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cartalyst/nested-sets
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Nested sets package utilizing the Modified Preorder Tree Traversal algorithm.

v8.0.0(4y ago)23proprietaryPHP ^8.0

Since Mar 22Compare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (30)Used By (0)

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity79

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 61.8% 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 ~133 days

Recently: every ~228 days

Total

29

Last Release

1059d ago

Major Versions

4.0.x-dev → 5.x-dev2020-03-03

v5.0.0 → v6.0.02020-09-12

6.x-dev → 7.x-dev2020-12-23

v7.0.0 → 8.x-dev2022-04-05

v8.0.0 → 9.x-dev2023-06-24

PHP version history (8 changes)v2.0.0-beta1PHP &gt;=5.3.0

3.0.x-devPHP &gt;=5.4.0

v4.0.0PHP ^7.2

5.x-devPHP ^7.2.5

v6.0.0PHP ^7.3

7.x-devPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

8.x-devPHP ^8.0

9.x-devPHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cc3fd8ac4c6279992afacafbe3420cc64ffbe4b1db4880e97cb1ef4196ae847c?d=identicon)[cartalyst](/maintainers/cartalyst)

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Top Contributors

[![bencorlett](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/181919?v=4)](https://github.com/bencorlett "bencorlett (168 commits)")[![suwardany](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2053770?v=4)](https://github.com/suwardany "suwardany (40 commits)")[![brunogaspar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2285372?v=4)](https://github.com/brunogaspar "brunogaspar (39 commits)")[![petercoles](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2947594?v=4)](https://github.com/petercoles "petercoles (6 commits)")[![drsii](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100901?v=4)](https://github.com/drsii "drsii (4 commits)")[![allmarkedup](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/126726?v=4)](https://github.com/allmarkedup "allmarkedup (3 commits)")[![animecyc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/92036?v=4)](https://github.com/animecyc "animecyc (3 commits)")[![ipalaus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/248183?v=4)](https://github.com/ipalaus "ipalaus (3 commits)")[![utroda](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1255024?v=4)](https://github.com/utroda "utroda (3 commits)")[![rubinred](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13568158?v=4)](https://github.com/rubinred "rubinred (1 commits)")[![driesvints](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/594614?v=4)](https://github.com/driesvints "driesvints (1 commits)")[![HellPat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1016798?v=4)](https://github.com/HellPat "HellPat (1 commits)")

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Tags

nestedtagsnested setscategoriesMPTT

###  Code Quality

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