# PHPixie/Project

A lightweight MVC PHP framework designed for speed and simplicty

Repository: https://github.com/PHPixie/Project
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phpixie-project
Language: PHP
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-10-17T09:07:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4998, "days_push": 2146, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1019, forks 139 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:15.124554+00:00)

## What it is
PHPixie is a lightweight fullstack MVC framework for PHP designed for speed and simplicity, with a strict architecture that avoids antipatterns like statics and singletons. It includes an ORM with MongoDB support, bundle-based code reuse, and full unit test coverage across its components.

## Use cases
- build a fast MVC web application in PHP
- learn a PHP framework quickly as a newcomer
- build an app with both SQL and MongoDB data sources
- create reusable self-contained bundles shared via Composer
- build a site with user and administrator authorization

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, high-performance PHP framework with clean architecture
- you need MongoDB support alongside SQL in the same ORM
- you value testability and SOLID design over ecosystem size

## When to avoid
- you need a framework with a large ecosystem and active recent development
- you rely on modern PHP features or long-term vendor support
- your team prefers mainstream frameworks like Laravel or Symfony with abundant hiring pool

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, orm, auth, routing, templating
- domain: web-development, backend
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: mvc, microframework, mongodb, fullstack-framework, lightweight, web-server

## Member repositories
- PHPixie/Project (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:15.124554+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 2026-08-30T07:09:20.954474+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PHPixie/Project (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:15.124554+00:00, sha 8387f9451dab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.