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nimasystems/lightcast
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Lightcast (TM) is a PHP MVC framework for developing applications from scratch

1.5.31(3mo ago)0633↓50%GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.4CI failing

Since Sep 18Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/nimasystems/lightcast)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/nimasystems/lightcast)[ Docs](https://github.com/nimasystems/lightcast)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/miraclebg)[ Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/miracle_bg)[ RSS](/packages/nimasystems-lightcast/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (2)Versions (32)Used By (0)

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This is the lightcast PHP MVC Framework
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###  Health Score

45

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FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance78

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~65 days

Recently: every ~344 days

Total

31

Last Release

115d ago

Major Versions

1.5.30 → 2.0.x-dev2026-01-23

PHP version history (2 changes)1.5.2PHP >=7.1

2.0.x-devPHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/94d1a817c566925beda7e0d3c6e0506445607809b0a75d85617898fb6071d853?d=identicon)[nimasystems](/maintainers/nimasystems)

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Top Contributors

[![miraclebg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/126405?v=4)](https://github.com/miraclebg "miraclebg (383 commits)")

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Tags

frameworkmvcnimasystems

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