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bitexpert/specialist
====================

A simple array container implementing container-interop.

v0.2.0(9y ago)3231Apache-2.0PHPPHP ^5.5|^7.0

Since Jun 19Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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bitexpert/specialist
====================

[](#bitexpertspecialist)

This package provides a [PSR-11](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-11/) compatible, dependency injection container.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b530cadd3d516b08e317283c0ef96f3b3cc55872576f7be9908a579df45a884e/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6269744578706572742f7370656369616c6973742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/bitExpert/specialist)

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

[](#installation)

The preferred way of installing `bitexpert/specialist` is through Composer. Simply add `bitexpert/specialist` as a dependency:

```
composer.phar require bitexpert/specialist

```

License
-------

[](#license)

Specialist is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 84.6% 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 ~241 days

Total

2

Last Release

3423d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1adf0ab660536efce10aeb97f0c90ec881110b64fbd23429fa945190df0def56?d=identicon)[shochdoerfer](/maintainers/shochdoerfer)

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Top Contributors

[![shochdoerfer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/596449?v=4)](https://github.com/shochdoerfer "shochdoerfer (11 commits)")[![dropdevcoding](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3219267?v=4)](https://github.com/dropdevcoding "dropdevcoding (2 commits)")

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Tags

container-interopdependency-injectiondependency-injection-containerpsr-11

###  Code Quality

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