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cucumber/gherkin
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Gherkin parser

v42.0.1(2w ago)3274.8k—2.7%21MITPHPPHP ^8.4

Since Mar 31Pushed 1w ago5 watchersCompare

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Gherkin for PHP
===============

[](#gherkin-for-php)

Gherkin parser/compiler for PHP. Please see [Gherkin](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin) for details.

###  Health Score

65

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance97

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~33 days

Recently: every ~21 days

Total

48

Last Release

18d ago

Major Versions

v37.0.1 → v38.0.02026-01-22

v38.0.0 → v39.0.02026-02-24

v39.1.0 → v40.0.02026-05-06

v40.0.0 → v41.0.02026-06-19

v41.0.0 → v42.0.02026-07-16

PHP version history (3 changes)v23.0.0PHP ^8.1

v39.0.0PHP ^8.2

v41.0.0PHP ^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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