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helpscout/php-standards
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Help Scout PHP Code Standards

v1.3.0(7y ago)18.1k[1 PRs](https://github.com/helpscout/php-standards/pulls)2MIT

Since May 6Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/helpscout/php-standards)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/helpscout/php-standards)[ Docs](http://developer.helpscout.net/)[ RSS](/packages/helpscout-php-standards/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (6)Used By (2)

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.2% 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 ~231 days

Total

5

Last Release

2734d ago

Major Versions

v0.9 → v1.02017-06-13

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2a560935372705d52a621836e7bee49a6d6576c646bc87feb4c7832baf9e8fc0?d=identicon)[helpscout](/maintainers/helpscout)

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Top Contributors

[![craig-davis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9907304?v=4)](https://github.com/craig-davis "craig-davis (23 commits)")[![tompedals](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6132043?v=4)](https://github.com/tompedals "tompedals (2 commits)")[![jmauerhan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4204262?v=4)](https://github.com/jmauerhan "jmauerhan (1 commits)")[![kierate](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1451406?v=4)](https://github.com/kierate "kierate (1 commits)")

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Tags

standardsphpcsHelp Scout

###  Code Quality

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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