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danielmunro/beehive
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An event-driven socket server powered by libevent.

520PHP

Since Jul 16Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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\#beehive#

Beehive is an event-driven socket server powered by libevent and implemented in PHP (requires libevent and PHP 5.4).

\#how to run#

\##telnet echo server##

In one terminal, type:

> php examples/telnet.php

Beehive will now be listening on 127.0.0.1:9000

Open a new terminal, and type:

> telnet localhost 9000

The server will echo any messages sent to it

\##webchat web socket server##

Copy examples/webchat/client.js and examples/webchat/index.html to the document root of a test server.

In one terminal, type:

> php examples/webchat/server.php

Beehive will now be listening on 127.0.0.1:9000

Open a browser window and navigate to your testing vhost, ie

You should see a simple box with a text input beneath it. Open up multiple tabs to the "chat" and see as messages are shared realtime across clients.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1389399?v=4)[Dan Munro](/maintainers/danielmunro)[@danielmunro](https://github.com/danielmunro)

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Top Contributors

[![danielmunro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1389399?v=4)](https://github.com/danielmunro "danielmunro (32 commits)")

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