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downshiftorg/refute-assert
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Use refuteX terminology instead of assertNotX for PHPUnit assertions, plus some extra assert/refute pairs.

2.0.0(8y ago)181MITPHP >=5.4.0

Since Mar 9Compare

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###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1043 days

Total

2

Last Release

3036d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 2.0.02018-01-16

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b83df6d826ebdbe2437dd600d4bcdad6873c320366f2fb4b88faf529a54d9fb0?d=identicon)[DownShift](/maintainers/DownShift)

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Top Contributors

[![jaredh159](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7050938?v=4)](https://github.com/jaredh159 "jaredh159 (2 commits)")

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Tags

phpunit

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