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waterholeforum/core
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Waterhole core

0.5.x-dev(7mo ago)00proprietaryPHP

Since Jan 17Pushed 6mo agoCompare

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

[](#about-waterhole)

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

> **Note:** This repository contains the code for the core Waterhole package. To start your own community project with Waterhole, visit the [Waterhole skeleton repository](https://github.com/waterholeforum/waterhole).

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 Skeleton Repo](https://github.com/waterholeforum/waterhole)

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance66

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity22

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.4% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

213d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447808?v=4)[Ludi](/maintainers/angludi)[@angludi](https://github.com/angludi)

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Top Contributors

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