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horde/mime
==========

MIME library

v3.0.0(1w ago)38.4k↑20.2%1420LGPL-2.1-onlyPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8CI failing

Since Nov 22Pushed 4d ago5 watchersCompare

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Horde\\Mime
===========

[](#hordemime)

MIME message handling library for PHP 8.2+.

Provides immutable value objects for building, parsing and rendering RFC 2822/2045 MIME messages.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require horde/mime
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

```
use Horde\Mime\MessageBuilder;
use Horde\Mime\MessageRenderer;
use Horde\Mime\MimeParser;
use Horde\Mime\PartBuilder;

// Compose a message
$builder = new MessageBuilder();
$builder->setFrom('sender@example.com')
    ->setTo('rcpt@example.com')
    ->setSubject('Hello')
    ->setBody('Plain text body', flowed: true)
    ->addAttachment('/path/to/file.pdf');

$composed = $builder->build();
$raw = MessageRenderer::render($composed->part, $composed->headers);

// Parse a message
$part = MimeParser::parse($rawMessage);
echo $part->fullType();        // e.g. "multipart/mixed"
echo $part->children[0]->body; // first child's decoded body

// Build parts directly
$part = PartBuilder::text('Hello world')->build();
$html = PartBuilder::html('Hello')->build();
$attachment = PartBuilder::attachment($data, 'report.pdf', 'application/pdf')->build();
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Upgrading from 2.x to 3.x](doc/UPGRADING.md)

License
-------

[](#license)

LGPL 2.1 - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

###  Health Score

64

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance99

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community43

Growing community involvement

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.8% 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 ~85 days

Recently: every ~22 days

Total

55

Last Release

8d ago

Major Versions

2.11.1 → 3.0.0alpha12021-02-24

2.11.2 → v3.0.0alpha42022-08-16

v2.13.2 → v3.0.0alpha62025-06-01

v2.14.0 → v3.0.0alpha72026-03-15

v2.14.1 → v3.0.0beta22026-04-01

PHP version history (8 changes)2.2.8PHP >=5.3.0

2.3.2PHP >=5.3.0,<=6.0.0alpha1

2.9.3PHP >=5.3.0,<=8.0.0alpha1

2.11.0PHP ^5.3 || ^7

3.0.0alpha1PHP ^7

v2.12.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v3.0.0alpha4PHP ^7.4 || ^8

v2.14.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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