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cowlab/checker
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A simple checker package example

1.0.0(8y ago)111MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Feb 27Pushed 8y ago8 watchersCompare

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check-cow-alive
===============

[](#check-cow-alive)

`check-cow-alive` is simple composer package that checks if one url response `200 OK`

History and goal
----------------

[](#history-and-goal)

The project is born in a chat with Andrés and Oscar while we were drafting the practical part of a minimum viable package of the cowlab meeting.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Returns `true` if url response is `200 OK`, any other answer will be `false`

Instalation
-----------

[](#instalation)

`composer require cowlab/checker`

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2998d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a8f93bd09c69914a2e3b20a066bb128dcbe36eb4b00a7c5022821bcac0ec3445?d=identicon)[dieg0v](/maintainers/dieg0v)

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Top Contributors

[![dieg0v](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/870654?v=4)](https://github.com/dieg0v "dieg0v (4 commits)")

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Tags

cowlablugolugomeetingsampleexamplecheckercowlablugo

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/cowlab-checker/health.svg)

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