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sebastianlenz/craft-essentials
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Essential services for Craft CMS

0.4.0(2y ago)31.6kMITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Mar 10Pushed 3mo agoCompare

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Craft essentials
================

[](#craft-essentials)

A set of essential services for Craft CMS.

Versions
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[](#versions)

- **dev-master** - Compatible with Craft 4 and PHP 8.0
- **0.2.\*** - Compatible with Craft 3 and PHP 7.4
- **0.1.\*** - Compatible with Craft 3 and PHP 7.2

###  Health Score

37

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LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance53

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~94 days

Recently: every ~231 days

Total

13

Last Release

443d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.2.5

0.2.0PHP ^7.4.0

0.3.0PHP ^8.1

0.4.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ea15c31a1580406c774c6e40609e977e82ffaaf2e17ddec29564456f9c574fbd?d=identicon)[sebastian-lenz](/maintainers/sebastian-lenz)

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