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tamu-lib/pipit
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A basic PHP framework for web app development

v2.1.0(1y ago)33222[3 issues](https://github.com/TAMULib/Pipit/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/TAMULib/Pipit/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.4

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Pipit
=====

[](#pipit)

Copyright © 2015-2025 Texas A&M University Libraries under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

A basic PHP framework for web app development

Seed App Implementation (Start Here)
------------------------------------

[](#seed-app-implementation-start-here)

API Documentation
-----------------

[](#api-documentation)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- MVC driven design
- Database abstraction layer utilizing PDO and a Repository model
- Full support for MYSQL, improved support for MSSQL
- Built in Bootstrap, HTML and JSON view renderers with easy extensibility
- User session management, including admin authorization
- CAS support
- LDAP Utility

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance29

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.5% 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 ~189 days

Recently: every ~263 days

Total

16

Last Release

718d ago

Major Versions

v1.4.1 → v2.0.02022-04-21

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0-p2PHP >=5.3.0

v2.0.0PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1205340?v=4)[Texas A&M University Libraries](/maintainers/tamulib)[@TAMULib](https://github.com/TAMULib)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b06c3ee71922548d40d105516fd3386617f5ed0e06ab170c7029e4a0439a3e86?d=identicon)[jsavell](/maintainers/jsavell)

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Top Contributors

[![jsavell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5373296?v=4)](https://github.com/jsavell "jsavell (433 commits)")[![kaladay](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35114839?v=4)](https://github.com/kaladay "kaladay (11 commits)")

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Tags

frameworkmvc

###  Code Quality

TestsCodeception

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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