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locomotivemtl/charcoal-config
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Charcoal component for configuration data and object modeling

0.10.1(6y ago)024.4k16MITPHP >=5.6.0 || >=7.0

Since Aug 25Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/locomotivemtl/charcoal-config)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/locomotivemtl/charcoal-config)[ Docs](https://locomotivemtl.github.io/charcoal-config/)[ RSS](/packages/locomotivemtl-charcoal-config/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.8% 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 ~109 days

Recently: every ~251 days

Total

15

Last Release

2381d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=5.5.0

0.7PHP >=5.6.0

0.9.0PHP >=5.6.0 || >=7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cfb071c0ff7ce9500c528a003a2c53124248debc3e5bf367c17f89f5e6136125?d=identicon)[mducharme](/maintainers/mducharme)

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Top Contributors

[![mducharme](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12157?v=4)](https://github.com/mducharme "mducharme (67 commits)")[![mcaskill](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29353?v=4)](https://github.com/mcaskill "mcaskill (52 commits)")[![BeneRoch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3017380?v=4)](https://github.com/BeneRoch "BeneRoch (1 commits)")

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Tags

jsonconfigurationxmlyamlymlcharcoalini

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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