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phpexperts/skeleton
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A quick and easy standard PHP skeleton.

v1.4.1(1y ago)63614MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Jun 4Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Standard Skeleton Project
=========================

[](#standard-skeleton-project)

![TravisCI]()![Maintainability]()![Test Coverage]()

Skeleton Project is a PHP Experts, Inc., Project meant to ease the creation of new projects.

It strives to conform to the Standard PHP Skeleton () wherever possible.

Read [**On Structuring PHP Projects**](https://blog.nikolaposa.in.rs/2017/01/16/on-structuring-php-projects/)for more.

The configurer was inspired by

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
composer create-project phpexperts/skeleton NewProject
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Install a project, then remove the directories you won't need, like `bin`.

You should definitely edit the LICENSE and .travis.yml to be specific to your project and update the tags at the top of the README.md.

Use cases
---------

[](#use-cases)

✔ Rapidly start up a project right.
✔ Less time spent on boilerplating a git repo.
✔ Conforms to the most widely-deployed PHP layout.
✔ Fully compatible with the Bettergist Collective recommendation.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
phpunit --testdox
```

Contributors
------------

[](#contributors)

[Theodore R. Smith](https://www.phpexperts.pro/%5D)
GPG Fingerprint: 4BF8 2613 1C34 87AC D28F 2AD8 EB24 A91D D612 5690
CEO: PHP Experts, Inc.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT license. Please see the [license file](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance46

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity74

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 ~264 days

Recently: every ~526 days

Total

9

Last Release

417d ago

PHP version history (5 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.1

v1.1.0PHP ^7.1

v1.2.0PHP >=7.4

v1.3.0PHP >=5.6

v1.4.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3f3a2dd16766f6b03c330e65aaca9dfb97f1bbbb41c5e2af5681f58f670b7917?d=identicon)[hopeseekr](/maintainers/hopeseekr)

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Top Contributors

[![hopeseekr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1125541?v=4)](https://github.com/hopeseekr "hopeseekr (33 commits)")

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Tags

new projectuniversal package layoutstandard package layoutproject layout

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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