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ajf/newtype
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A handy function for creating opaque types

v1.0.3(8y ago)1923LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHP >=7.0.0

Since Nov 10Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/TazeTSchnitzel/newType)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ajf/newtype)[ Docs](http://github.com/TazeTSchnitzel/newType)[ RSS](/packages/ajf-newtype/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2mo ago

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###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

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 ~268 days

Total

4

Last Release

3032d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

PHP7

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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