Repo brief: cachethq/cachet

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Verdict

Mixed — Mixed signals — read the receipts

• Last commit 1d ago
• 4 active contributors
• CI configured
• Tests present

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

Cachet is an open-source, self-hosted status page system built in PHP (Laravel) that lets organizations display real-time service status, incident history, and maintenance schedules to users and stakeholders. It's a complete alternative to commercial status page services like Statuspage.io, enabling teams to communicate system health and outages from their own infrastructure. Standard Laravel 10+ monolithic application structure: app/ contains HTTP controllers, models (app/Models/User.php), and service providers; config/ holds environment-driven settings (config/cachet.php for status-page-specific config); database/ has migrations and seeders for schema and fixtures; public/index.php is…

Start here

Open these first:

• bootstrap/app.php — Laravel application bootstrap entry point that configures the service container and application kernel.
• composer.json — Project dependency manifest defining all PHP packages and build/runtime requirements.
• config/app.php — Core application configuration including service providers, timezone, and debug settings.
• routes/web.php — Primary web route definitions that map HTTP requests to controller actions.
• app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php — Service provider for binding application singletons and bootstrapping framework services.

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/cachethq/cachet.git && cd cachet. Install dependencies with Composer (composer.json is present): composer install. Verify your environment matches PHP 8.3+ and a su…

Daily commands:

Exact commands cannot be inferred from the provided file list because no Makefile, npm scripts, or artisan command hints are shown. Based on Laravel convention with composer.json present: composer install to install d…

…shortened for this brief.

Key cautions & unknowns

• Small team — 4 contributors active in recent commits
• Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 65% of recent commits
• No .env.example or explicit environment variable list is shown; you must consult https://docs.cachethq.io/v3.x/installation to know what env vars are required (likely APP_KEY, DB_CONNECTION, MAIL_* for incident…
• License evidence is incomplete or ambiguous.
• Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
• Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

Sources

• Repository source
• Open issues
• Recent pull requests

Evidence note

Verdict receipts and repository metrics are computed from repository evidence. Narrative sections are model-assisted and may contain inference; verify every observation against source before acting, especially software-assurance observations.

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