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devture/dbal
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Tiny database abstraction layer for MongoDB (doctrine/mongodb) and relational databases (doctrine/dbal)

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DBAL
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[](#dbal)

Tiny database abstraction layer for [MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org/) (on top of [doctrine/mongodb](https://github.com/doctrine/mongodb)) and relational databases (on top of [doctrine/dbal](https://github.com/doctrine/dbal)).

It provides a non-POPO base model class and [Identity Mapping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_map_pattern) repository classes for both MongoDB and relational databases.

The goal of this project is to provide a semi-low-level database abstraction layer. [Doctrine MongoDB ODM](http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-mongodb-odm/en/latest/) and the [Doctrine ORM](http://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/orm.html) have you covered if you need more "magic".

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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 ~292 days

Total

5

Last Release

3357d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9daf523f8e47ddeb8af23183c06721c4e89111eb4eb3f9ce264242b373e9dd80?d=identicon)[spantaleev](/maintainers/spantaleev)

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Top Contributors

[![spantaleev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/388669?v=4)](https://github.com/spantaleev "spantaleev (5 commits)")[![lpopov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/837343?v=4)](https://github.com/lpopov "lpopov (1 commits)")

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Tags

databasedoctrinedbalmongodbrelational

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