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kherge/version
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A parsing and comparison library for semantic versioning.

1.0.1(13y ago)253.1M↑48.7%2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Jul 25Pushed 13y agoCompare

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Version
=======

[](#version)

> I am no longer maintaining this library. This project has been deprecated in favor of [Herrera.io php-version](https://github.com/herrera-io/php-version). If you would like to take over development of this project, please email me.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/de0da4a478fc394fc44ac1593e3c926a5fec0ad269507be2794cc8244157d678/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6b68657267652f56657273696f6e2e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/kherge/Version)

A parsing and comparison library for [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/).

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

To install Version, you must add it to the list of dependencies in your [`composer.json`](http://getcomposer.org/) file.

```
$ php composer.phar require kherge/version=1.*

```

If you are not using Composer to manage your dependencies, you may use any [PSR-0](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-0.md) class loader to load it from the `src/lib` directory.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Please see [the wiki](https://github.com/kherge/Version/wiki/API) for detail usage information.

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~11 days

Total

3

Last Release

5045d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)[Kevin Herrera](/maintainers/kherge)[@kherge](https://github.com/kherge)

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Top Contributors

[![kherge](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)](https://github.com/kherge "kherge (2 commits)")

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