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lkrms/util
==========

A lightweight PHP toolkit for expressive backend/CLI apps

v0.21.49(2y ago)020.1kMITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Jul 7Pushed 2y agoCompare

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> **This project has moved to [salient/toolkit](https://github.com/salient-labs/toolkit)**.

lkrms/util
==========

[](#lkrmsutil)

> A lightweight PHP toolkit for expressive backend/CLI apps. Opinionated but adaptable. Negligible dependencies. May contain traces of Laravel.

---

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

[](#installation)

Install the latest version with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require lkrms/util
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

API documentation for `lkrms/util` is [available online](https://lkrms.github.io/php-util/). It tracks the `main` branch of the project's [GitHub repository](https://github.com/lkrms/php-util) and is generated by [ApiGen](https://github.com/ApiGen/ApiGen).

You can build the API documentation locally by running the following commands in the top-level directory. It should appear in `docs/api` after a few seconds.

```
composer -d tools/apigen install
```

```
tools/apigen/vendor/bin/apigen -c tools/apigen/apigen.neon
```

Other documentation is available [here](docs/) and in the source code.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community6

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 ~3 days

Total

329

Last Release

858d ago

PHP version history (6 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.2

v0.13.0PHP >=7.4

v0.15.3PHP >=7.4,<8.2

v0.18.15PHP >=7.4,<=8.2

v0.19.3PHP >=7.4,<8.3

v0.20.8PHP >=7.4 <8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2563783?v=4)[Luke Arms](/maintainers/lkrms)[@lkrms](https://github.com/lkrms)

---

Top Contributors

[![lkrms](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2563783?v=4)](https://github.com/lkrms "lkrms (1440 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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