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chivincent/url
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The URL foundation, made with FFI and libcurl

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Since Jun 20Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Url
===

[](#url)

The URL foundation for PHP, made with FFI and libcurl.

Requirement
-----------

[](#requirement)

- PHP >= 8.1, with FFI ext
- libcurl >= 7.65

`libcurl` could be installed by package manager, such as [Homebrew](https://homebrew.sh).

### For Windows User

[](#for-windows-user)

1. Download `curl-win64.zip` (or `curl-win32.zip` for x86) from .
2. Unzip the archive.
3. Put `bin/libcurl-x64.dll` (or `bin/libcurl-x86.dll`) into `C:\Windows\system32`.

###  Health Score

14

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LowBetter than 1% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity26

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7449005?v=4)[Vincent Chi](/maintainers/chivincent)[@chivincent](https://github.com/chivincent)

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Top Contributors

[![chivincent](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7449005?v=4)](https://github.com/chivincent "chivincent (8 commits)")

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