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beastbytes/postcodesio
======================

Postcode & Geolocation for the UK

v1.0.0(2y ago)0831BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^8.0

Since Sep 9Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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PostcodesIo
===========

[](#postcodesio)

PHP wrapper for [Postcodes.io API](https://postcodes.io/).

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

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist beastbytes/postcodesio

```

or add

```
"beastbytes/postcodesio": "^1.0"
```

to the require section of your composer.json.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

982d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0b5133b5137b26eeb25056449c28364ac0af31836eefba78912a9c8f0743aa3?d=identicon)[BeastBytes](/maintainers/BeastBytes)

---

Top Contributors

[![beastbytes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1470144?v=4)](https://github.com/beastbytes "beastbytes (3 commits)")

---

Tags

geolocationpostcodeuk

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Type Coverage Yes

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