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kelvinmo/simplei18n
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An simple internationalization library for PHP, based on Gettext files.

v1.0.0(4y ago)0375BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^5.4 || ^7.0

Since Dec 31Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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⚠️ **IMPORTANT NOTICE - This library is no longer being maintained. Please use the [PHP Gettext library](https://github.com/php-gettext/Gettext) as an alternative.** ⚠️

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SimpleI18N
==========

[](#simplei18n)

SimpleI18N is a simple internationalization library written in PHP.

SimpleI18N uses Gettext mo files to store translated strings. However, it only offers a subset of the full capabilities of the Gettext library.

In particular:

- categories are not supported
- .mo files are assumed to be encoded in the same character set as your application - if you are not using UTF-8 you will need to convert the character set manually

License
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[](#license)

BSD 3 clause

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~792 days

Total

4

Last Release

1770d ago

Major Versions

v0.2.0 → v1.0.02021-07-04

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=5.3.0

v0.2.0PHP >=5.4.0

v1.0.0PHP ^5.4 || ^7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/467c1767396cee916f7dfb3a04f0dcef1714b72940a27fee0b58f96a8aa3b608?d=identicon)[kelvinmo](/maintainers/kelvinmo)

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Top Contributors

[![kelvinmo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1594601?v=4)](https://github.com/kelvinmo "kelvinmo (21 commits)")

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Tags

gettextphp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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