# thephpleague/skeleton

A skeleton repository for League Packages

Repository: https://github.com/thephpleague/skeleton
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thephpleague-skeleton
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-05-24T11:46:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4774, "days_push": 1927, "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 1525, forks 407 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:58.303309+00:00)

## What it is
A skeleton repository template for creating new PHP packages under the League of Extraordinary Packages. It provides a preconfigured structure with README, changelog, contributing guide, license, and composer.json placeholders that can be filled in via a prefill script.

## Use cases
- start a new PHP package with standard structure
- bootstrap a composer package for the League
- scaffold open-source PHP library files
- create a PHP package template with MIT license and CI badges
- quickly set up README, changelog, and contributing docs for a PHP repo

## When to choose
- you are creating a new PHP package, especially a League package
- you want a conventional PHP package layout with docs and testing setup
- you want placeholder-based scaffolding you can fill in with one command

## When to avoid
- you need a runnable application or library rather than a template
- your project is not PHP/Composer-based
- you need actively maintained modern tooling (last release 2021, Travis CI badges)

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, documentation, testing
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: php, cli
- tags: php, composer, package-template, league, skeleton-repository, boilerplate, boilerplate, open-source

## Member repositories
- thephpleague/skeleton (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.303309+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 2026-08-30T08:32:45.929096+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thephpleague/skeleton (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.303309+00:00, sha c50f02504736)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.