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f3-factory/fatfree-psr7
=======================

A fat-free PHP8 implementation of PSR-7 and PSR-17

2.0.1(1y ago)61021MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Oct 28Pushed 1y ago5 watchersCompare

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Fat-Free PSR-7 implementation
=============================

[](#fat-free-psr-7-implementation)

This is a lightweight [PSR-7](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/) implementation for PHP 8.0+.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require f3-factory/fatfree-psr7
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The package includes a [PSR-17](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-17/) factory.

Use these factories according to specs to create Request, Response, Uri, Stream objects.

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Run the test suite:

```
composer test
```

NB: Custom tests were mostly taken from [Nyholm/psr7](https://github.com/Nyholm/psr7).

Benchmarks
----------

[](#benchmarks)

Benchmarks done with `devanych/psr-http-benchmark` on php 8.0+.

Checkout `benchmark` branch, start docker composer, then run in container:

```
COMPOSER_ROOT_VERSION=1.0 composer update

```

Run benchmarks on php 8.0+:

```
cd benchmark/
php benchmark.php fatfree 50000

```

Test results (best of 3 on MacBook M2 Pro)
------------------------------------------

[](#test-results-best-of-3-on-macbook-m2-pro)

Runs: 50,000GuzzleHttpSoftLaminasNyholmSlimFatfreeRuns per second144121860817641205491444422233Average time per run0.0694 ms0.0537 ms0.0567 ms0.0487 ms0.0692 ms0.0450 msTotal time3.4691 s2.6869 s2.8342 s2.4331 s3.4616 s2.2488 s---

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance38

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~402 days

Total

3

Last Release

533d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02025-01-03

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1177647?v=4)[Christian Knuth](/maintainers/ikkez)[@ikkez](https://github.com/ikkez)

---

Top Contributors

[![ikkez](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1177647?v=4)](https://github.com/ikkez "ikkez (11 commits)")

---

Tags

http-messagepsr-17psr-7psr-7http-messagepsr-17

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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