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centraldesktop/parallel
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Easily allows forking up to a max number of processes

0.9.6(9y ago)021.0k1Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.3.6

Since Apr 19Pushed 8y ago11 watchersCompare

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An easy to use and simple library for doing parallel processing using simple process forks.

All credit should go to the amazing maintainers of Perl's (CPAN) Parallel::ForkManager which I used for about 10 years.

To use:
=======

[](#to-use)

Add this package to your composer dependencies.

use CentralDesktop\\Parallel\\ForkManager;

// build an object, limit to total concurrent processes.

*You must declare(ticks = 1); in order for signal handing to work properly in PHP*

> $fm = new ForkManager(10); $fm->start();
>
> while ($fm->alive()) { if ($fm->start()) { continue; }
>
> do\_something();
>
> $fm->stop(); } $fm->shutdown\_all();

You probably may want to handle specific signals by installing signal handlers.

> $fm->set\_parent\_sighandler(array($this, 'parent\_signal\_handler'));

> $fm->set\_child\_sighandler(array($this, 'child\_signal\_handler'));

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80% 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 ~248 days

Recently: every ~69 days

Total

6

Last Release

3578d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62077?v=4)[Trey Hyde](/maintainers/treyhyde)[@treyhyde](https://github.com/treyhyde)

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Top Contributors

[![treyhyde](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62077?v=4)](https://github.com/treyhyde "treyhyde (4 commits)")[![fayland](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22424?v=4)](https://github.com/fayland "fayland (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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