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restjs/php-rest-api
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Minimalistic RESTful API with Modular Structure

3.0.2(9mo ago)0661MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Jan 13Pushed 9mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Minimalistic RESTful API with Modular Structure
===============================================

[](#minimalistic-restful-api-with-modular-structure)

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A lightweight, fast, and easy-to-use RESTful API built with native PHP and MySQL. Perfect for small-scale projects, learning purposes, or when you want to avoid frameworks.

Features
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[](#features)

✅ Slim Framework 4 for lightweight routing
✅ Doctrine ORM integration for MySQL
✅ JWT Authentication for secure token-based auth
✅ Dotenv for environment configuration
✅ File Upload Handling
✅ Modular OOP structure

### License

[](#license)

MIT License. © 2025 [FullStackOnDemand](https://github.com/fullstackondemand)

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance56

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~39 days

Recently: every ~48 days

Total

6

Last Release

296d ago

Major Versions

v1.x-dev → v2.0.02025-01-14

v2.x-dev → 3.0.02025-07-01

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.5.0PHP 7.1.\*|7.2.\*|7.3.\*|7.4.\*|8.0.\*|8.1.\*

3.0.0PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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composerdoctrine-ormdotenvfile-uploadfirebase-php-jwtjwt-authenticationmiddlewares-trailing-slashmongodbmy-sqlpackagephpphp-di-containerrest-apislim-frameworksymfony-cacheweb-servicesphpcomposerslimREST APIweb servicesfile-uploaddoctrine-ormsymfony-cachejwt-authenticationmy-sqlphp-di-containermiddlewares-trailing-slashfirebase-php-jwt

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