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propeller-orm/propeller-orm
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Propeller ORM is an open-source ORM for PHP with code generation (fork of Propel).

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Propeller ORM
=============

[](#propeller-orm)

Propeller ORM is an open-source Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for PHP8.

A quick tour of the features
----------------------------

[](#a-quick-tour-of-the-features)

Propeller has some nice features you should know about:

- It's a fast and easy way to manage your database;
- It provides command line tools for generating code (well documented with an IDE-friendly syntax);
- It's very flexible: you can simply extend any Propeller model;
- It uses PDO (PHP Data Objects) so it allows you to use the RDBMS of your choice (MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MSSQL are supported);

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require propeller-orm/propeller-orm:^3.1

```

License
-------

[](#license)

Propeller is an open-source project released under the MIT license. See the `LICENSE` file for more information.

###  Health Score

55

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance70

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity79

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.6% 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 ~221 days

Recently: every ~509 days

Total

25

Last Release

52d ago

Major Versions

1.8.5 → 2.0.02020-05-13

2.1.2 → 3.0.02023-10-06

PHP version history (5 changes)1.6.2PHP &gt;=5.2.4

1.8.0PHP &gt;=5.6

2.0.0PHP &gt;=7.0

3.0.0PHP ^7.4||^8.0

3.1.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

persistencedatabaseormmappingactive-record

###  Code Quality

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