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tinybutstrong/tinybutstrong
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Template Engine for Pro and Beginners

v3.15.3(2mo ago)68874.0k↓34.2%19[11 issues](https://github.com/Skrol29/tinybutstrong/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/Skrol29/tinybutstrong/pulls)3LGPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP >=5.0

Since Jan 18Pushed 2w ago9 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (10)DependenciesVersions (14)Used By (3)

TinyButStrong template engine
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[](#tinybutstrong-template-engine)

[www.tinybutstrong.com](http://www.tinybutstrong.com)

TBS is a PHP template engine for pro and beginners. Only 1 class with few methods and properties, but it can do may things for any text templates, including HTML and XML. The only engine that enables W3C compliant templates. It has many plugins, including OpenTBS for merging LibreOffice and Ms Office documents.

Documentation
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[](#documentation)

For documentation see [www.tinybutstrong.com/manual.php](http://www.tinybutstrong.com/manual.php)

Licence
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[](#licence)

TinyButStrong is released under the LGPL (Lesser General Public Licence) version 3.0.

Distribution repository
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[](#distribution-repository)

TinyButStrong in on GitHub since version 3.5.3.

TinyButStrong versions 3.10.1 or later can be installed with [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

The package is "tinybutstrong/tinybutstrong"

###  Health Score

61

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FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity53

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.5% 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 ~251 days

Recently: every ~326 days

Total

13

Last Release

72d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/80679be1cf0e6c7c493472819d7ac367efccb4861d14b194f49cb5eda0b5b1db?d=identicon)[Skrol29](/maintainers/Skrol29)

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Top Contributors

[![Skrol29](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2864356?v=4)](https://github.com/Skrol29 "Skrol29 (52 commits)")[![Beowolve](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32326640?v=4)](https://github.com/Beowolve "Beowolve (1 commits)")[![roxblnfk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4152481?v=4)](https://github.com/roxblnfk "roxblnfk (1 commits)")[![simonschaufi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/941794?v=4)](https://github.com/simonschaufi "simonschaufi (1 commits)")

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Tags

phptemplate-enginetemplating

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