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ahead4/php-excel
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PHP Excel Library

2.2.1(5y ago)02.8kMITPHPPHP >=5.2.6

Since May 2Pushed 5y ago4 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/ahead4/php-excel)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ahead4/php-excel)[ Docs](http://github.com/ahead4ltd/PHPExcel)[ RSS](/packages/ahead4-php-excel/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago

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###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~1047 days

Total

4

Last Release

2022d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15815929?v=4)[Ahead4](/maintainers/ahead4)[@ahead4](https://github.com/ahead4)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

excel

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