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rareloop/lumberjack-core
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A powerful MVC framework for the modern WordPress developer. Write better, more expressive and easier to maintain code

v8.2.0(1mo ago)42155.0k—4.4%21[5 issues](https://github.com/Rareloop/lumberjack-core/issues)[10 PRs](https://github.com/Rareloop/lumberjack-core/pulls)18MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.3CI failing

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Lumberjack Core Framework
=========================

[](#lumberjack-core-framework)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3ecf2933065f3cc48414837bb4c6e5b9b4c6f08d2957d351dcdb265e2142a051/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f726172656c6f6f702f6c756d6265726a61636b2d636f72652f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/rareloop/lumberjack-core)[![CI](https://github.com/rareloop/lumberjack-core/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/rareloop/lumberjack-core/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)[![Coveralls](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/803c243dfa9824a36393c4e89cf59a5fbc77018a512a195b41dba2fb8a77aa4e/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f526172656c6f6f702f6c756d6265726a61636b2d636f72652f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/803c243dfa9824a36393c4e89cf59a5fbc77018a512a195b41dba2fb8a77aa4e/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f526172656c6f6f702f6c756d6265726a61636b2d636f72652f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)[![Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/df47c8092ee9ade2d0b677eb85e366f011a0c125662ef921db22b7c828cdd594/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f726172656c6f6f702f6c756d6265726a61636b2d636f72652e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/df47c8092ee9ade2d0b677eb85e366f011a0c125662ef921db22b7c828cdd594/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f726172656c6f6f702f6c756d6265726a61636b2d636f72652e737667)[![Trees Planted](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5b6d028fb1a479f12c42879fa91f094665eabe09871c30f883011f0e0227395b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f65636f6c6f67692f74726565732f726172656c6f6f702e7376673f6c6162656c3d7472656573253230706c616e746564)](https://ecologi.com/rareloop?r=60618d1bcdd7a4001d7b86f2)

Framework code used to power Lumberjack based WordPress themes.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

The Lumberjack documentation can be found here:

Licence &amp; Giving Back
-------------------------

[](#licence--giving-back)

Lumberjack is available under the [MIT license](https://github.com/Rareloop/lumberjack-core/blob/master/LICENSE.md) and you're free to use it for personal or commercial projects.

**If you've received value from Lumberjack we'd hugely appreciate it if you could donate to our [Ecologi forest](https://ecologi.com/rareloop?r=60618d1bcdd7a4001d7b86f2) and help us plant real life trees to combat the climate crisis. Compared to the cost of developing a framework like Lumberjack, a few trees per project is a bargain and makes a positive difference to the environment.**

[![Trees Planted](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/023ef08b34d6e2f622c7a8c4d2d7f18e23b39c8c6990adf29ca969c5d9aeb952/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f65636f6c6f67692f74726565732f726172656c6f6f702e7376673f6c6162656c3d7472656573253230706c616e746564267374796c653d666f722d7468652d6261646765)](https://ecologi.com/rareloop?r=60618d1bcdd7a4001d7b86f2)

[Help us plant real life trees 🌱](https://ecologi.com/rareloop?r=60618d1bcdd7a4001d7b86f2)

###  Health Score

67

—

FairBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community31

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity91

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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 ~122 days

Recently: every ~82 days

Total

25

Last Release

55d ago

Major Versions

v3.3.1 → v4.0.02018-12-18

v4.4.0 → v5.0.02020-10-23

v5.0.1 → v6.0.02023-04-05

v6.1.0 → v7.0.02025-04-28

v7.0.0 → v8.0.02025-10-15

PHP version history (5 changes)v4.x-devPHP &gt;=7.1.0

v5.0.1PHP &gt;=7.3||&gt;=8.0

v6.1.0PHP &gt;=8.0

v7.0.0PHP &gt;=8.1

v8.1.0PHP &gt;=8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1554376?v=4)[Rareloop](/maintainers/rareloop)[@Rareloop](https://github.com/Rareloop)

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Top Contributors

[![joelambert](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/644362?v=4)](https://github.com/joelambert "joelambert (221 commits)")[![adamtomat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2631499?v=4)](https://github.com/adamtomat "adamtomat (22 commits)")[![szepeviktor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952007?v=4)](https://github.com/szepeviktor "szepeviktor (8 commits)")[![AliceKLWilliams](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25745335?v=4)](https://github.com/AliceKLWilliams "AliceKLWilliams (4 commits)")[![tommitchelmore](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19690833?v=4)](https://github.com/tommitchelmore "tommitchelmore (2 commits)")[![chadanuk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/234815?v=4)](https://github.com/chadanuk "chadanuk (1 commits)")

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Tags

lumberjackmvcphptimbertwigwordpress

###  Code Quality

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