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ddeboer/headers
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A PHP 5.3 library for working with HTTP and mail message headers

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headers
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A PHP 5.3 library for working with HTTP and mail headers

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 25% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

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Top Contributors

[![ddeboer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/89267?v=4)](https://github.com/ddeboer "ddeboer (5 commits)")

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