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adamnicholson/clock
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A simple library for abstracting the system clock

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Clock
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[](#clock)

A simple library for abstracting the system clock.

###  Health Score

40

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FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance47

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

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 ~1730 days

Total

3

Last Release

392d ago

Major Versions

0.2 → 1.02025-05-27

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bff7c902e927fdfad96739ab558acd367fe0bc689efe400b430e1d8a1aafb0e4?d=identicon)[adamnicholson](/maintainers/adamnicholson)

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Top Contributors

[![adamnicholson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7761178?v=4)](https://github.com/adamnicholson "adamnicholson (12 commits)")

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