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absszero/unicron
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a unique process identifier

0.1(10y ago)042MITPHPPHP >=5.2.1CI failing

Since Jan 8Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Unicron
=======

[](#unicron)

A unique process manager

Managing processes by process ids and prevent duplicating processes.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`composer require absszero/unicron`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Absszero\Unicron\Unicron;

$unicron = new Unicron('YOUR_PROCESS_NAME');

if ($unicron->isRunning()) {
	$unicron->kill();
}

$unicron->setPid();
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: `git checkout -b my-new-feature`
3. Commit your changes: `git commit -am 'Add some feature'`
4. Push to the branch: `git push origin my-new-feature`
5. Submit a pull request :D

History
-------

[](#history)

TODO: Write history

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

TODO: Write credits

License
-------

[](#license)

TODO: Write license

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3827d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cacb4c0a28cd421d4f7daa4d8bc3b28bcc755d4de7db70518015290b8ea53067?d=identicon)[Adrian Chen](/maintainers/Adrian%20Chen)

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Top Contributors

[![absszero](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/182065?v=4)](https://github.com/absszero "absszero (7 commits)")

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