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m8rge/alternative-mail
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Simple class for utf8 html/text emails with small attachments

v0.9(12y ago)067MITPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 31Compare

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###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4634d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5da56097a7c9aced72f9d376741f2e061123d386fd9e86be9c5d3d1435c0bc7a?d=identicon)[m8rge](/maintainers/m8rge)

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Top Contributors

[![m8rge](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/575777?v=4)](https://github.com/m8rge "m8rge (32 commits)")

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Tags

utf-8utf8mailSimplestandaloneattachmentsmallno dependency

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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