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etelford/faker-instrument-names
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An instrument name generator for Faker.

v1.0.3(5y ago)128MITPHPPHP ^5.3.3 || ^7.0 || ^8.0CI failing

Since Sep 10Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Generate random instrument names with the help of [fzaninotto/Faker](https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker).

Names of instruments were pulled and parsed from [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/instruments).

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

[](#installation)

composer.json:

```
"require": {
    "etelford/faker-instrument-names": "*"
}

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

Make an instance of `Faker` and an instance of the `InstrumentFaker`, add it as a provider and call the instrument method you want.

```
$faker = \Faker\Factory::create();
$generator = new \Etelford\InstrumentFaker($faker);
$faker->addProvider($generator);

// Get a random instrument name
echo $faker->instrument;

// Get a random wind instrument name
echo $faker->windInstrument;

// Get a random string instrument name
echo $faker->stringInstrument;

// Get a random percussion instrument name
echo $faker->percussionInstrument;

// Get a random electronic instrument name
echo $faker->electronicInstrument;
```

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.3% 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 ~431 days

Total

4

Last Release

1873d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^5.4 || ^7.0

v1.0.3PHP ^5.3.3 || ^7.0 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/41ce6b796033d556ada7451243c390632a8cdd3db862daa776869be25e699580?d=identicon)[etelford](/maintainers/etelford)

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Top Contributors

[![etelford](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1336701?v=4)](https://github.com/etelford "etelford (14 commits)")[![ejtmicroventures](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97538730?v=4)](https://github.com/ejtmicroventures "ejtmicroventures (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpfakerlibraryetelfordinstrumentsmusical

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