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waterhole/waterhole
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Waterhole starter project

v0.6.1(3mo ago)10984515PHPPHP ^8.2

Since May 23Pushed 3mo ago4 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/waterholeforum/waterhole)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/waterhole/waterhole)[ RSS](/packages/waterhole-waterhole/feed)WikiDiscussions 0.5 Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (3)Versions (12)Used By (0)

 [![Waterhole logo](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9d47cb8c32827e6c88aae2e23ce790a13bf854178eef7caf3a8fe4990bbfc0d0/68747470733a2f2f7761746572686f6c652e6465762f696d616765732f7761746572686f6c652d6c6f676f2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9d47cb8c32827e6c88aae2e23ce790a13bf854178eef7caf3a8fe4990bbfc0d0/68747470733a2f2f7761746572686f6c652e6465762f696d616765732f7761746572686f6c652d6c6f676f2e737667)

About Waterhole
---------------

[](#about-waterhole)

Waterhole is the Laravel-powered community platform giving life to vibrant online communities.

> **Note:** This repository is a template for new Waterhole projects. To contribute to the core package, visit the [Waterhole core repository](https://github.com/waterholeforum/core).

Learning Waterhole
------------------

[](#learning-waterhole)

Waterhole has extensive [documentation](https://waterhole.dev/docs) and a powerful extension API, making it easy to get started building a completely custom community. Feel free to open issues for anything you find confusing or incomplete.

Support
-------

[](#support)

We provide official developer support with [paid licenses](https://waterhole.dev/pricing). Community support is available in our [Community](https://waterhole.dev/community).

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Thank you for considering contributing to Waterhole! Please review the [contribution guide](https://waterhole.dev/docs/contributing) before you open issues or send pull requests.

Code of Conduct
---------------

[](#code-of-conduct)

In order to ensure that the Waterhole community is welcoming to all, please review and abide by the [Code of Conduct](https://waterhole.dev/docs/code-of-conduct).

Important Links
---------------

[](#important-links)

- [Waterhole Website](https://waterhole.dev)
- [Waterhole Documentation](https://waterhole.dev/docs)
- [Waterhole Community](https://waterhole.dev/community)
- [Waterhole Core Repo](https://github.com/waterholeforum/core)

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance80

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.8% 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 ~98 days

Recently: every ~6 days

Total

11

Last Release

108d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^8.1

v0.5.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3f8dd03c68eabcc2e3aa051d19d48ef96f1f5ae0af424918b8053dea93047703?d=identicon)[tobyzerner](/maintainers/tobyzerner)

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Top Contributors

[![tobyzerner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/128862?v=4)](https://github.com/tobyzerner "tobyzerner (30 commits)")[![iamdarkle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15818451?v=4)](https://github.com/iamdarkle "iamdarkle (1 commits)")

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Tags

communityforumlaravelphpforum

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