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grantholle/pear-cache-lite
==========================

Fast and safe little cache system

2.0.2(5y ago)06011LGPL-2.1-or-laterPHPPHP ^7.2|^8.0

Since May 11Pushed 5y agoCompare

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pear-cache-light
================

[](#pear-cache-light)

Fast and safe little cache system.

This package is a little cache system optimized for file containers. t is fast and safe (because it uses file locking and/or anti-corruption tests).

Building
--------

[](#building)

To test this package, run

```
phpunit tests/

```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require grantholle/pear-cache-light
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 65% 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 ~355 days

Recently: every ~278 days

Total

8

Last Release

1938d ago

Major Versions

v1.8.3 → 2.0.02020-08-16

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.7.16PHP >=4.0.0

2.0.0PHP ^7.2

2.0.2PHP ^7.2|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/57ed974235b4a23e6aaf9d9039bff2b0d1268edc0e44ebab6e60e4bf1e6eb144?d=identicon)[grantholle](/maintainers/grantholle)

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Top Contributors

[![coderbyheart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/188915?v=4)](https://github.com/coderbyheart "coderbyheart (52 commits)")[![cweiske](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/59036?v=4)](https://github.com/cweiske "cweiske (5 commits)")[![ashnazg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100170?v=4)](https://github.com/ashnazg "ashnazg (4 commits)")[![hypermkt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1726225?v=4)](https://github.com/hypermkt "hypermkt (4 commits)")[![remicollet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/270445?v=4)](https://github.com/remicollet "remicollet (4 commits)")[![CloCkWeRX](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/365751?v=4)](https://github.com/CloCkWeRX "CloCkWeRX (3 commits)")[![grantholle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1189456?v=4)](https://github.com/grantholle "grantholle (3 commits)")[![sebastianbergmann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25218?v=4)](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann "sebastianbergmann (2 commits)")[![mj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5277?v=4)](https://github.com/mj "mj (1 commits)")[![Nakiami](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2215870?v=4)](https://github.com/Nakiami "Nakiami (1 commits)")[![till](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27003?v=4)](https://github.com/till "till (1 commits)")

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Tags

cache

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/grantholle-pear-cache-lite/health.svg)

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