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scherzo/scherzo
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Lightweight PHP Framework

v0.9.3(3y ago)035[2 issues](https://github.com/scherzo-framework/scherzo/issues)MITPHPPHP >=8.0CI failing

Since May 24Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Scherzo web application framework for PHP
=========================================

[](#scherzo-web-application-framework-for-php)

Yet another breaking rewrite for v0.9.

[![Test](https://github.com/scherzo-framework/scherzo/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/scherzo-framework/scherzo/actions/workflows/ci.yaml)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require scherzo/scherzo
```

Development on Linux
--------------------

[](#development-on-linux)

Development branch [![Test](https://github.com/scherzo-framework/scherzo/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg?branch=develop)](https://github.com/scherzo-framework/scherzo/actions/workflows/ci.yaml)

### Installation.

[](#installation-1)

```
$ composer install
```

### Coding standards

[](#coding-standards)

```
$ # Fix.
$ phpcbf
$ # Check.
$ phpcs
```

### Test

[](#test)

```
$ phpunit
```

### Generate documentation

[](#generate-documentation)

```
$ phpdoc
$ phpunit -c phpunit.coverage.xml --coverage-html docs/coverage --coverage-text
```

Development on Windows
----------------------

[](#development-on-windows)

Development branch [![Test](https://github.com/scherzo-framework/scherzo/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg?branch=develop)](https://github.com/scherzo-framework/scherzo/actions/workflows/ci.yaml)

### Installation.

[](#installation-2)

```
$ # Install app.
$ composer install
$ # Install development tooling.
$ php tools/install.php
```

### Coding standards

[](#coding-standards-1)

```
$ # Fix.
$ php tools/phpcbf.phar
$ # Check.
$ php tools/phpcs.phar
```

### Test

[](#test-1)

```
$ php tools/phpunit.phar
```

### Generate documentation

[](#generate-documentation-1)

```
$ # PHPDoc.
$ php tools/phpdoc.phar
$ # Code coverage.
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit.bat -c phpunit.coverage.xml --coverage-html docs/coverage --coverage-text
$ # Testdox.
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit.bat --testdox-html docs/test/index.html
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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 ~353 days

Recently: every ~385 days

Total

10

Last Release

1241d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.x-devPHP >=5.4.0

0.2.x-devPHP ^7.1

v0.8.0PHP >=7.4

v0.9.0PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37579020?v=4)[pbuk](/maintainers/pbuk)[@pbuk](https://github.com/pbuk)

---

Top Contributors

[![pb-uk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23248021?v=4)](https://github.com/pb-uk "pb-uk (5 commits)")[![MrAnchovy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/124461?v=4)](https://github.com/MrAnchovy "MrAnchovy (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/scherzo-scherzo/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/scherzo-scherzo/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/scherzo-scherzo)
```

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