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A library that contains a single function to determine user's home directory

1.0.0(5y ago)02411MITPHPPHP ~7.1

Since Nov 14Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Homedir
=======

[](#homedir)

A PHP library that contains a single function to determine user's home directory

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.1 or greater

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require juliardi/homedir

```

Functions
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[](#functions)

This library only has 2 functions, `get_home_directory()` and `is_windows()`. Those 2 functions can be called without any arguments.

Function NameReturn TypeDescription`get_home_directory()`stringDetermines current user's home directory`is_windows()`booleanChecks whether current operating system is a Windows

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

2003d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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