PHPackages                             seld/nimbus - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [File & Storage](/categories/file-storage)
4. /
5. seld/nimbus

ActiveProject[File & Storage](/categories/file-storage)

seld/nimbus
===========

Nimbus leverages the cloud to store modern PHP web applications free of charge

186PHP

Since Nov 28Pushed 11y ago3 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/Seldaek/nimbus)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/seld/nimbus)[ RSS](/packages/seld-nimbus/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0)

Nimbus Framework
================

[](#nimbus-framework)

Nimbus leverages the cloud to store modern PHP web applications free of charge.

It offers PHP evaluation through a free Heroku instance at  and data persistence facilitated by the goo.gl URL shortener.

Features:
---------

[](#features)

- Free cloud hosting
- Fully decoupled controllers
- Content versioning (URLs are forever)
- SSL encryption
- Follows TDD best practices
- JIT-compiled controllers
- Lowers cholesterol

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

Write your controller code in `controllers/*.php`. `default.php` is the site entry point.

Run `php src/deploy.php` to deploy your site to the cloud and receive your unique URL.

Known issues:
-------------

[](#known-issues)

- Circular links are impossible to create within a single app, you can only use uni-directional links due to limitations in the cloud store.
- Every deployment gets a new unique URL due to the versioning feature.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b69782e1d7f426ef78f61d159c466a536372eff931f13981ac578fa3f4649352?d=identicon)[Seldaek](/maintainers/Seldaek)

---

Top Contributors

[![Seldaek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/183678?v=4)](https://github.com/Seldaek "Seldaek (2 commits)")

### Embed Badge

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

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

###  Alternatives

[knplabs/gaufrette

PHP library that provides a filesystem abstraction layer

2.5k39.8M123](/packages/knplabs-gaufrette)[google/cloud-storage

Cloud Storage Client for PHP

34390.8M125](/packages/google-cloud-storage)[illuminate/filesystem

The Illuminate Filesystem package.

15261.6M2.6k](/packages/illuminate-filesystem)[superbalist/flysystem-google-storage

Flysystem adapter for Google Cloud Storage

26320.6M30](/packages/superbalist-flysystem-google-storage)[creocoder/yii2-flysystem

The flysystem extension for the Yii framework

2931.7M62](/packages/creocoder-yii2-flysystem)[flowjs/flow-php-server

PHP library for handling chunk uploads. Works with flow.js html5 file uploads.

2451.6M15](/packages/flowjs-flow-php-server)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)