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a1essandro/perlin-noise
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Algorithm for generating heightmaps

v1.2.0(9y ago)125.6k—0%5[2 PRs](https://github.com/A1essandro/perlin-noise-generator/pulls)MITPHPPHP &gt;=5.3.0

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perlin-noise-generator
======================

[](#perlin-noise-generator)

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Description
-----------

[](#description)

Heightmaps generator on PHP using perlin-noise algorithm.

See also [Diamond-Square algorithm](https://github.com/A1essandro/Diamond-And-Square) with the similar API.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This package is only supported on PHP 5.3 and above.

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

### Composer

[](#composer)

See more [getcomposer.org](http://getcomposer.org).

Execute command

```
composer require a1essandro/perlin-noise ~1.0

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$generator = new MapGenerator\PerlinNoiseGenerator();
$generator->setSize(100); //heightmap size: 100x100
$generator->setPersistence(0.8); //map roughness
$generator->setMapSeed('value'); //optional
$map = $generator->generate();
```

#### or

[](#or)

```
$generator = new MapGenerator\PerlinNoiseGenerator();
$map = $generator->generate([
    PerlinNoiseGenerator::SIZE => 100,
    PerlinNoiseGenerator::PERSISTENCE => 0.8,
    PerlinNoiseGenerator::MAP_SEED => 'value'
]);
```

#### mixed:

[](#mixed)

```
$generator = new MapGenerator\PerlinNoiseGenerator();
$generator->setSize(100);
$map = $generator->generate([
    PerlinNoiseGenerator::PERSISTENCE => 0.8
]);
```

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~73 days

Total

3

Last Release

3597d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f54bc66315e4f47b9b435c908356a913db282dd15994a049ac37e217703fdf3b?d=identicon)[A1essandro](/maintainers/A1essandro)

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Top Contributors

[![A1essandro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4727083?v=4)](https://github.com/A1essandro "A1essandro (29 commits)")

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Tags

algorithmheightmapheightmapsperlin-noise

###  Code Quality

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