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gears/search
============

A light weight full text search engine.

v0.1(11y ago)3104MITPHP

Since Jan 15Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/phpgearbox/search)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/gears/search)[ Docs](https://github.com/phpgearbox/search)[ RSS](/packages/gears-search/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (6)Versions (2)Used By (0)

The Search Gear
===============

[](#the-search-gear)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/93e2a7aee41f6da9104d5c716295f09c4cbaeebb1fe0f2e50f1898d71129ca88/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f70687067656172626f782f7365617263682e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/phpgearbox/search)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d9e732c4c9f93329aae3f4ae5af466586e7d914ff8608bd24fb3c23300ebbfea/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f67656172732f7365617263682f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/gears/search)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7963a64fa66e73521d56ee0aaf21539a5b746b8d2e407f070be44bd7cc44dcfb/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f67656172732f7365617263682f646f776e6c6f6164732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/gears/search)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9b61014dffb82679504e747b8d27cdf2ca9b708afcf06066219045bbf5924bd6/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f67656172732f7365617263682f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/gears/search)

How to Install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

Installation via composer is easy:

```
composer require gears/search:*

```

How to Use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

Comming Soon...

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Developed by Brad Jones -

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4133d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2b476564958ffc91db5580080738e529644f820bdfec6a6c4d397f9c5da45065?d=identicon)[brad-jones](/maintainers/brad-jones)

---

Top Contributors

[![brad-jones](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2754772?v=4)](https://github.com/brad-jones "brad-jones (1 commits)")

---

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/gears-search/health.svg)

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