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pachno/b2db
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B2DB is a lightweight ORM for modern PHP applications

v1.0.8(1y ago)11.1k3MPL-2.0PHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1

Since May 11Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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B2db PHP ORM
============

[](#b2db-php-orm)

B2db is a lightweight ORM and DBAL for modern PHP applications (7.4 or newer), that works MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres and Microsoft SQL server.

B2db uses a Data Mapper pattern implementing Active Records. Read more about the architecture in [b2db architecture](docs/architecture.md)

Getting started
===============

[](#getting-started)

Install composer
----------------

[](#install-composer)

B2db uses [composer](https://getcomposer.org) for dependency management, and should be installed and used via composer.

For more information about how to set up b2db, see [Installation and setup](docs/installation.md)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Browse [the documentation](docs/README.md).

###  Health Score

37

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LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance38

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~160 days

Recently: every ~262 days

Total

9

Last Release

545d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.3.0

v1.0.1PHP >=7.4.0

v1.0.4PHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d94f8b760e2e6b3fa4aec89aa744a4823887d50d375b82587f2419e2e7de63d0?d=identicon)[zegenie](/maintainers/zegenie)

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Top Contributors

[![zegenie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/205936?v=4)](https://github.com/zegenie "zegenie (15 commits)")

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Tags

b2dbormphpdatabaseormmysqlpostgresmariadbdb

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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