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refinery29/piston
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Opinionated Micro Framework for APIs

1.4.3(8y ago)1936.8kMITPHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

Since Jun 30Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/refinery29/piston)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/refinery29/piston)[ RSS](/packages/refinery29-piston/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (11)Versions (36)Used By (0)

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###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

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 ~24 days

Recently: every ~122 days

Total

35

Last Release

3156d ago

Major Versions

0.6.1 → 1.0.02015-10-09

1.3.3 → 2.0.x-dev2016-02-22

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.2.0PHP >=5.5

2.0.x-devPHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d456c1196ee333d11f4aca6417ec4034bbb516659e7ba7cf1142b5e510f81eae?d=identicon)[rcatlin](/maintainers/rcatlin)

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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