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werdnum/simple-lightncandy
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No-nonsense templating with lightncandy

0.5.0(11y ago)02811PHP

Since Jan 20Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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simple-lightncandy
==================

[](#simple-lightncandy)

This is a simple, no-nonsense class that allows you to get started using [LightnCandy](http://www.github.com/zordius/lightncandy) for your templating needs.

Example use:

```
$templating = new SimpleLightNCandy( __DIR__ . "/templates" );
$templating->addHelper( 'foo', function() { return "foo"; } )
$templating->addBlockHelper( 'fooBlock', function() { return "fooblock"; } );

print $templating->renderTemplate( 'foo_template' );
```

If you want to do anything fancy (for example, change the compile options), then you can subclass it.

It's designed to be installed using Composer:

`composer require werdnum/simple-lightncandy:~0.1`

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.4% 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

Every ~16 days

Recently: every ~10 days

Total

7

Last Release

4037d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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