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javanile/lightpdf
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A PHP class to generate PDF files from HTML with Unicode/UTF-8 and CJK support

v5.7.4(10y ago)136[1 PRs](https://github.com/javanile/light-pdf/pulls)1GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.3

Since Feb 7Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3795d 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

phppdfutf-8html

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