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brainbits/period
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Period handling

3.0.6(2mo ago)017.8k↓42%[8 issues](https://github.com/brainbits/period/issues)[7 PRs](https://github.com/brainbits/period/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.5CI passing

Since Dec 19Pushed 3w ago4 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (18)Versions (33)Used By (0)

Period Component
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[](#period-component)

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The Period Component provides methods to manage time periods.

###  Health Score

60

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FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance91

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity92

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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 ~217 days

Recently: every ~107 days

Total

15

Last Release

79d ago

Major Versions

1.1.2 → 2.0.02021-06-01

2.0.3 → 3.0.02023-05-31

PHP version history (8 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.1

1.1.0PHP ^7.4

1.1.2PHP ^7.4|^8.0

2.0.0PHP ^8.0

2.0.2PHP ^8.1

3.0.0PHP ^8.2

3.0.3PHP ^8.3

3.0.6PHP ^8.5

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/353782?v=4)[brainbits GmbH](/maintainers/brainbits)[@brainbits](https://github.com/brainbits)

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Top Contributors

[![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (6 commits)")[![temp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/216128?v=4)](https://github.com/temp "temp (2 commits)")

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Tags

dateperiod

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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