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quellabs/canvas-skeleton
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Application skeleton for Quellabs Canvas framework

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Canvas Application Skeleton
===========================

[](#canvas-application-skeleton)

A PHP application skeleton for the [Quellabs Canvas Framework](https://github.com/quellabs/canvas).

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

Create a new Canvas application using Composer:

```
composer create-project quellabs/canvas-skeleton my-app
cd my-app
```

That's it! The skeleton will automatically:

- Set up the complete directory structure
- Copy configuration files
- Install all dependencies
- Configure proper permissions

What's Included
---------------

[](#whats-included)

### Directory Structure

[](#directory-structure)

```
my-app/
├── src/                   # Application logic
│   ├── Controllers/       # Request controllers
│   └── Aspects/           # Aspect-Oriented Programming aspects
├── config/                # Configuration files
├── public/                # Web server document root
│   ├── index.php          # Application entry point
│   └── .htaccess          # Apache URL rewriting
├── templates/             # Views
└── storage/               # Application storage

```

### Pre-configured Features

[](#pre-configured-features)

- **URL Rewriting**: Clean URLs with Apache `.htaccess`
- **Environment Configuration**: `.env` file for application settings
- **Autoloading**: PSR-4 autoloading ready for your application classes
- **Directory Structure**: Organized folders for a clean project layout

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

[](#getting-started)

### 1. Configure Your Environment

[](#1-configure-your-environment)

Edit `config/app.php` file to match your setup.

### 2. Start the Development Server

[](#2-start-the-development-server)

```
php -S localhost:8000 -t public
```

Visit  to see your application running.

### 3. Start Building

[](#3-start-building)

Create your application logic in the `src/` directory and controllers in the `src/Controllers/` directory according to the Canvas framework documentation.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- **PHP**: 8.3 or higher
- **Composer**: For dependency management
- **Web Server**: Apache (with mod\_rewrite), Litespeed or Nginx

Framework Documentation
-----------------------

[](#framework-documentation)

For detailed documentation about the Canvas framework features:

- [Canvas Framework Repository](https://github.com/quellabs/canvas)
- [Canvas Documentation](https://canvas.quellabs.com/docs) *(coming soon)*

Development
-----------

[](#development)

Refer to the [Canvas Framework documentation](https://github.com/quellabs/canvas) for details on:

- Creating controllers
- Defining routes
- Working with views
- Database integration
- Testing your application

### Optional Canvas Packages

[](#optional-canvas-packages)

Enhance your Canvas application with these optional packages:

**Templating:**

```
composer require quellabs/canvas-smarty
```

Adds Smarty templating engine support for powerful template rendering.

**ORM:**

```
composer require quellabs/canvas-objectquel
```

Provides ObjectQuel ORM for elegant database interactions and object-relational mapping.

Deployment
----------

[](#deployment)

### Apache Configuration

[](#apache-configuration)

The included `.htaccess` file handles URL rewriting for Apache. Ensure `mod_rewrite` is enabled.

### Nginx Configuration

[](#nginx-configuration)

For Nginx, add this to your server block:

```
location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
```

### Production Environment

[](#production-environment)

1. Update your database DSN for production
2. Set proper file permissions: ```
    chmod -R 755 storage/
    chown -R www-data:www-data storage/
    ```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

This skeleton is maintained by the Canvas team. If you find issues or have suggestions:

1. Check the [Canvas Framework Issues](https://github.com/quellabs/canvas/issues)
2. Submit issues to the [Canvas Skeleton Repository](https://github.com/quellabs/canvas-skeleton/issues)

License
-------

[](#license)

The Canvas Application Skeleton is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

Support
-------

[](#support)

- **Documentation**: [Canvas Docs](https://canvas.quellabs.com/docs)
- **Issues**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/quellabs/canvas-skeleton/issues)
- **Discussions**: [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/quellabs/canvas/discussions)

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~19 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

20

Last Release

30d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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