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benwilkins/yak
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A Laravel messaging system

v2.2.1(4y ago)01.8kGPL-3.0-or-later

Since Mar 2Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/CaredFor/yak)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/benwilkins/yak)[ RSS](/packages/benwilkins-yak/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (20)Used By (0)

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###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

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 ~89 days

Recently: every ~300 days

Total

17

Last Release

1565d ago

Major Versions

v1.2.0 → v2.0.02018-10-10

### Community

Maintainers

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