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emmetog/locker
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A library that allows only one process to execute at a time

v1.0.0(11y ago)0241GPL-3.0PHP

Since Mar 10Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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locker
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[](#locker)

A library which allows process locking

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~511 days

Total

2

Last Release

4349d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1182891?v=4)[Emmet O'Grady](/maintainers/emmetog)[@emmetog](https://github.com/emmetog)

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Top Contributors

[![emmetog](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1182891?v=4)](https://github.com/emmetog "emmetog (2 commits)")

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Tags

processlocklockfile

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