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mallardduck/whois-client
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A very basic Whois client for PHP. The library is limited in function since it's intended to be a low-level client that handles only request and raw output.

3.0.0(3y ago)162.0k↓100%3GPL-3.0-or-laterPHP ^8.0

Since Feb 24Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/mallardduck/php-whois-client)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mallardduck/whois-client)[ Docs](https://github.com/mallardduck/whois-client)[ RSS](/packages/mallardduck-whois-client/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (10)Versions (30)Used By (3)

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###  Health Score

38

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LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity79

Established project with proven stability

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 ~71 days

Recently: every ~163 days

Total

26

Last Release

1206d ago

Major Versions

0.5.0 → 1.0.02018-12-02

1.2.1 → 2.0.02021-03-01

2.0.7 → 3.0.02023-01-22

PHP version history (8 changes)0.0.0PHP ~5.6|~7.0

0.1.3PHP ~5.6 || ~7.0

0.5.0PHP ~7.1

1.2.0PHP ~7.2

2.0.0PHP ^7.4

2.0.4PHP ^7.4|^8.0

2.0.6PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/801be8ba9bfb0cb2629f51f9753a0392683c2680fe3e941a188495840d920333?d=identicon)[MallardDuck](/maintainers/MallardDuck)

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Tags

domainwhoislookupwhois-clientRFC 3912

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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