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zf-metal/generator
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Zend Framework 3 Module that provides code generator (Entity,Controllers,Menu,Routes,Forms)

1.2.0(7y ago)12924[1 issues](https://github.com/zf-metal/generator/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Apr 17Pushed 7y ago5 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (7)Versions (35)Used By (1)

ZF GENERATOR: Development accelerator
-------------------------------------

[](#zf-generator-development-accelerator)

Friendly and fast interface to generate Zend Framework 3 modules focused on Doctrine 2.

### Features

[](#features)

- Generate module. (Directory, Module.php, module.config.php, composer.json psr4 autoload, composer dump-autoload)
- Doctrine Entity. (string, text, integer, date/time, decimal, boolean, OneToOne, ManyToOne, OneToMany, ManyToMany)
- Controllers (Include Controller, ControllerFactory and controller.config.php)
- Action Templates (Code template for Method and View)
- Actions (Generate Method and View. Optional Route. Optional Template)
- Route (BootrsapTreeView for friendly ABM)
- Navigation (BootrsapTreeView for friendly ABM)
- ModuleOption (Include ModuleOption.php and ModuleOptionFactory.php) (Also include PluginController and ViewHelper)
- View Helpers (Class, Factory and Config)
- Plugin Controllers (Class, Factory and Config)
- Forms (Comming soon)

#### ZfMetal Team:

[](#zfmetal-team)

- Cristian Incarnato
- Alejandro Furgeri

### Docs/Wiki

[](#docswiki)

[Documentation](/docs/index.md)

### Modules Dependency (Important!)

[](#modules-dependency-important)

Add the following modules to modules.config.php, at least in developer mode for use ZfMetal Generator

```
'Zend\Router',
'Zend\Validator',
'Zend\I18n',
"DoctrineModule",
'DoctrineORMModule',
'SwissEngine\Tools\Doctrine\Extension',
'ZfMetal\Commons',
'ZfMetal\Datagrid',
'ZfMetal\Generator'

```

### CSS Dependency

[](#css-dependency)

Bootstrap 3

### Preview

[](#preview)

#### Entity

[](#entity)

[![alt text](/docs/img/generator_entity.jpg)](/docs/img/generator_entity.jpg)

#### Route

[](#route)

[![alt text](/docs/img/generator_route.jpg)](/docs/img/generator_route.jpg)

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.7% 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 ~10 days

Recently: every ~52 days

Total

30

Last Release

2699d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.5

1.2.0PHP >=5.6

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b93c6666f37f3ad901327f4e6f65f37f7d7e5c64e07ed7f0f246823bb142f5d4?d=identicon)[cincarnato](/maintainers/cincarnato)

---

Top Contributors

[![cincarnato](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7002030?v=4)](https://github.com/cincarnato "cincarnato (36 commits)")[![AlejoLespaul](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13680291?v=4)](https://github.com/AlejoLespaul "AlejoLespaul (2 commits)")

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Tags

routescodegeneratorentitymoduleFormszf3Zend Framework 3

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