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windwalker/core
===============

Next generation PHP framework.

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Windwalker Core Package
=======================

[](#windwalker-core-package)

This is the framework extended library for Windwalker Starter application.

Start to Use
------------

[](#start-to-use)

Please see [Windwalker Starter](https://github.com/ventoviro/windwalker-starter)

About Windwalker
----------------

[](#about-windwalker)

See [Windwalker Framework](https://github.com/ventoviro/windwalker)

Test
----

[](#test)

Rename `phpunit.xml.dist` and fill the Mysql DSN, then just run phpunit.

###  Health Score

63

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance76

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity100

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.9% 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 ~14 days

Recently: every ~22 days

Total

290

Last Release

21d ago

Major Versions

2.1.9.2 → 3.0-alpha2016-06-27

3.5.23.6 → 4.x-dev2021-06-19

3.5.23.7 → 4.0.232022-02-18

3.5.24 → 4.0.272022-07-03

2.1.x-dev → 4.1.0-beta32023-11-13

PHP version history (5 changes)3.0-alphaPHP >=5.6

3.5.3.1PHP >=7.1

4.x-devPHP >=8.0.0

4.1.0PHP >=8.2

4.2.x-devPHP >=8.4.6

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1639206?v=4)[Simon Asika](/maintainers/asika32764)[@asika32764](https://github.com/asika32764)

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Top Contributors

[![asika32764](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1639206?v=4)](https://github.com/asika32764 "asika32764 (2329 commits)")[![supergud](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3166468?v=4)](https://github.com/supergud "supergud (2 commits)")

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