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allegro-php/allegro
===================

PHP bindings to the allegro.

0.2.0(2y ago)0371MITCPHP >=8.1

Since Jan 4Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-allegro
-----------

[](#php-allegro)

PHP bindings to the [allegro 5](https://liballeg.org/) C library.

**Requirements**

- PHP >= 8.1
- PHP FFI extension available
- allegro 5

**Example:**

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$allegro = new \AllegroPHP\Allegro\Allegro();

$init = $allegro->al_install_system($allegro->al_get_allegro_version(), function (){});

$display = $allegro->al_create_display(500, 500);
$queue = $allegro->al_create_event_queue();
$timer = $allegro->al_create_timer(1.0 / 60);

$event_queue = $allegro->al_create_event_queue();

$allegro->al_install_keyboard();
$allegro->al_install_joystick();
$allegro->al_install_mouse();

$allegro->al_register_event_source($event_queue, $allegro->al_get_keyboard_event_source());
$allegro->al_register_event_source($event_queue, $allegro->al_get_joystick_event_source());
$allegro->al_register_event_source($event_queue, $allegro->al_get_mouse_event_source());
$allegro->al_register_event_source($event_queue, $allegro->al_get_display_event_source($display));
$allegro->al_register_event_source($event_queue, $allegro->al_get_timer_event_source($timer));

$running = true;
$event = $allegro->new('ALLEGRO_EVENT');
while ($running){
    $allegro->al_wait_for_event($event_queue, \FFI::addr($event));

    if ($event->type === \AllegroPHP\Allegro\Event\Type::DISPLAY_CLOSE) {
        $running = false;
    }
}

$allegro->al_destroy_display($display);
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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

Every ~360 days

Total

4

Last Release

925d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.1PHP >=8.0

0.2.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13917602?v=4)[Dima](/maintainers/kmaestro)[@kmaestro](https://github.com/kmaestro)

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Top Contributors

[![kmaestro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13917602?v=4)](https://github.com/kmaestro "kmaestro (12 commits)")

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