# fuel/fuel

Fuel PHP Framework v1.x is a simple, flexible, community driven PHP 5.3+ framework, based on the best ideas of other frameworks, with a fresh start! FuelPHP is now fully PHP 8.0 compatible.

Repository: https://github.com/fuel/fuel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fuel-fuel
Homepage: http://fuelphp.com
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: fuel-v1, php
Last push: 2026-03-23T13:54:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5792, "days_push": 163, "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 1503, forks 296 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.660920+00:00)

## What it is
FuelPHP v1.x is a lightweight, flexible MVC/HMVC web framework for PHP, featuring ViewModels (Presenters), closure-based routing, modular packages, and built-in security features like output encoding and CSRF protection. It includes the 'oil' command-line tool for scaffolding and project creation, and is compatible with PHP 8.0.

## Use cases
- build a PHP web application with MVC architecture
- create a modular PHP app with HMVC support
- scaffold a new PHP project quickly with oil
- route URLs directly to closures in PHP
- secure PHP views against XSS and CSRF
- extend framework core classes without modifying code

## When to choose
- maintaining or extending an existing FuelPHP 1.x application
- you want a lightweight PHP framework with HMVC and presenters
- you need a framework compatible with legacy PHP codebases

## When to avoid
- starting a brand-new PHP project where modern frameworks like Laravel or Symfony are better supported
- you need a framework with a large active ecosystem and frequent releases
- you require long-term guaranteed security support

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, routing, orm, templating, security
- domain: web-development, backend
- platform: php, cli
- tags: mvc, hmvc, fuelphp, php-framework, viewmodels, presenters, oil-cli, web-server

## Member repositories
- fuel/fuel (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.660920+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 2026-08-30T04:32:49.106579+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fuel/fuel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.660920+00:00, sha 708d39a92b54)
  - homepage: http://fuelphp.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.426365+00:00, sha 41e3de128a04)
  - site_page: http://fuelphp.com/docs/general/viewmodels.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.444136+00:00, sha c285bc9d8c91)
  - site_page: https://fuelphp.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.435787+00:00, sha d56a51f8f11f)
  - site_page: https://fuelphp.com/features (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.438061+00:00, sha e297b3c6667f)
  - site_page: https://fuelphp.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.440525+00:00, sha a2153770e31f)
  - site_page: http://fuelphp.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.442419+00:00, sha a2153770e31f)
  - site_page: https://fuelphp.com/dev-docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.445732+00:00, sha f20b906d54e6)
  - site_page: https://fuelphp.com/blogs/2019/06/fuel-releases-1-8-2 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.447418+00:00, sha 1b8ce13dd442)
  - site_page: https://fuelphp.com/blogs/2018/04/fuel-releases-1-8-1 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:41.449132+00:00, sha 3b0ad790188b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.