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whirlpool/framework
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An MVC framework based on Composer components.

0.0.29(10y ago)0701PHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Nov 17Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Whirlpool Framework
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###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 40% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~16 days

Recently: every ~8 days

Total

29

Last Release

3829d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/935867?v=4)[Tom Wright](/maintainers/TomWright)[@TomWright](https://github.com/TomWright)

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Top Contributors

[![TomWright](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/935867?v=4)](https://github.com/TomWright "TomWright (34 commits)")

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Tags

frameworkmvcwhirlpool

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