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Mini MVC Framework for PHP 5.6+

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Mini-Nova
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[](#mini-nova)

Mini-Nova is a smaller version of Nova and twice the speed. Perfect for simple sites and API's.

Not included with Mini-Nova
---------------------------

[](#not-included-with-mini-nova)

- Cron
- Encrypted sessions (Cookies and Sessions are included)
- Exception Service
- Forensics
- HTML (class)
- Implicit Controllers into Routing
- Modules
- Resource Routes
- Support for SQLite, PostgreSQL and SQL Server
- Themes
- Whoops! (replaced by a simpler Handler)

Notable Changes
---------------

[](#notable-changes)

Assets should be placed inside the `webroot` folder.

Layouts files exist in `App\Views\Layouts` this folder is where all layout files should be placed.

->withStatus() removed when `Redirect::to('route')->withStatus('message')`

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.3% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39399156?v=4)[dcblog](/maintainers/dcblog)[@dcblog](https://github.com/dcblog)

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Top Contributors

[![LuckyCyborg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13488485?v=4)](https://github.com/LuckyCyborg "LuckyCyborg (889 commits)")[![XTRO123](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2737316?v=4)](https://github.com/XTRO123 "XTRO123 (23 commits)")[![daveismynamecom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/60222583?v=4)](https://github.com/daveismynamecom "daveismynamecom (10 commits)")[![l2wok](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20119055?v=4)](https://github.com/l2wok "l2wok (1 commits)")

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mini-framework

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