Very little abstraction. No community. Hardly any docs. On purpose.

A Nimble Framework for PHP Developers.

Learn in 10 minutes

You can probably learn all there is to know unique to the framework in 10 minutes, which either means it's really shitty or really easy.

No Community

Much like the household cat, this framework is indifferent about people, but very excited about independence. You should not install plugins; instead you should write the code yourself - for, dare I say, fun.

Forking is Encouraged

Learning how to write frameworks helps a ton when you use more complicated frameworks [see Annotations]

Who is this for?

This minimal framework is basically Controller|View - no models.

For people who are not always working with a database.
Or people who like to work with a database without an ORM.
Or people who want a framework, but a really simple one - that they can hack.
Or people who need to prototype a proof of concept quickly.

The idea is the framework (outside of server side setup) should only take a few minutes to get the developer coding.

And furthermore, that the learning curve should be about 10 minutes.

More ideas of what you're doing with BengalCat

Maybe you are using it to write some worker scripts you'll never touch after your task is complete, like a personal sandbox.
Or you are writing a quick API and need _something_ without a lot of overhead. (You need to write your own api auth!)
Or working with multiple databases and despise ORMs for that.

Who is this by?

Angela Murrell spent an entire weekend in front of a computer to code what she's been envisioning as a fun sandbox / quick prototype solution to overly-complex frameworks.

MIT LICENSE

Let's also gladly note that the project is under the MIT license, although in the conducted license research, found the WTFPL license, which is hilarious but lacks warranty protection sadly.

Better Docs

These will exist, soon. Hopefully.