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Smalldb: State machine abstraction layer

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libSmalldb
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[](#libsmalldb)

Smalldb, the state machine abstraction layer, is the framework to build a model layer of a web application using state machines. Smalldb combines formal finite automata, simple PHP code, and powerful SQL database into a single elegant package.

`libSmalldb` is the core library of the Smalldb framework. It provides implementation of Smalldb state machines and if used with flupdo, it can provide CRUD operations on SQL database out-of-the-box.

For more details check the project website:

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License
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The most of the code is published under Apache 2.0 license. See [LICENSE](doc/license.md) file for details.

Contribution guidelines
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Project's primary repository is hosted at , feel free to submit issues there or create merge requests.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 71% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.9% 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 ~203 days

Recently: every ~280 days

Total

11

Last Release

2075d ago

Major Versions

v0.8 → v2.02020-08-18

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1PHP >=5.4

v0.8PHP >=7.0

v2.0PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c470eb17bb351ae00fe3595f251ec35b14f1b064391952c2cb1c7bea445b73a9?d=identicon)[jkufner](/maintainers/jkufner)

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Top Contributors

[![jkufner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16572?v=4)](https://github.com/jkufner "jkufner (970 commits)")[![trejjam](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3594540?v=4)](https://github.com/trejjam "trejjam (1 commits)")

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Tags

finite-state-machinemodelmvcphp-librarysmalldbstate-machine

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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