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semhoun/slim-skeleton-mvc
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Simple Slim Framework 4 skeleton with Twig, Monolog, Doctrine in Sqlite.

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Slim 4 MVC Skeleton
===================

[](#slim-4-mvc-skeleton)

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A modern web application skeleton based on **Slim 4**, using the **MVC** architecture. This project is ideal for quickly starting the development of an API or a web application with a robust stack.

🚀 Features
----------

[](#-features)

- **Framework:** [Slim 4.15](http://www.slimframework.com/) (PSR-7, PSR-15, PSR-17)
- **PHP Version:** 8.4+ required
- **Dependency Injection Container:** [PHP-DI 7.0](http://php-di.org/) with autowiring
- **ORM:** [Doctrine ORM 3.5](https://github.com/doctrine/orm) with [DBAL 4.4](https://github.com/doctrine/dbal)
- **Database:** SQLite by default (supports MySQL, PostgreSQL via configuration)
- **Template Engine:** [Twig 3.4](https://twig.symfony.com/)
- **API Support:** RESTful API skeleton with JSON rendering
- **Logging:** [Monolog 3.9](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog) with multiple handlers
- **Console:** [Symfony Console 6.4](https://github.com/symfony/console) with custom commands
- **Code Quality:** [PHP Insights 2.13](https://phpinsights.com/) & [Rector 2.2](https://getrector.com/)
- **Debugging:** [Tracy](https://tracy.nette.org/) integrated via [slim-tracy](https://github.com/semhoun/slim-tracy)
- **Sessions:** [Odan Session 6.4](https://github.com/odan/session) with secure storage
- **Migrations:** [Doctrine Migrations 3.9](https://github.com/doctrine/migrations)
- **Environment:** [vlucas/phpdotenv 5.6](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv) for configuration (supports `.env` files, system environment variables, and mandatory variables using `env_required(['VAR1', 'VAR2'])`
- **Proxy Support:** Built-in proxy detection middleware

🛠️ Requirements
---------------

[](#️-requirements)

- PHP 8.4 or higher
- Composer 2.0 or higher
- SQLite extension (or MySQL/PostgreSQL for production)
- Required PHP extensions: json, pdo, pdo\_sqlite

🛠️ Installation
---------------

[](#️-installation)

### 1. Create the project

[](#1-create-the-project)

Use Composer to install the project:

```
composer create-project semhoun/slim-skeleton-mvc [your-app]
```

### 2. Configuration

[](#2-configuration)

1. Copy the `.env.example` file to `.env`:

```
cp .env.example .env
```

2. By default, the application uses a **SQLite** database located in `var/database.sqlite`. For production, configure your database and other settings in the `.env` file or via **environment variables**.
3. Initialize the database:

```
./console migrations:migrate
```

4. (Optional) Generate Doctrine proxies:

```
./console orm:generate-proxies
```

### 3. Run the application

[](#3-run-the-application)

You can use the PHP built-in development server:

```
composer start
```

Or use the console command:

```
./console serve
```

The application will be accessible at .

### 4. Available Console Commands

[](#4-available-console-commands)

```
# Clear application cache
./console cache:clear

# Initialize cache
./console cache:init

# Generate Doctrine proxies
./console orm:generate-proxies

# Run development server
./console serve

# List all available commands
./console list
```

🧪 Development Tools
-------------------

[](#-development-tools)

Run unit tests:

```
composer test
```

Check code quality with PHP Insights:

```
composer insights-check
```

Apply automatic Rector fixes:

```
composer rector-fix
```

Fix code style issues:

```
composer insights-fix
```

Run pre-commit checks (code style + rector + dos2unix):

```
composer pre-commit
```

A `compose.yml` file is provided to facilitate deployment. Here is a configuration example:

```
services:
  slim:
    image: semhoun/webserver
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    volumes:
      - .:/www
    environment:
      - APP_ENV=dev
      - DEBUG_MODE=true
```

To launch the environment with Docker:

```
docker compose up -d
```

📝 Notes
-------

[](#-notes)

- Ensure that the `var` folder has write permissions (for cache, logs, database)
- Default credentials: **admin** / **admin** (change in production!)
- The project includes an error rendering system (HTML/JSON) based on the `Accept` header
- API routes are prefixed with `/api` (configurable in `config/settings/_base_.php`)

📚 Documentation
---------------

[](#-documentation)

- [Slim Framework Documentation](https://www.slimframework.com/docs/)
- [Doctrine ORM Documentation](https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/orm.html)
- [Twig Documentation](https://twig.symfony.com/doc/3.x/)
- [PHP-DI Documentation](https://php-di.org/doc/)

📄 License
---------

[](#-license)

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for more details.

🔄 Changelog
-----------

[](#-changelog)

See the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) file for version history and upcoming changes.

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance64

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.9% 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 ~241 days

Recently: every ~357 days

Total

9

Last Release

566d ago

Major Versions

3.0.0 → 4.0.02019-09-15

PHP version history (3 changes)4.0.0PHP >=7.1

4.0.4PHP >=7.1|^8.0

4.1.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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