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celo/ghost-pdf
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PDF compression component

v1.0.x-dev(5y ago)1757MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Sep 25Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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GhostPDF
========

[](#ghostpdf)

Library for compress PDF file using ghostscript.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Install library through composer:

```
composer require celo/ghost-pdf

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Celo\GhostPDF\GhostPDF;

$gs = new GhostPDF($path);
$path_output_file = $gs->compress();

```

For max compression set first argument of compress function to *true*

Author
------

[](#author)

Christian Celora. Check my github at

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity36

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2016d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b873c63973aff70906ff6bc1cb63aed10fec0a0cc3d50a2672344258df8a67e7?d=identicon)[Celo](/maintainers/Celo)

---

Top Contributors

[![ChristianCelora](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43580608?v=4)](https://github.com/ChristianCelora "ChristianCelora (21 commits)")

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Tags

pdfcompress

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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