# panique/mini

Just an extremely simple naked PHP application, useful for small projects and quick prototypes. Some might call it a micro framework :)

Repository: https://github.com/panique/mini
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/panique-mini
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Topics: php, mini, micro-framework, framework, mvc
Last push: 2022-09-17T18:36:01+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": 4683, "days_push": 1446, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1365, forks 469 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.103781+00:00)

## What it is
MINI is an extremely simple barebone PHP application skeleton, reduced to the max, that provides clean URLs, demo CRUD actions, and PDO-based database access without requiring users to learn a full framework. It is intended for small projects and quick prototypes rather than production-grade applications.

## Use cases
- build a small PHP website with clean URLs
- quickly prototype a PHP app with database CRUD
- learn MVC structure in plain PHP without a framework
- show a few pages with simple database queries and AJAX
- set up a minimal PHP/MySQL app in Vagrant automatically

## When to choose
- you need a tiny, easy-to-understand PHP skeleton for a small project or prototype
- you want to avoid learning a large professional framework
- you need simple CRUD and AJAX demos with PDO and MySQL

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade framework with security hardening, testing, and ecosystem support
- you require PSR-4 autoloading, namespaces, or modern architecture (use MINI3 instead)
- you need long-term maintained software - the project has no license and infrequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, routing, orm, templating
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: micro-framework, mvc, skeleton-app, barebone, prototyping, crud, pdo, mysql, web-server

## Member repositories
- panique/mini (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.103781+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 2026-08-30T04:41:16.879969+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/panique/mini (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.103781+00:00, sha e1e1d0f7bc16)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.