# lonnieezell/Bonfire

Jumpstart your CodeIgniter web applications with a modular, HMVC-ready, backend.

Repository: https://github.com/lonnieezell/Bonfire
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lonnieezell-bonfire
Homepage: http://cibonfire.com
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-12-17T14:46:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5636, "days_push": 2451, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1368, forks 509 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.580434+00:00)

## What it is
Bonfire is a modular, HMVC-ready application skeleton for CodeIgniter 3.x that provides an admin backend, theming, role-based access control, and built-in user authentication. It is a starting point for building PHP web applications rather than a CMS.

## Use cases
- bootstrap a codeigniter admin panel
- add user authentication and roles to a php app
- generate crud modules for codeigniter
- build a modular hmvc php web application
- set up a themeable codeigniter project
- quickly scaffold a backend for a client project

## When to choose
- you are building on CodeIgniter 2/3 and want a ready-made admin backend
- you need auth, roles, theming, and CRUD generation out of the box
- you want a modular HMVC structure for a legacy PHP project

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project with modern PHP frameworks
- you need actively maintained software with security updates
- you want a CMS rather than an application skeleton

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, auth, templating
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: codeigniter, hmvc, admin-panel, crud-generator, boilerplate, role-based-access-control, theme-system, scaffolding, web-server

## Member repositories
- lonnieezell/Bonfire (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.580434+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 2026-08-30T04:41:03.875538+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lonnieezell/Bonfire (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.580434+00:00, sha eb961cba148f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.