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api-skeletons/coding-standard
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The phpcs coding standard for API Skeletons

1.0.2(8y ago)12.1k18MITPHP

Since Feb 12Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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API Skeletons Coding Standard
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[](#api-skeletons-coding-standard)

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This module is used for development of API Skeletons code to configure phpcs and includes custom rules.

Copy the phpcs.xml.dist to each project and rename to phpcs.xml

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

3015d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phpcs

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