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griffbrad/composer-versioning-examples
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An illustrations of some versioning subtleties in PHP and Composer.

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composer-versioning-examples
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An illustration of versioning subtleties in PHP and composer

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

2551d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02019-05-14

2.0.0 → 3.0.02019-05-14

3.0.0 → 4.0.02019-05-14

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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