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symbiote/silverstripe-base
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Ozzy: the Symbiote project installer

5.3.4(6y ago)1562010[1 issues](https://github.com/symbiote/silverstripe-base/issues)PHPPHP >=5.6.0

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[Base](https://packagist.org/packages/symbiote/silverstripe-base)
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[](#base)

> The recommended foundation for a base project.

Requirement
-----------

[](#requirement)

- SilverStripe 3.0 → **4.0**
- Composer
- [Phing](https://www.phing.info/)

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

- `composer create-project symbiote/silverstripe-base . 4.0.3` for SS3
- `composer create-project symbiote/silverstripe-base . dev-master` for SS4
- `phing`

Upgrading an existing 4.x site to use the Public directory structure
--------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#upgrading-an-existing-4x-site-to-use-the-public-directory-structure)

- Add to /.gitignore
    - /public/assets
    - /public/resources
    - /public/.htaccess
- Copy /public and contents to project root
- Align silverstripe-build module version in composer.json
- remove /.htaccess
- remove /resources
- `composer update symbiote/silverstripe-build`
- `phing`
- `composer vendor-expose`

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.9% 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 ~55 days

Total

29

Last Release

2537d ago

Major Versions

1.0.x-dev → 2.0.x-dev2015-03-25

2.0.x-dev → 3.0.02017-01-13

3.3.0 → 4.0.02017-06-23

3.3.x-dev → 4.0.32017-10-31

4.0.x-dev → 5.0.02017-10-31

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.x-devPHP >=5.3.2

5.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23506857?v=4)[Symbiote](/maintainers/symbiote)[@symbiote](https://github.com/symbiote)

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Top Contributors

[![nyeholt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/161730?v=4)](https://github.com/nyeholt "nyeholt (158 commits)")[![stephenmcm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2093185?v=4)](https://github.com/stephenmcm "stephenmcm (5 commits)")[![rodneyway](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/568332?v=4)](https://github.com/rodneyway "rodneyway (4 commits)")[![symric](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45376939?v=4)](https://github.com/symric "symric (4 commits)")[![owindsor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/199285?v=4)](https://github.com/owindsor "owindsor (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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###  Alternatives

[silverstripe/subsites

Run multiple sites from a single SilverStripe install.

65392.9k20](/packages/silverstripe-subsites)

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