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stefanfisk/vy
=============

A simple view library inspired by React.

v1.0.0-beta.9(2y ago)1884[5 PRs](https://github.com/stefanfisk/vy/pulls)MITHTMLPHP ^8.1CI passing

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stefanfisk/vy
=============

[](#stefanfiskvy)

 **A simple view library inspired by React.**

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About
-----

[](#about)

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

[](#installation)

Install this package as a dependency using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org).

```
composer require stefanfisk/vy
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Below is a minimal example. Check out the [examples](./examples/) for more.

```
namespace StefanFisk\Vy\Example;

use StefanFisk\Vy\Serialization\Html\UnsafeHtml;
use StefanFisk\Vy\Vy;

use function StefanFisk\Vy\el;

class MyPage
{
    public static function el(string $title): Element
    {
        return Element::create(self::render(...), [
            'title' => $title,
        ]);
    }

    private static function render(string $title, mixed $children = null): mixed
    {
        return [
            UnsafeHtml::from(''),
            html::el(lang: 'en')(
                head::el()(
                    meta::el(charset: 'UTF-8'),
                    title::el()($title),
                ),
                body::el()(
                    $children,
                ),
            ),
        ];
    }
}

$el = MyPage::el(
    title: 'Hello, world!',
)(
    h1::el()(
        'Hello, world!',
    ),
    p::el()(
        'This is a test page. There are many like it, but this one is mine.',
    ),
);

$vy = new Vy();

echo $vy->render($el);
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome! To contribute, please familiarize yourself with [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).

Coordinated Disclosure
----------------------

[](#coordinated-disclosure)

Keeping user information safe and secure is a top priority, and we welcome the contribution of external security researchers. If you believe you've found a security issue in software that is maintained in this repository, please read [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) for instructions on submitting a vulnerability report.

Copyright and License
---------------------

[](#copyright-and-license)

stefanfisk/vy is copyright © [Stefan Fisk](https://stefanfisk.com)and licensed for use under the terms of the MIT License (MIT). Please see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88% 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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~14 days

Total

10

Last Release

925d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

php-libraryreacttemplate-enginetemplatingreactreactive

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