# jonseg/crud-admin-generator

An open source tool to generate a complete backend from a MySql database.

Repository: https://github.com/jonseg/crud-admin-generator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/crud-admin-generator
Homepage: http://crud-admin-generator.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-12-09T23:19:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4519, "days_push": 1363, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1421, forks 433 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.667458+00:00)

## What it is
CRUD Admin Generator is an open-source tool that generates a complete PHP backend (built on the Silex framework) from an existing MySQL database, providing CRUD interfaces for every table. The generated code is plain, fully customizable PHP with no configuration-file magic, styled with the AdminLTE/Bootstrap design.

## Use cases
- generate an admin panel from an existing MySQL database
- create CRUD interfaces for database tables in seconds
- build a simple backend to manage database records
- scaffold a PHP admin dashboard without writing code
- quickly add list, create, edit, and delete pages for a MySQL schema
- generate a customizable admin backend with editable PHP code

## When to choose
- you have an existing MySQL database and need a quick admin backend
- you want plain, editable PHP code instead of config-driven generators
- you need simple CRUD management screens with automatic handling of foreign-key relations
- you prefer a lightweight self-hosted tool with no complex setup

## When to avoid
- your database is not MySQL
- you need a modern, actively maintained framework (Silex is deprecated)
- you require advanced features like authentication, role-based permissions, or REST APIs out of the box
- you are building a large, long-term production application needing a robust framework

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, api-framework, developer-tools, database, database-driver, templating
- domain: web-development, backend, databases, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: php, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: crud-generator, scaffolding, mysql, admin-panel, silex, code-generation, bootstrap, adminlte, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- jonseg/crud-admin-generator (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.667458+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:37:46.017234+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jonseg/crud-admin-generator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.667458+00:00, sha c5b757069fc2)
  - homepage: http://crud-admin-generator.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:16.389353+00:00, sha 5dae70425517)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.