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dantudor/posix
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Posix Wrapper

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POSIX
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[](#posix)

Mockable wrapper for PHP Process Control Extensions

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

4701d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f753811eb58be04a9db14ab77b9676067e511c20d88a5b6a0e097284422cb826?d=identicon)[dantudor](/maintainers/dantudor)

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Top Contributors

[![dantudor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1281127?v=4)](https://github.com/dantudor "dantudor (3 commits)")

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Tags

posix

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