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papac/bow
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The bow PHP Framework

3.0.5(7y ago)10117MITPHP >=7.0

Since Sep 18Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/papac/bow)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/papac/bow)[ RSS](/packages/papac-bow/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 4w ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (9)Versions (10)Used By (0)

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###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

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 ~41 days

Recently: every ~71 days

Total

8

Last Release

2917d ago

Major Versions

2.5.1 → 3.0.12018-07-05

PHP version history (2 changes)2.0.15PHP >=5.6

3.0.1PHP >=7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/96099e66c63e31445f3f76a12e94104030f504eeb18f007216bb4ebdcdeadf7f?d=identicon)[papac](/maintainers/papac)

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Tags

phpframeworkphp frameworkbow

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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