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gentle/duckduckgo-api
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PHP client for DuckDuckGo API

0.2.0(11y ago)63772MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Oct 20Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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PHP client for DuckDuckGo API
=============================

[](#php-client-for-duckduckgo-api)

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This is a PHP library which offers support to access [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/) API.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 5.3 with following extensions enabled:
    - [cURL](http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php)
    - [OpenSSL](http://php.net/manual/en/book.openssl.php)
- [Buzz](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/Buzz) library.
- PHPUnit to run tests. (*optional*)

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

Read [Introduction](http://gentlero.github.io/duckduckgo-api/#introduction) and [Installation](http://gentlero.github.io/duckduckgo-api/installation.html) from the documentation.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

See  for more detailed documentation.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.2% 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 ~181 days

Total

2

Last Release

4042d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0d360d7a6070deb0054128aeabde12eb5fa070481eb42fd747f63c17ccb0b863?d=identicon)[vimishor](/maintainers/vimishor)

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Top Contributors

[![vimishor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/477960?v=4)](https://github.com/vimishor "vimishor (69 commits)")[![mintsoft](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/978048?v=4)](https://github.com/mintsoft "mintsoft (2 commits)")

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Tags

apiduckduckgo

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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