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kafkiansky/reduce-arguments
===========================

Psalm plugin that makes sure that you don't use too many arguments in functions and methods.

v1.0.0(5y ago)05.0kMITPHPPHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

Since Mar 7Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Psalm plugin that helps to detect the fat objects and functions/methods calls.
==============================================================================

[](#psalm-plugin-that-helps-to-detect-the-fat-objects-and-functionsmethods-calls)

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### Contents:

[](#contents)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Testing](#testing)
- [License](#license)

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

[](#installation)

Install this package with Composer:

```
composer require kafkiansky/reduce-arguments --dev

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

If you want to use your own threshold, set the `argumentsCountThreshold` global variable in `psalm.xml` configuration:

```
...

...
```

By default, plugin use 5 as threshold.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). See [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

1899d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4b0c87976a285325177559e27d154a9b5019466800c6a3342db916140c512ede?d=identicon)[kafkiansky](/maintainers/kafkiansky)

---

Top Contributors

[![kafkiansky](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37590388?v=4)](https://github.com/kafkiansky "kafkiansky (6 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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