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ekkazan/alligator
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Rate limiter library for >=PHP 8.0

v1.0.1(1y ago)08MITPHP

Since Nov 2Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance38

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

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 ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

561d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cb75c895979646cda67c7586fce8fc163089984e9270d0f8b6c05e83d31075e9?d=identicon)[ekkazan](/maintainers/ekkazan)

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Top Contributors

[![ekkazan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75089922?v=4)](https://github.com/ekkazan "ekkazan (9 commits)")

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Tags

rate-limiterthrottlingrate limitingrate limiter libraryrate limiting librarythrottling library

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