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horde/pear
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PEAR infrastructure library

v2.0.0alpha3(5y ago)120131LGPL-2.1PHPPHP ^7CI failing

Since Oct 15Pushed 1mo ago5 watchersCompare

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Overview
--------

[](#overview)

This component delivers a small subset of the functionality required to deal with the data structures established by the [PEAR project](http://pear.php.net). Currently it allows accessing the REST interface of a remote PEAR server and provides utilities to deal with package.xml files. The most important functionality concerning the packaging manifest is the automatic update of the XML data.

Further details can be found in the accompanying documents [REMOTE\_PEAR\_SERVER](REMOTE_PEAR_SERVER) and [PACKAGE\_XML](PACKAGE_XML).

Rationale for this component
----------------------------

[](#rationale-for-this-component)

This package reimplements some of the code that is being provided on [pear.php.net](http://pear.php.net) via various PEAR\_\* packages.

Of course it should not be necessary to write new code providing PEAR functionality given the available PEAR\_\* packages. Unfortunately none of these provide anything near a decent and usable developer API. One could hope for the newer [Pyrus](http://pear2.php.net/) code to resolve some of the deeper structural problems the PEAR code has. The currently available code (as of 2011) does not look like a major improvement though.

The decision to reimplement PEAR code has not been taken lightly: originally the Horde components helper had been using the PEAR code. But the amount of hacks and workarounds required to sustain that basis was too much for a long term solution. As a consequence Horde\_Pear was started in order to generate a backend providing the functionality specifically required by the Horde components helper.

###  Health Score

42

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance61

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community28

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~387 days

Recently: every ~488 days

Total

13

Last Release

42d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0alpha12 → 2.0.0alpha12021-02-24

PHP version history (6 changes)1.0.0alpha6PHP &gt;=5.3.0

1.0.0alpha7PHP &gt;=5.3.0,&lt;=6.0.0alpha1

1.0.0alpha10PHP &gt;=5.3.0,&lt;=8.0.0alpha1

1.0.0alpha12PHP ^5.3 || ^7

2.0.0alpha1PHP ^7

v1.0.0alpha13PHP ^7.4 || ^8

### Community

Maintainers

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