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xchl/skeleton-php
=================

A skeleton repository for my packages

v1.0.0(3y ago)14MITPHPPHP ^7.4

Since Feb 17Pushed 3y agoCompare

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---

This package provides a wonderful **PHP Skeleton** to start building your next package idea.

> **Requires [PHP 7,4+](https://php.net/releases/)**

⚡️ Create your package using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
composer create-project xchl/skeleton-php --prefer-source PackageName
```

🧹 Keep a modern codebase with **Pint**:

```
composer lint
```

⚗️ Run static analysis using **PHPStan**:

```
composer test:types
```

✅ Run unit tests using **PEST**

```
composer test:unit
```

🚀 Run the entire test suite:

```
composer test
```

**Skeleton PHP** was created by **[Nuno Maduro](https://twitter.com/enunomaduro)** under the **[MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)**.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.4% 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

1185d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

phppackageSkeleton

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