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goatherd/phpcs\_installer
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PHP\_CodeSniffer standards composer installer

1.2(13y ago)027.2k2[4 issues](https://github.com/goatherd/phpcs_installer/issues)3BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3

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phpcs installer
===============

[](#phpcs-installer)

**deprecated** in most cases you should be fine with a setup like [descriped by this pull request](https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards/pull/195/files).

Please note that this package is no longer maintained as the need to patch standards into the CodeSniffer path structure does no longer exist.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 71% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~67 days

Total

3

Last Release

4776d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2c0597339c399bea9497c59ad70ec933e5a6c95458122649baf2dab18038ba88?d=identicon)[goatherd](/maintainers/goatherd)

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Top Contributors

[![zroger](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/175720?v=4)](https://github.com/zroger "zroger (1 commits)")

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Tags

standardsphpcscomposer-installer

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