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chiron/dotenv
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Registers environment variables from a .env file

0.2(8y ago)0271MITPHPPHP ^7.1.3

Since Apr 14Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Chiron-DotEnv
=============

[](#chiron-dotenv)

Simple DotEnv component to read ".env" files

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2953d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16743322?v=4)[ncou](/maintainers/ncou)[@ncou](https://github.com/ncou)

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Top Contributors

[![ncou](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16743322?v=4)](https://github.com/ncou "ncou (5 commits)")

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Tags

environmentenvdotenv

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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