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davewid/cog
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A Request/Response library that supports middleware

0.1.0(13y ago)016MITPHP

Since Feb 7Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare

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Cog
===

[](#cog)

A PHP Request/Response library to be used to power your website.

This was inspired by Rack so it also supports Middleware layers.

Heavy Development!
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[](#heavy-development)

This is under heavy development so use at your own risk.

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

4848d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46fa0decb95ad8d80b65e1fbed54f3fa9ee6350f1c8a0f83335221a201effb59?d=identicon)[davewid](/maintainers/davewid)

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Top Contributors

[![daveWid](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/116173?v=4)](https://github.com/daveWid "daveWid (36 commits)")

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Tags

httpresponserequestmiddleware

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