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karmabunny/bacon-backends
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v1.0.0(3y ago)0627↑535.7%MITPHP

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Additional Bacon QR backends
============================

[](#additional-bacon-qr-backends)

Some extra backends for Bacon QR.

These might work a bit more reliably than others, particularly in constrained hosting environments.

- ImagickDumbBackEnd
- GdImageBackEnd

### ImagickDumbBackEnd

[](#imagickdumbbackend)

The built-in imagick backend is (currently) broken in PHP 8. So this is a backend that wraps the SVG backend and pipes it through the `convert` CLI tool provided by imagick.

Generally we've found the PHP imagick extension a bit questionable anyway. Sprout 3, for example, departed from the imagick extensions in Sprout 2 and uses the `convert` tool exclusively.

Caveats: Might not work on Windows. Makes heavy use of `proc_open()`.

### GdImageBackEnd

[](#gdimagebackend)

This is a *very* limited backend but has enough bits to draw a basic QR code.

GD is widely available, more than imagick. So this is a big win for those tight environments.

Caveats: Many.

- No gradients.
- No rotation.
- No layers.
- No curves or ellipsis.

You might ask, why not write a renderer instead of an image backend? The answer is - I didn't even realise that was an option. It might be easier, might be harder. Might actually be far more robust. So maybe that's a thing for the future.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use BaconQrCode\Renderer\ImageRenderer;
use BaconQrCode\Renderer\RendererStyle\RendererStyle;
use BaconQrCode\Writer;
use karmabunny\BaconBackends\GdImageBackEnd;
use karmabunny\BaconBackends\ImagickDumbBackEnd;

$renderer = new ImageRenderer(
    new RendererStyle(400),
    new ImagickDumbBackEnd(),
    // or new GdImageBackEnd(),
);
$writer = new Writer($renderer);
$writer->writeFile('Hello World!', 'qrcode.png');
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Be sure to write a test. We've got some pretty funky stuff going on in there but it validates the use case.

Run tests with `composer test`.

Pleas also run `composer analyse` over anything before releasing.

### Future

[](#future)

Some things to do, for fun and profit.

- GD renderer (as opposed to the image backend)
- HTML renderer

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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

1345d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/11b33084210490439a6fb2c0b277e0bf39f8d0e368f20bebb703834003a617df?d=identicon)[karmabunny](/maintainers/karmabunny)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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