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joelface/sqlitepal
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A simple, lightweight SQLite3 library for PHP

v0.1.0(4y ago)021MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Aug 11Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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SQLitePal
=========

[](#sqlitepal)

[![Tests](https://github.com/joelface/sqlitepal/workflows/Tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/joelface/sqlitepal/actions/workflows/tests.yml)[![Static Analysis](https://github.com/joelface/sqlitepal/workflows/Static%20Analysis/badge.svg)](https://github.com/joelface/sqlitepal/actions/workflows/static-analysis.yml)[![Coding Standard](https://github.com/joelface/sqlitepal/workflows/Coding%20Standard/badge.svg)](https://github.com/joelface/sqlitepal/actions/workflows/coding-standard.yml)

SQLitePal is a simple, lightweight library for working with SQLite3 databases in PHP. It's made for situations where all you need is a friendlier interface than what's provided by PHP's built-in SQLite3 class.

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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

1739d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8252342?v=4)[Joel Bruick](/maintainers/joelface)[@joelface](https://github.com/joelface)

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Top Contributors

[![joelface](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8252342?v=4)](https://github.com/joelface "joelface (8 commits)")

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Tags

databasesqlite

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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