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whirlwind-framework/framework
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Whirlwind DDD micro framework

v0.3.0(1y ago)414.0k↓39.5%39BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ~7.4||>=8.0

Since Sep 28Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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whirlwind
=========

[](#whirlwind)

Based on PSR http and middleware interfaces lightweight and fast php micro framework designed for DDD development

###  Health Score

42

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance44

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 65.5% 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 ~27 days

Recently: every ~260 days

Total

49

Last Release

437d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.0.1PHP ~7.4

v0.1.7PHP >=8.0

v0.1.8PHP ~7.4||>=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a703c1aca573c9decd6f315c7bf25ae11e8e63120318c97c6ce4819133080ac8?d=identicon)[Indigerd](/maintainers/Indigerd)

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Top Contributors

[![Indigerd](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2143512?v=4)](https://github.com/Indigerd "Indigerd (76 commits)")[![geckoboom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/41550729?v=4)](https://github.com/geckoboom "geckoboom (32 commits)")[![Samorai](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3125590?v=4)](https://github.com/Samorai "Samorai (6 commits)")[![Standev93](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/78812514?v=4)](https://github.com/Standev93 "Standev93 (1 commits)")[![zakhar-huzenko](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26282904?v=4)](https://github.com/zakhar-huzenko "zakhar-huzenko (1 commits)")

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Tags

frameworkdddmicro-framework

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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