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localgod/karla
==============

ImageMagick wrapper

v1.1.0(4mo ago)53.7k1MITPHPPHP ^8.0CI passing

Since May 15Pushed 1mo ago2 watchersCompare

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Karla
=====

[](#karla)

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Karla is an ImageMagick wrapper written in PHP with support for method chaining.

✨ **Now with ImageMagick 7 support!** Automatically detects and works with both ImageMagick 6 and 7.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.0+ (8.2+ recommended)
- ImageMagick 6.x or 7.x
- PHP extensions: pcre, SPL (default in most distributions)
- [shell\_exec()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php) must be enabled

Supported Versions
------------------

[](#supported-versions)

CI matrix tests the following combinations:

PHPImageMagick 6ImageMagick 78.2✅ Linux✅ Linux8.3✅ Linux✅ Linux8.4✅ Linux/macOS✅ Linux/macOS/WindowsInstallation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require localgod/karla
```

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

```
use Karla\Karla;

$karla = new Karla('/path/to/imagemagick/');
$karla->convert()
    ->input('photo.jpg')
    ->resize(800, 600)
    ->output('photo-resized.jpg')
    ->execute();
```

See the [documentation](http://localgod.github.io/karla/) for more examples and usage details.

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

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome! See [CONTRIBUTE.md](CONTRIBUTE.md) for development setup, testing guidelines, and how to submit pull requests.

License
-------

[](#license)

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###  Health Score

52

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.8% 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 ~1167 days

Total

4

Last Release

149d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.3

v1.0.1PHP >=8.0

v1.1.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4ad971c586a3020fb32c18801008a04b899f83efbc76f244a7e4128096c28b1a?d=identicon)[localgod](/maintainers/localgod)

---

Top Contributors

[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (143 commits)")[![localgod](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1308965?v=4)](https://github.com/localgod "localgod (53 commits)")[![Copilot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/1143301?v=4)](https://github.com/Copilot "Copilot (14 commits)")[![vvh-empora](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5236105?v=4)](https://github.com/vvh-empora "vvh-empora (2 commits)")[![fossabot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29791463?v=4)](https://github.com/fossabot "fossabot (1 commits)")[![skydiablo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/956423?v=4)](https://github.com/skydiablo "skydiablo (1 commits)")

---

Tags

imagemagickimagemagick-wrapperphpphpimageImageMagickimage manipulationimage processinggraphics

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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