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pixelfusion/skeletor
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Project skeleton generator

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Skeletor
========

[](#skeletor)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/22c435320f8a31f7b5bf1fd619765048c5ce46af71ece8006301a787a52f2352/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f706978656c667573696f6e2f736b656c65746f722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/pixelfusion/skeletor)[![NZ](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6d52d00a8b7cf0d669ae7a8fac596b33477fcd63507986ce69ebdb4ccdca8a41/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6d616465253230696e2d6e7a2d626c75652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](http://pixelfusion.co.nz)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE)

Skeletor is a PHP based CLI tool that has been built to take away the pain of setting up a base project skeleton for Laravel & Lumen projects. When creating a project using Skeletor you will be able to pick and choose from a set of packages and it automates a lot of the manual configuration like package providers, facades and environment variables. It also enables you to automatically install certain packages that you need for every project.

If you already have Skeletor installed you can skip to the [create a project](#create-a-project) section.

Install Skeletor
----------------

[](#install-skeletor)

Download the Skeletor installer using Composer:

```
composer global require pixelfusion/skeletor
```

Make sure to place the `~/.composer/vendor/bin` directory (or the equivalent directory for your OS) in your $PATH so the `Skeletor` executable can be located by you system.

Update Skeletor
---------------

[](#update-skeletor)

If you already have installed Skeletor and you need to update you can use the following command:

```
composer global update pixelfusion/skeletor
```

Create a project
----------------

[](#create-a-project)

Once installed, the `skeletor project:create` command will create a fresh project installation in the directory you specify. For instance, `skeletor project:create helloworld` will create a directory named `helloworld` containing a fresh project installation with all of the selected packages and templates.

```
skeletor project:create helloworld
```

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4318916e8c65cd70b8526212ebc19595a0f940a999e8818dd3b1f711fce95e98/68747470733a2f2f61736369696e656d612e6f72672f612f70795467395168333663446133734a6153365433574c7663612e706e67)](https://asciinema.org/a/pyTg9Qh36cDa3sJaS6T3WLvca)

Customisation
-------------

[](#customisation)

It's easy to change what packages Skeletor offers you to install when creating a new project. Packages are configured in the `App/Config/skeletor.yml` file, this is where you can add new packages or remove the ones you don't need.

### Adding packages

[](#adding-packages)

You can also add a package with `skeletor package:add package/name`, it will search on Packagist and give you some options.

### Removing packages

[](#removing-packages)

To remove a package just remove it from the `App/Config/skeletor.yml` file and remove the packages from the `Packages` directory.

Dry-run option
--------------

[](#dry-run-option)

When you want to test the install process, you can use the dry-run option.

```
skeletor project:create helloworld --dry-run
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 74% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.8% 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 ~13 days

Recently: every ~1 days

Total

17

Last Release

3139d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![thijsbouwes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12730631?v=4)](https://github.com/thijsbouwes "thijsbouwes (114 commits)")[![kielabokkie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1221750?v=4)](https://github.com/kielabokkie "kielabokkie (95 commits)")[![titopixelfusion](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25595642?v=4)](https://github.com/titopixelfusion "titopixelfusion (3 commits)")

---

Tags

laravellumenskeletonskeletortool

###  Code Quality

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