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joomla/language
===============

Joomla Language Package

4.0.0(9mo ago)4146.8k↓23.5%135GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.3.0CI passing

Since Jun 4Pushed 9mo ago13 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/joomla-framework/language)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/language)[ Docs](https://github.com/joomla-framework/language)[ RSS](/packages/joomla-language/feed)WikiDiscussions 3.x-dev Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (9)Versions (23)Used By (5)

The Language Package [![Build Status](https://github.com/joomla-framework/language/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=3.x-dev)](https://github.com/joomla-framework/language)
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[](#the-language-package-)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d157b629e5404c5c44186279eb687931baedd7be2c523688d5b3ac437ef5f155/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f6c616e67756167652f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/language)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d19bc76047598eecbae2b5c066b6312b45939e0e61e60eccc64f0e07cbc8290d/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f6c616e67756167652f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/language)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8ad017b40f3ba0c76162ac978a4572891cee5ae64c493d547feb38fc7ba96bd3/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f6c616e67756167652f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/language)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/63d2be7cf55218e36d2f3b69b56f63ab8c4edf06358248c2c9fa89aa8bb480ec/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f6c616e67756167652f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/language)

The Language package provides an interface for managing internationalisation support and translations within an application.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1 or later
- Joomla [String](https://github.com/joomla-framework/string) Package 1.3 or later

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

[](#installation)

To install the package, you can simply run the following from the command line:

```
composer require joomla/language "~3.0"
```

If you want to include the test sources and docs, use

```
composer require --prefer-source joomla/language "~3.0"
```

###  Health Score

57

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance55

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity41

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community32

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity88

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.8% 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 ~246 days

Recently: every ~268 days

Total

19

Last Release

299d ago

Major Versions

1.4.0 → 2.0.0-alpha2020-06-08

1.4.1 → 2.0.02022-08-15

2.0.0 → 3.0.02023-10-08

3.0.2 → 4.0.02025-07-23

PHP version history (7 changes)1.0-alphaPHP &gt;=5.3.10

1.3.0PHP &gt;=5.3.10|&gt;=7.0

1.4.0PHP ^5.3.10|~7.0

2.0.0-alphaPHP ^7.2.5

2.0.0PHP ^7.2.5|~8.0.0|~8.1.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.1.0

4.0.0PHP ^8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/305a2164440014dcef9ac681c139fe5e8a1ce1d7a8c3b3cfb828497729a4c70e?d=identicon)[wilsonge](/maintainers/wilsonge)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

joomlajoomla-frameworklanguagelocalizationphptranslationframeworklanguagejoomla

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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