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divineomega/php-reading-time
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Calculates reading time for text

v3.0.0(2mo ago)16941↑500%1[1 PRs](https://github.com/Jord-JD/php-reading-time/pulls)LGPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP >=7.1

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⏱ PHP Reading Time
==================

[](#-php-reading-time)

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This PHP library lets you easily calculate the reading time for a piece of text.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install PHP Reading Time using Composer, as follows.

```
composer require jord-jd/php-reading-time

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The following examples show how you can use PHP Reading Time to calculate the reading time in minutes or seconds. You can also set a reading speed in words per minute (default: 200 wpm).

```
$readingTime = new ReadingTime($text);

$readingTime->seconds();
$readingTime->minutes();

$readingTime->setWordsPerMinute(240)->minutes();
```

###  Health Score

48

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FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance82

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.7% 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 ~957 days

Total

4

Last Release

89d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.1 → v2.0.02026-02-14

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02026-02-14

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

php-libraryreadingreading-timetime

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