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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. zivtech/bear AbandonedArchivedDrupal-profile[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) zivtech/bear ============ A profile to give developers the tools needed for just about any Drupal site. 8.2.0-alpha19(8y ago)2018425[2 issues](https://github.com/zivtech/bear/issues)[12 PRs](https://github.com/zivtech/bear/pulls)1GPL-2.0+PHP Since Jun 14Pushed 8y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/zivtech/bear)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/zivtech/bear)[ RSS](/packages/zivtech-bear/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.x-2.x Synced 3w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (54)Versions (19)Used By (1) Bear ==== [](#bear) Bear is a Drupal 8 Starter Kit, not a full Drupal 8 distribution. It was originally created as a bootstrapped starting point for Zivtech Drupal development projects, with helpful pre-configured modules and mission critical patches. There should be no need for you to ever update the Bear project itself once it has been installed. Individual contributed modules, libraries, and the Bear Skin theme can be updated as you normally would any other contributed projects after install is complete. You should also feel free to update or disable any included features as needed. Out of the box Bear is ready to create new features as needed to suit your project. Bear is what we wish Drupal core was out of the box. It contains enhancements and fixes to core. Everything that we use on 80-90% of the sites we build we want to have in Bear so that we have it out of the box when we start a new project. Bear is not precious! When you start a new site on Bear you are encouraged to hack Bear, to treat it like your own custom code rather than something you will do updates of from upstream. Update core and contrib, but don’t update Bear. Installing Bear --------------- [](#installing-bear) The preferred way to install Bear is using our \[Composer-based project template\]\[template\]. It's easy! ``` $ composer create-project zivtech/bear-project:8.2.x-dev MYPROJECT ``` If you don't want to use Composer, you can install Bear the traditional way by downloading a tarball from our [drupal.org project page](https://www.drupal.org/project/bear). (Please note that the tarball does not contain any experimental features.) You can customize your installation by creating a \[sub-profile which uses Bear as its base profile\]\[sub-profile documentation\]. Bear includes a Drupal Console command (`bear:subprofile`) which will generate a sub-profile for you. ### Health Score 32 — LowBetter than 69% of packages Maintenance18 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity23 Limited adoption so far Community24 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity58 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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 ~1 days Total 17 Last Release 3277d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/353190?v=4)[Zivtech](/maintainers/zivtech)[@zivtech](https://github.com/zivtech) --- Top Contributors [![sk33lz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/376006?v=4)](https://github.com/sk33lz "sk33lz (179 commits)")[![jodyHamilton](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/108905?v=4)](https://github.com/jodyHamilton "jodyHamilton (158 commits)")[![grndlvl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/680686?v=4)](https://github.com/grndlvl "grndlvl (119 commits)")[![ryanissamson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3143277?v=4)](https://github.com/ryanissamson "ryanissamson (33 commits)")[![sheise](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4429316?v=4)](https://github.com/sheise "sheise (31 commits)")[![jessica-zivtech](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13837270?v=4)](https://github.com/jessica-zivtech "jessica-zivtech (25 commits)")[![jkaeser](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12532727?v=4)](https://github.com/jkaeser "jkaeser (22 commits)")[![tortillaj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/851788?v=4)](https://github.com/tortillaj "tortillaj (3 commits)")[![timplunkett](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/132285?v=4)](https://github.com/timplunkett "timplunkett (2 commits)")[![sixty7ss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23088309?v=4)](https://github.com/sixty7ss "sixty7ss (1 commits)") ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/zivtech-bear/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/zivtech-bear/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/zivtech-bear) ``` ### Alternatives [govcms/govcms GovCMS Drupal Distribution 196100.6k3](/packages/govcms-govcms)[az-digital/az_quickstart Arizona Quickstart 52265.6k3](/packages/az-digital-az-quickstart)[voidagency/vactory_starter_kit Vactory is a custom Drupal profile which is developed and released by VOID Agency. 1020.9k](/packages/voidagency-vactory-starter-kit)[drupalwxt/wxt Project template for Drupal 10 sites built with the WxT distribution. 29163.3k8](/packages/drupalwxt-wxt)[thunder/thunder-distribution The thunder distribution 51653.5k3](/packages/thunder-thunder-distribution)[goalgorilla/open_social Open Social is a distribution for building social communities and intranets. 190461.9k](/packages/goalgorilla-open-social) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)