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# What is Chevere?

Chevere is a strictly typed PHP development library that provides essential tooling to build high-quality applications. It emphasizes clean code principles, robust type safety, and leverages modern PHP 8+ features.

💡 The term chévere is widely used in Latin America to mean cool/awesome in Spanish-speaking countries.

# Core concepts

# Clean & Typed

Chevere follows Clean Code principles, focusing on creating code that is easy to understand, modify, and maintain.

# Extensible

Chevere offers a vast collection of packages that provide the flexibility to create a wide range of systems with a consistent know-how.

# Modern & High quality

Built entirely for PHP 8, Chevere uses cutting-edge features while adhering to strict quality standards as detailed in the quality guidelines.

# Tested

Chevere undergoes rigorous testing, including extensive code coverage and mutation testing, as detailed in the testing guidelines.

# Who makes Chevere?

Chevere is driven by Chevereto (opens new window) and developed by its creator, Rodolfo Berrios (opens new window).

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