PHPackages                             cowlab/checker - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility)
4. /
5. cowlab/checker

ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility)

cowlab/checker
==============

A simple checker package example

1.0.0(8y ago)111MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Feb 27Pushed 8y ago8 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/cowlab-lugo/checkcowalive)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cowlab/checker)[ RSS](/packages/cowlab-checker/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2w ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (2)Used By (0)

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

—

LowBetter than 41% 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

3045d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/870654?v=4)[Diego Vilariño](/maintainers/dieg0v)[@dieg0v](https://github.com/dieg0v)

---

Top Contributors

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

---

Tags

cowlablugolugomeetingsampleexamplecheckercowlablugo

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/cowlab-checker/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/cowlab-checker)
```

###  Alternatives

[neuron-core/neuron-ai

The PHP Agentic Framework.

2.0k496.1k33](/packages/neuron-core-neuron-ai)[tencentcloud/tencentcloud-sdk-php

TencentCloudApi php sdk

3661.2M46](/packages/tencentcloud-tencentcloud-sdk-php)[civicrm/civicrm-core

Open source constituent relationship management for non-profits, NGOs and advocacy organizations.

751284.3k37](/packages/civicrm-civicrm-core)[roundcube/roundcubemail

The Roundcube Webmail suite

7.0k1.4k3](/packages/roundcube-roundcubemail)[spatie/laravel-export

Create a static site bundle from a Laravel app

672139.5k6](/packages/spatie-laravel-export)[nfse-nacional/nfse-php

This is my package nfse

1533.1k](/packages/nfse-nacional-nfse-php)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)