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vilshub/zionlight-web
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An MRD (Model Route Display) based model for creating fast and light web apps

v1.3.0(2y ago)80MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Dec 28Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Zion Light
==========

[](#zion-light)

A PHP framework, based on MRD (Model Route Display), an extension of the MVC Model for both web and API server

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

It supports composer installation, with link:

```
composer create-project --prefer-dist vilshub/zionlight yourProjectName dev-master

```

### Quick guide

[](#quick-guide)

- After installation, you can start server from CLI with (CD into the project root directory):

    ```
    php zlight shine:@3000

    ```
- For more of CLI command, execute:

    ```
    php zlight

    ```

    [![Zion light commands](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/64613a116600d98fb559328dfe7bd3bc2b586cf4b2bd8b41125a3a970e6c2b9d/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f45385770514b732e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/64613a116600d98fb559328dfe7bd3bc2b586cf4b2bd8b41125a3a970e6c2b9d/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f45385770514b732e706e67)

Features
--------

[](#features)

Aside from the conventional features which backend frameworks have, zlight has the following features:

- Partial routing definition for contents (Not API)
- Plug and socket algorithm for extending layout. (No templating, just plain HTML)
- Plain SQL Schema builder, and plain SQL query executor. (No ORM, only SQL skills required)
- Queries Bank. All queries for a particular model gets stored in a single bank file for easy management
- Table data export and import, via CLI
- Project initialization wizard (Via CLI). Used when creating project, or when setting up a cloned project
- And more....

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

The documentation for this framework will be provided soon, you may **Watch**, this repo for further updates.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~76 days

Recently: every ~82 days

Total

6

Last Release

846d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.0 → v1.0.02023-02-17

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v1.0.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/67ae0b10e4221764cc1d283688d94669652bab40c5cb00e9f3e75c92478ddef1?d=identicon)[Starlyvil](/maintainers/Starlyvil)

---

Top Contributors

[![Starlyvil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31422222?v=4)](https://github.com/Starlyvil "Starlyvil (96 commits)")

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