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jcoded/friendly-mime
====================

Show a human readable description for a MIME type

1.0(9y ago)742.2k↑12.5%2[1 PRs](https://github.com/JCoded/friendly-mime-php/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Friendly MIME PHP
=================

[](#friendly-mime-php)

This package allows you to convert a MIME type into a human readable description.

Descriptions thanks to [http://www.freeformatter.com/mime-types-list.html](freeformatter.com).

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

[](#installation)

You can install this package through Composer. Add the following line to your composer.json `require` object:

```
"jcoded/friendly-mime": "^1.0"

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

There is a simple static function to use:

```
$friendlyName = \JCoded\FriendlyMime\FriendlyMime::getFriendlyName($mimeType);
```

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 74% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

3648d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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