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lordsimal/ical
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The lordsimal/iCal package offers an abstraction layer for creating iCalendars. You can easily create iCal files by using PHP objects instead of typing your \*.ics file by hand. The output will follow RFC 5545 as best as possible.

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📅 LordSimal — iCal
==================

[](#-lordsimal--ical)

Important

This is a fork of the original [markuspoerschke/iCal](https://github.com/markuspoerschke/iCal) package. It contains various fixes related to PHP 8.4 deprecations. The namespace changed from `Eluceo\iCal` to `LordSimal\iCal`.

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

[](#installation)

You can install this package by using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org), running the following command:

```
composer require lordsimal/ical
```

Version / Upgrade
-----------------

[](#version--upgrade)

I have restarted the versioning of this package.

VersionPHP Version0.1.x8.3 - 8.4Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Please refer to the original [ical.poerschke.nrw](https://ical.poerschke.nrw/) page for complete documentation.

All you have to change is the namespace in your code from `Eluceo\iCal` to `LordSimal\iCal`.

Credit where credit is due
--------------------------

[](#credit-where-credit-is-due)

This package is a fork of the original [markuspoerschke/iCal](https://github.com/markuspoerschke/iCal) package. I do NOT claim any rights to the original code, it's all credit to [Markus Poerschke](https://github.com/markuspoerschke/).

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is released under the [**MIT license**](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.8% 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 ~55 days

Total

3

Last Release

213d ago

Major Versions

0.1.1 → 2.x-dev2025-12-02

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0

0.1.1PHP ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bfa3748cb4e1bf824128dc4b23bce7f80654dd560a002048c89c567ef67c0928?d=identicon)[LordSimal](/maintainers/LordSimal)

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Top Contributors

[![markuspoerschke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1222377?v=4)](https://github.com/markuspoerschke "markuspoerschke (331 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (166 commits)")[![markuspoerschke-bot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/79374170?v=4)](https://github.com/markuspoerschke-bot "markuspoerschke-bot (17 commits)")[![LordSimal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9105243?v=4)](https://github.com/LordSimal "LordSimal (13 commits)")[![elceka](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2307558?v=4)](https://github.com/elceka "elceka (11 commits)")[![rvanlaak](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2707563?v=4)](https://github.com/rvanlaak "rvanlaak (7 commits)")[![dependabot-preview[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2141?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-preview[bot] "dependabot-preview[bot] (7 commits)")[![buggedcom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2810?v=4)](https://github.com/buggedcom "buggedcom (5 commits)")[![davesouthey](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4697633?v=4)](https://github.com/davesouthey "davesouthey (4 commits)")[![brutuscat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/301959?v=4)](https://github.com/brutuscat "brutuscat (3 commits)")[![edrush](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4974858?v=4)](https://github.com/edrush "edrush (3 commits)")[![ravishtiwari](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1816459?v=4)](https://github.com/ravishtiwari "ravishtiwari (3 commits)")[![cmfcmf](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2145092?v=4)](https://github.com/cmfcmf "cmfcmf (3 commits)")[![navarr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/145128?v=4)](https://github.com/navarr "navarr (3 commits)")[![ajf58](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/522994?v=4)](https://github.com/ajf58 "ajf58 (3 commits)")[![cachan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/188208?v=4)](https://github.com/cachan "cachan (2 commits)")[![cmbuckley](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/80938?v=4)](https://github.com/cmbuckley "cmbuckley (2 commits)")[![sebastian-alfers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/546816?v=4)](https://github.com/sebastian-alfers "sebastian-alfers (2 commits)")[![SHyx0rmZ](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/654223?v=4)](https://github.com/SHyx0rmZ "SHyx0rmZ (2 commits)")[![Gared](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/913630?v=4)](https://github.com/Gared "Gared (2 commits)")

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Tags

iCalendaricsicalcalendarphp calendar

###  Code Quality

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