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cognitive/file-system
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Lite library to work with file system like Composer\\Util\\Filesystem but separate and so lite

0.0.16(6y ago)051.3k↓30%1PHPCI failing

Since Oct 9Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/ptash/file-system)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cognitive/file-system)[ Docs](http://www.cognitive.ru/)[ RSS](/packages/cognitive-file-system/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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Lite library to work with file system like Composer\\Util\\Filesystem but separate from composer code
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[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c761cf469cc079b7da4793a86dc96f56f87fb5a141cf0277f7577c6dca289cfc/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f70746173682f66696c652d73797374656d2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/ptash/file-system)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e97e68f275a85d3c4d5deb7ba96a5a5602fa63520aafd2076cedc3fd3387234d/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f70746173682f66696c652d73797374656d2f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/github/ptash/file-system?branch=master)

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~75 days

Recently: every ~181 days

Total

17

Last Release

2303d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3100257?v=4)[cognitive](/maintainers/cognitive)[@cognitive](https://github.com/cognitive)

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Top Contributors

[![ptash](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17239059?v=4)](https://github.com/ptash "ptash (31 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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