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jdz/debug
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Simple PHP Debugger, proxy for the Symfony VarDumper

2.0.4(7y ago)014MITPHPPHP ^7.1.3

Since Dec 3Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Debug
=====

[](#debug)

Simple debugger that uses the symfony/var-dumper

I use this to format the dump

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~98 days

Recently: every ~110 days

Total

6

Last Release

2593d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.02018-05-13

PHP version history (2 changes)1.1.0PHP >=5.6

2.0.0PHP ^7.1.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5e83e3701566e43438525ed14578487e732b849d152b5071aa1613a0dad96913?d=identicon)[jdz](/maintainers/jdz)

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Top Contributors

[![joffreydemetz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15113527?v=4)](https://github.com/joffreydemetz "joffreydemetz (13 commits)")

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Tags

debugdump

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