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thinc/nihilist
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A microframework for when nothing matters but getting the work done.

v0.0.5(1y ago)013BSD-3-ClausePHP ^8.0

Since May 14Compare

[ Source](https://codeberg.org/ess/nihilist)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/thinc/nihilist)[ RSS](/packages/thinc-nihilist/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

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 ~3 days

Total

5

Last Release

718d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/87d8b55246053cf5d41b64447cd4cca909d991ce0577394f07f4b4c36fa9df08?d=identicon)[thincdennis](/maintainers/thincdennis)

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Tags

microframework

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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