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paulus/paulus
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A PHP micro-framework (well, more like a "mini" framework) for creating RESTful API services quickly and efficiently.

v0.9.5(13y ago)1743.8k6[4 issues](https://github.com/Rican7/Paulus/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Paulus
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[](#paulus)

A PHP micro-framework (well, more like a "mini" framework) for creating RESTful API services quickly and efficiently. Its meant to work as a sort of ["boilerplate"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_code) for REST-like API services in PHP.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

- PHP 5.4.x is required
- Download the current [stable release](//github.com/Rican7/Paulus/archive/master.zip)
- Setup [URL rewriting](https://gist.github.com/4191715) for the [routing engine (Klein)](https://github.com/chriso/klein.php)
- [Configure](/Rican7/Paulus/blob/master/docs/configuration.md) the framework to your needs
- Create a route (and optionally, a controller) and start hitting your newly created API!

Attributions
------------

[](#attributions)

- [One Mighty Roar](https://github.com/onemightyroar) - For giving me the "20% time" to create this, the influence in its development direction, and the trust for using this internally.
- [Plymouth WebApp](https://github.com/plymouthstate/plymouth-webapp) - Much of the structure/organization was **originally** (it has since deviated pretty significantly) inspired by or taken and modified from the MIS team at Plymouth State University, with most of the credit going to past member's of the team: [Matthew Batchelder](https://github.com/borkweb) and [Adam Backstrom](https://github.com/abackstrom)
- [Klein.php](https://github.com/chriso/klein.php) - URL routing provided by Klein
    - Copyright (c) 2010 [Chris O'Hara](https://github.com/chriso)
- [PHP ActiveRecord](https://github.com/kla/php-activerecord) - ActiveRecord style database access pattern
    - Copyright (c) 2009 [Kien La](https://github.com/kla) and [Jacques Fuentes](https://github.com/jpfuentes2)

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance15

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~28 days

Total

4

Last Release

4789d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ae34d0c08d757bdf3a2fe43824bfbb6d6fe570fcb2cfb2bb01af52e1384dc13f?d=identicon)[Rican7](/maintainers/Rican7)

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Top Contributors

[![Rican7](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/742384?v=4)](https://github.com/Rican7 "Rican7 (213 commits)")

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Tags

apirestrouterroutingboilerplatemicroframework

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