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decodelabs/gadgets
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Useful tools for building PHP libraries

v0.10.0(3y ago)09.6k↓100%1MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Sep 10Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/decodelabs/gadgets)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/decodelabs/gadgets)[ RSS](/packages/decodelabs-gadgets/feed)WikiDiscussions develop Synced today

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Gadgets
=======

[](#gadgets)

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**This package has been deprecated in favour of other DecodeLabs packages - see below**

### Method chaining

[](#method-chaining)

The `Then` interface for structured method chaining has been moved to its own project, [Fluidity](https://github.com/decodelabs/fluidity/).

### Constraints

[](#constraints)

The `Constraints` interfaces have been moved to their own project, [Tightrope](https://github.com/decodelabs/tightrope/).

### Sanitizer

[](#sanitizer)

The `Sanitizer` functionality has been superseded by [Lucid](https://github.com/decodelabs/lucid/).

Licensing
---------

[](#licensing)

Gadgets is licensed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for the full license text.

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 71% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.3% 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

Every ~83 days

Recently: every ~121 days

Total

14

Last Release

1300d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.5.0PHP ^7.2

v0.7.0PHP ^7.2|^8.0

v0.9.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8a241d64d12b3b5ee94197862ec1ec30b82ed2efa34a0cd7f4c3565a021daddd?d=identicon)[betterthanclay](/maintainers/betterthanclay)

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Top Contributors

[![betterthanclay](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1273586?v=4)](https://github.com/betterthanclay "betterthanclay (114 commits)")[![szepeviktor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952007?v=4)](https://github.com/szepeviktor "szepeviktor (2 commits)")

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Tags

librarytools

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/decodelabs-gadgets/health.svg)

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