PHPackages                             josh-oiknine/php-meerkat - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [API Development](/categories/api)
4. /
5. josh-oiknine/php-meerkat

AbandonedArchivedLibrary[API Development](/categories/api)

josh-oiknine/php-meerkat
========================

An easy-to-use PHP wrapper class for accessing Meerkat's API

201PHP

Since May 15Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/josh-oiknine/php-meerkat)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/josh-oiknine/php-meerkat)[ RSS](/packages/josh-oiknine-php-meerkat/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0)

[![Image](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/02e63de12ed5d3b222822a6f1f8021a5f90daaf17648c953a36989019b10d862/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f467034655838722e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/02e63de12ed5d3b222822a6f1f8021a5f90daaf17648c953a36989019b10d862/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f467034655838722e706e67)
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================

[](#)

php-meerkat
===========

[](#php-meerkat)

An easy-to-use PHP wrapper class for accessing Meerkat's API.

---

To read the official API doumentation visit [the Meerkat Developers page](http://developers.meerkatapp.co/)

You will also need an API key so visit [the registration form](http://developers.meerkatapp.co/api/#getting-an-api-token)to get one

---

### Installation

[](#installation)

I recommend using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to keep updates as smooth as possible.

```
$ composer require joshOiknine/php-meerkat

```

### Initialize the class

[](#initialize-the-class)

```
use joshOiknine\Meerkat;

$meerkat = new Meerkat('YOUR-API-KEY-HERE');
```

or w/o Composer

```
require_once('Meerkat.php');

$meerkat = new Meerkat('YOUR-API-KEY-HERE');
```

*NOT affiliated with Meerkat*

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db9589fb14f86542cc0459ada29a58496bc130284b656c67c33b5d59b50f67ac?d=identicon)[joshOiknine](/maintainers/joshOiknine)

---

Top Contributors

[![josh-oiknine](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/193179?v=4)](https://github.com/josh-oiknine "josh-oiknine (10 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/josh-oiknine-php-meerkat/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/josh-oiknine-php-meerkat/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/josh-oiknine-php-meerkat)
```

###  Alternatives

[stripe/stripe-php

Stripe PHP Library

4.0k143.3M480](/packages/stripe-stripe-php)[twilio/sdk

A PHP wrapper for Twilio's API

1.6k92.9M272](/packages/twilio-sdk)[facebook/php-business-sdk

PHP SDK for Facebook Business

90821.9M34](/packages/facebook-php-business-sdk)[meilisearch/meilisearch-php

PHP wrapper for the Meilisearch API

74513.7M114](/packages/meilisearch-meilisearch-php)[google/gax

Google API Core for PHP

265103.1M454](/packages/google-gax)[google/common-protos

Google API Common Protos for PHP

173103.7M50](/packages/google-common-protos)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)