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begimov/thanks
==============

Give thanks (in the form of a GitHub ⭐) to your fellow PHP package maintainers (not limited to Symfony components)!

v1.1.1(6y ago)03.1k2MITPHPPHP ^5.5.9|^7.0.0

Since Dec 20Pushed 6y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/begimov/thanks)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/begimov/thanks)[ RSS](/packages/begimov-thanks/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (1)Versions (12)Used By (2)

[ ![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/58be7c146c01117bfd85f1dd3fe373ccebee3ca9b5ede38ed80ea085981d924a/68747470733a2f2f73796d666f6e792e636f6d2f6c6f676f732f73796d666f6e795f626c61636b5f30322e737667)](https://symfony.com)

Give thanks (in the form of a [GitHub ★ ](https://help.github.com/articles/about-stars/)) to your fellow PHP package maintainers (not limited to Symfony components)!

Install
-------

[](#install)

Install this as any other (dev) Composer package:

```
$ composer require --dev symfony/thanks
```

You can also install it once for all your local projects:

```
$ composer global require symfony/thanks
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$ composer thanks
```

This will find all of your Composer dependencies, find their github.com repository, and star their GitHub repositories. This was inspired by `cargo thanks`, which was inspired in part by Medium's clapping button as a way to show thanks for someone elses work you've found enjoyment in.

If you're wondering why did some dependencies get thanked and not others, the answer is that this plugin only supports github.com at the moment. Pull requests are welcome to add support for thanking packages hosted on other services.

Original idea by Doug Tangren (softprops) 2017 for Rust (thanks!)

Implemented by Nicolas Grekas (SensioLabs & Blackfire.io) 2017 for PHP.

Forwarding stars
----------------

[](#forwarding-stars)

Package authors can *send* a star to another package that they would like to thank.

If you are a package author and want to thank another repository, you can add a `thanks` entry in the `extra` section of your `composer.json` file.

For example, `symfony/webpack-encore-pack` sends a star to `symfony/webpack-encore`:

```
{
    "extra": {
        "thanks": {
            "name": "symfony/webpack-encore",
            "url": "https://github.com/symfony/webpack-encore"
        }
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71% 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 ~52 days

Recently: every ~120 days

Total

11

Last Release

2542d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^5.5.9|^7.0.8

v1.0.2PHP ^5.5.9|^7.0.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/667d93dfec3b7f7c4ef6793a61543a8c2789b8d8016fa19e1dcc7c83a21502be?d=identicon)[begimov](/maintainers/begimov)

---

Top Contributors

[![nicolas-grekas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/243674?v=4)](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas "nicolas-grekas (49 commits)")[![fabpot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)](https://github.com/fabpot "fabpot (6 commits)")[![weaverryan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/121003?v=4)](https://github.com/weaverryan "weaverryan (5 commits)")[![localheinz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/605483?v=4)](https://github.com/localheinz "localheinz (2 commits)")[![m1guelpf](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23558090?v=4)](https://github.com/m1guelpf "m1guelpf (1 commits)")[![mocheaz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/327305?v=4)](https://github.com/mocheaz "mocheaz (1 commits)")[![Seldaek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/183678?v=4)](https://github.com/Seldaek "Seldaek (1 commits)")[![lyrixx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/408368?v=4)](https://github.com/lyrixx "lyrixx (1 commits)")[![begimov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3600510?v=4)](https://github.com/begimov "begimov (1 commits)")[![javiereguiluz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73419?v=4)](https://github.com/javiereguiluz "javiereguiluz (1 commits)")[![azjezz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29315886?v=4)](https://github.com/azjezz "azjezz (1 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/begimov-thanks/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/begimov-thanks/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/begimov-thanks)
```

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