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apex/mercury
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Lightweight messenger for sending e-mail, SMS, Firebase and Web Socket messages

2.0.5(12mo ago)09462MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since May 4Pushed 12mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Mercury
=======

[](#mercury)

A lightweight messenger to easily send e-mail, SMS and Firebase messages, plus includes a Web Socket server and client.

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

[](#installation)

Install via Composer with:

> `composer require apex/mercury`

Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

1. [E-Mail Messages](https://github.com/apexpl/mercury/blob/master/docs/email.md)
    1. [EmailMessage Class](https://github.com/apexpl/mercury/blob/master/docs/email_message.md)
    2. [RedisManager for SMTP Servers](https://github.com/apexpl/mercury/blob/master/docs/email_redis.md)
2. [SMS Messages](https://github.com/apexpl/mercury/blob/master/docs/sms.md)
3. [Firebase Messages](https://github.com/apexpl/mercury/blob/master/docs/firebase.md)
4. [Web Socket Server](https://github.com/apexpl/mercury/blob/master/docs/websocket.md)

Support
-------

[](#support)

If you have any questions, issues or feedback, please feel free to drop a note on the [ApexPl Reddit sub](https://reddit.com/r/apexpl/) for a prompt and helpful response.

Follow Apex
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[](#follow-apex)

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###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance50

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 82.4% 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 ~91 days

Recently: every ~232 days

Total

17

Last Release

364d ago

Major Versions

0.1.11 → 2.02022-01-30

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1PHP >=8.0.0

2.0PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4fe486d2ed7db571c0519bb0d52b08b5e953a911936e87331e736a381ef96f29?d=identicon)[apex](/maintainers/apex)

---

Top Contributors

[![mdizak](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/59886259?v=4)](https://github.com/mdizak "mdizak (14 commits)")[![apexpl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56146521?v=4)](https://github.com/apexpl "apexpl (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/apex-mercury/health.svg)

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