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cline/monad
===========

Rust-aligned Option, Result, and Either monads for type-safe error handling in PHP

2.0.2(2mo ago)02.3k↓18.3%1MITPHPPHP ^8.5.0CI passing

Since Mar 4Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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---

This package provides a Rust-aligned `Option`, `Result`, and `Either` types providing expressive, type-safe error handling and ergonomic controller helpers for Laravel applications.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

> **Requires [PHP 8.4+](https://php.net/releases/)**

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require cline/monad
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- **[Option Guide](DOCS.md)** - Complete guide with real-world examples for null-safe operations
- **[Result Guide](DOCS.md)** - Comprehensive error handling patterns with Ok/Err semantics
- **[Either Guide](DOCS.md)** - Advanced Left/Right branching for complex scenarios
- **[Transpose Guide](DOCS.md)** - Swapping nested monads (Option ↔ Result)
- **[Quick Reference](DOCS.md#doc-docs-quick-reference)** - API overview and highlights

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please use the [GitHub security reporting form](https://github.com/faustbrian/monad/security) rather than the issue queue.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Brian Faust](https://github.com/faustbrian)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License. Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

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 ~27 days

Total

7

Last Release

61d ago

Major Versions

1.1.1 → 2.0.02026-03-04

PHP version history (2 changes)1.1.0PHP ^8.4.0

1.1.1PHP ^8.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)[Brian Faust](/maintainers/faustbrian)[@faustbrian](https://github.com/faustbrian)

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Top Contributors

[![faustbrian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)](https://github.com/faustbrian "faustbrian (9 commits)")

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Tags

phpoptionresulterror handlingfunctional-programmingmonadrusttype-safetyeither

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

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