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kamazee/typegetter
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0.1(6y ago)03MITPHPPHP ^7.0.6

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Typegetter
==========

[](#typegetter)

Tiny PHP library for getting a readable representation of type of a variable (for example, to substitute into a message). Initially it was built for my own projects and published to simplify sharing between projects.

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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

2462d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/231518?v=4)[Alexander Kurilo](/maintainers/kamazee)[@kamazee](https://github.com/kamazee)

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Top Contributors

[![kamazee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/231518?v=4)](https://github.com/kamazee "kamazee (2 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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