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ideea/unicode
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Utils for work with unicode strings

v1.0(11y ago)46.5k1MITPHP >=5.3.3

Since May 22Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/ZhukV/Unicode)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ideea/unicode)[ Docs](https://github.com/ZhukV/Unicode)[ RSS](/packages/ideea-unicode/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1w ago

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### README not available

The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/ZhukV/Unicode).

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4379d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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unicodeutil

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