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nunomaduro/skeleton-php
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A skeleton repository for my packages

v3.17.0(1mo ago)9761.4k68MITPHPPHP ^8.5.0CI passing

Since May 30Pushed 2mo ago23 watchersCompare

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---

This package provides a wonderful **PHP Skeleton** to start building your next package idea.

> **Requires [PHP 8.5+](https://php.net/releases/)**

⚡️ Create your package using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
composer create-project nunomaduro/skeleton-php --prefer-source --remove-vcs PackageName
```

🧹 Keep a modern codebase with **Pint**:

```
composer lint
```

✅ Run refactors using **Rector**

```
composer refactor
```

⚗️ Run static analysis using **PHPStan**:

```
composer test:types
```

✅ Run unit tests using **PEST**

```
composer test:unit
```

🚀 Run the entire test suite:

```
composer test
```

**Skeleton PHP** was created by **[Nuno Maduro](https://x.com/enunomaduro)** under the **[MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)**.

###  Health Score

66

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity42

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community27

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity93

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.4% 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 ~75 days

Total

39

Last Release

53d ago

Major Versions

v1.5.0 → v2.0.02020-06-26

v2.1.1 → v3.0.02021-05-05

PHP version history (11 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.1.3

v1.2.0PHP ^7.2

v2.0.0PHP ^7.3

v2.1.0PHP ^7.4

v3.0.0PHP ^8.0

v3.2.0PHP ^8.1

v3.4.0PHP ^8.1.0

v3.5.0PHP ^8.2.0

v3.10.0PHP ^8.3.0

v3.14.0PHP ^8.4.0

v3.16.0PHP ^8.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![nunomaduro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5457236?v=4)](https://github.com/nunomaduro "nunomaduro (99 commits)")[![jayan-blutui](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30396013?v=4)](https://github.com/jayan-blutui "jayan-blutui (3 commits)")[![edwinvdpol](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9265514?v=4)](https://github.com/edwinvdpol "edwinvdpol (1 commits)")[![igzard](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10142225?v=4)](https://github.com/igzard "igzard (1 commits)")[![ijpatricio](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26031459?v=4)](https://github.com/ijpatricio "ijpatricio (1 commits)")[![juse-less](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76173223?v=4)](https://github.com/juse-less "juse-less (1 commits)")[![powlam](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5595811?v=4)](https://github.com/powlam "powlam (1 commits)")[![svenluijten](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11269635?v=4)](https://github.com/svenluijten "svenluijten (1 commits)")[![Synchro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81561?v=4)](https://github.com/Synchro "Synchro (1 commits)")[![askdkc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7894265?v=4)](https://github.com/askdkc "askdkc (1 commits)")[![ziadoz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/645637?v=4)](https://github.com/ziadoz "ziadoz (1 commits)")[![dansysanalyst](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/79267265?v=4)](https://github.com/dansysanalyst "dansysanalyst (1 commits)")

---

Tags

boilerplatepackagephpskeletonphppackageSkeleton

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

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