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javanile/dotenv
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dotenv
======

[](#dotenv)

Loads environment variables from `.env` to `getenv()`, `$_ENV` and `$_SERVER` automagically.

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

3141d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/472171?v=4)[Francesco Bianco (yafb)](/maintainers/francescobianco)[@francescobianco](https://github.com/francescobianco)

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Top Contributors

[![francescobianco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/472171?v=4)](https://github.com/francescobianco "francescobianco (9 commits)")

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Tags

dependency-injectiondotenvphp7psr-11

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