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getpop/loosecontracts
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Loose Contracts: a method to "code against interfaces, not implementations" for strings such as option names, hook names, etc

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Loose Contracts
===============

[](#loose-contracts)

Loose Contracts: a method to "code against interfaces, not implementations" for strings such as option names, hook names, etc

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
composer require getpop/loosecontracts
```

Development
-----------

[](#development)

The source code is hosted on the [GatoGraphQL monorepo](https://github.com/GatoGraphQL/GatoGraphQL), under [`Engine/packages/loosecontracts`](https://github.com/GatoGraphQL/GatoGraphQL/tree/master/layers/Engine/packages/loosecontracts).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Initialize the component:

```
\PoP\Root\App::stockAndInitializeModuleClasses([([
    \PoP\LooseContracts\Module::class,
]);
```

Standards
---------

[](#standards)

[PSR-1](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-1), [PSR-4](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4) and [PSR-12](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-12).

To check the coding standards via [PHP CodeSniffer](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer), run:

```
composer check-style
```

To automatically fix issues, run:

```
composer fix-style
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

To execute [PHPUnit](https://phpunit.de/), run:

```
composer test
```

Static Analysis
---------------

[](#static-analysis)

To execute [PHPStan](https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan), run:

```
composer analyse
```

Report issues
-------------

[](#report-issues)

To report a bug or request a new feature please do it on the [GatoGraphQL monorepo issue tracker](https://github.com/GatoGraphQL/GatoGraphQL/issues).

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

We welcome contributions for this package on the [GatoGraphQL monorepo](https://github.com/GatoGraphQL/GatoGraphQL) (where the source code for this package is hosted).

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Leonardo Losoviz](https://github.com/leoloso)
- [All Contributors](../../../../../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

GNU General Public License v2 (or later). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

58

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance100

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity82

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~13 days

Total

159

Last Release

1d ago

Major Versions

12.2.2 → 13.0.02025-05-23

13.2.0 → 14.0.02025-09-09

14.0.4 → 15.0.02025-09-23

15.3.0 → 16.0.02026-01-12

16.1.0 → 17.0.02026-03-03

PHP version history (5 changes)v0.1.0PHP ~7.1

0.1.8PHP ~7.2

0.7.6PHP ^7.4|^8.0

0.8.1PHP ^8.0

0.9.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1981996?v=4)[Leonardo Losoviz](/maintainers/leoloso)[@leoloso](https://github.com/leoloso)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d5a0a064bae63a335ddd796bb69ab38e1d01420d14bfcc8e3d4e1550922ac60b?d=identicon)[getpop](/maintainers/getpop)

---

Top Contributors

[![leoloso](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1981996?v=4)](https://github.com/leoloso "leoloso (550 commits)")

---

Tags

phpgraphqlGatoGatoGraphQLloosecontracts

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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