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dhorrigan/capsule
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A simple wrapper class for the Laravel Database package. This is only to be used outside of a Laravel application.

2.1.1(13y ago)32.6kPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 8Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/philsturgeon/capsule)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dhorrigan/capsule)[ RSS](/packages/dhorrigan-capsule/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

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 ~9 days

Total

7

Last Release

4855d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.0.02012-12-16

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b79ef64367fa25261d8353dbd941670f2b5f2617de247e4b98c089a025ca543a?d=identicon)[philsturgeon](/maintainers/philsturgeon)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c7fd9f14494046377b8b31a5655ec404331da2b6e7d2c16adbb425c8dee64ab7?d=identicon)[dhrrgn](/maintainers/dhrrgn)

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Tags

laraveldatabase

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