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bulckens/helpers
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A collection of core helpers useful for any PHP app

0.9.0(5y ago)0443MITPHP

Since Nov 15Pushed 4y ago2 watchersCompare

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helpers
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[](#helpers)

A collection of core helpers useful for any PHP app

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~28 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

51

Last Release

2162d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/215b86c5c4e77d0919e2679bbd07132e90798e550c0e19e7078bd9340116f9ec?d=identicon)[wout](/maintainers/wout)

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Top Contributors

[![wout](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/107324?v=4)](https://github.com/wout "wout (34 commits)")

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