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frank-houweling/weighted-random
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Library for generating a weighted random sample

1.0.1(6y ago)32.2k↓50%MITPHP ^7.3

Since Jul 27Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/FrankHouweling/weighted-random)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/frank-houweling/weighted-random)[ RSS](/packages/frank-houweling-weighted-random/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2487d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.2

1.0.1PHP ^7.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/42c315e5352f108b29dba2668493c5a3212d5fd3fa01f5fc2b4767894492be2c?d=identicon)[FrankHouweling](/maintainers/FrankHouweling)

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Tags

randomphpweightedsampling

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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