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brandonhudson/lightning
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PHP micro framework for MQTT, letting you quickly connect, publish, and subscribe to topics.

0.9.2(8y ago)6268MIT

Since Apr 26Compare

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###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~66 days

Total

3

Last Release

3168d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bbdd6404abde02b1bf186e9d12e04c48e32482df8f4d8ab8892d0c1683076f22?d=identicon)[brandonhudson](/maintainers/brandonhudson)

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Tags

frameworkmicromqtt

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