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netherphp/surface
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A small template rendering library.

v4.0.4(4y ago)02.7k1BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=8.0CI passing

Since May 27Pushed 6mo agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/netherphp/surface)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/netherphp/surface)[ RSS](/packages/netherphp-surface/feed)WikiDiscussions redux Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (5)Versions (25)Used By (1)

Nether Surface
==============

[](#nether-surface)

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###  Health Score

42

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FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance46

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

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 ~119 days

Recently: every ~112 days

Total

22

Last Release

1510d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.1 → v2.0.02016-02-26

v2.2.0 → v3.0.02017-08-20

v3.0.7 → v4.0.02021-01-07

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

v2.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

v4.0.0PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b64ee49e86efa67a7de4afdc42c2686460d1e46ac7eac7e6ccfa6407ec7d979a?d=identicon)[bobmagicii](/maintainers/bobmagicii)

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Top Contributors

[![bobmagicii](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/881944?v=4)](https://github.com/bobmagicii "bobmagicii (101 commits)")

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Tags

phptemplate

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