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edwardstock/forker
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PHP posix process manager and async job handler

1.0.2(9y ago)038GNU General Public License v3.0PHP >=7.0.0

Since Dec 9Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/edwardstock/forker)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/edwardstock/forker)[ Docs](https://github.com/edwardstock/forker)[ RSS](/packages/edwardstock-forker/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (7)Versions (4)Used By (0)

### README not available

The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/edwardstock/forker).

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~5 days

Total

3

Last Release

3434d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e642922ac3d57570cf8d42007199107da7491d34a573ddd90892e824f18e6a1c?d=identicon)[edwardstock](/maintainers/edwardstock)

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Tags

posixprocessforkmulti-processpcntlMulti threadphp-asyncmulti-threaded

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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