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expect/expect
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Expectation library for unit testing

2.0.0(9y ago)08.7k3MITPHP >=5.6.0

Since Mar 23Compare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (11)Versions (21)Used By (3)

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###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.7% 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 ~26 days

Recently: every ~62 days

Total

20

Last Release

3567d ago

Major Versions

0.6.1 → 1.0.02015-05-01

1.0.7 → 2.0.02016-08-08

PHP version history (3 changes)0.6.1PHP >=5.4.0

1.0.0PHP >=5.5.0

2.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

testBDDassertspecexpect

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