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hell-sh/nose
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Nose sniffs out errors in your code with no dependencies.

v1.1.2(5y ago)02301MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Jun 3Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Nose
====

[](#nose)

Nose sniffs out errors in your code with no dependencies.

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

[](#installation)

### Globally

[](#globally)

1. [Get Cone](https://getcone.org) if you haven't already.
2. As administrator/root, run `cone get nose`.
3. That's it! You can now use `nose` in any directory.

### Per Project

[](#per-project)

1. Get [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) if you haven't already.
    - If you have [Cone](https://getcone.org), use `cone get composer`.
    - Otherwise, follow the instructions on
2. In the directory of your project, run `composer require --dev hell-sh/nose`
3. You can now use `vendor/bin/nose` (or `vendor/bin/nose.bat` on Windows) in your project's directory.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.5% 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 ~61 days

Recently: every ~152 days

Total

11

Last Release

1923d ago

Major Versions

v0.4.1 → v1.0.02019-06-06

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![timmyRS](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11009697?v=4)](https://github.com/timmyRS "timmyRS (19 commits)")[![Sainan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63328889?v=4)](https://github.com/Sainan "Sainan (2 commits)")

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