

[](#software-requirements)

- node >= 16.0
- php >= 8.0.2
- mysql >= 5.7.8
- composer >= 2.0

Setup instructions
------------------

[](#setup-instructions)

> **More detailed instructions can be found in the [MS Craft Package Guide](https://www.notion.so/mostlyserious/MS-Craft-Package-Guide-528990ba0bbb47a7b4408fb2cc25b0ec).**

- Copy `.env.example` to `.env`
- Install php dependencies

```
composer install

```

- Create mysql database and import a SQL dump

    - You can get a SQL dump from prod by logging into the admin and going to Utilities > Backup Database
- Fill in the database credentials in the `.env` file
- Install front-end dependencies Currently, installation requires [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com) to work properly.

```
yarn
```

- Build front-end dependencies

```
yarn build
```

> or

```
npm run build
```

- Startup a php server by using Craft's `serve` command, or use a local `.test` domain with [Laravel Valet](https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/valet).

```
php craft serve
```

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance52

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70.1% 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 ~25 days

Recently: every ~3 days

Total

69

Last Release

962d ago

Major Versions

v1.11.1 → v2.0.02022-09-14

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e79d44ddae7eb015d485aeea4f7655a054d46bb9b65b3e40749b4d14107df1de?d=identicon)[mostlyserious](/maintainers/mostlyserious)

---

Top Contributors

[![corneliusio](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4140885?v=4)](https://github.com/corneliusio "corneliusio (94 commits)")[![mike-moreau](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/92817780?v=4)](https://github.com/mike-moreau "mike-moreau (31 commits)")[![AimeeMS](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17086680?v=4)](https://github.com/AimeeMS "AimeeMS (4 commits)")[![wolf-ms](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/132366871?v=4)](https://github.com/wolf-ms "wolf-ms (4 commits)")[![RandomJo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/230458?v=4)](https://github.com/RandomJo "RandomJo (1 commits)")

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