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tertius/core
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Tertius is a delivery mechanism for Mongrel2 and PHP 5.4

30PHP

Since Sep 14Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare

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Tertius
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[](#tertius)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fa4dc6574b730d632ac0c22adc124b5e2ef26dd785687756214201e3abc0f3c8/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f7a6f6d626f722f546572746975732e706e67)](http://travis-ci.org/zombor/Tertius)

Tertius is a delivery mechanism for php 5.4. It's an experiment, so don't use it.

Mongrel2
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[](#mongrel2)

The main development on Tertius is aimed at the Mongrel2 server.

Goals
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[](#goals)

Tertius should be:

- Slim
- Fast
- Easy to read
- Simple to deliver an application with

It will not:

- Have "normal" framework stuff like:
- ORM
- Database access
- Models

MVC In Tertius
--------------

[](#mvc-in-tertius)

Tertius doesn't specifically adhear to the MVC design pattern. It has controller-ish things, and view models, but no "model" layer.

The "model" layer should be provided by your business logic, which lives outside of your delivery mechanism and is called by Tertius.

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/68e3b188a34720c9e2a1d4564d2b949530ad779badc6924e2f6ab2d284f9c72e?d=identicon)[zombor](/maintainers/zombor)

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Top Contributors

[![zombor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/170538?v=4)](https://github.com/zombor "zombor (27 commits)")

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