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mapkyca/known-language-tools
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I18N dev tools for Known

1.0.4(6y ago)04.8k↓33.3%320GPL-2.0-onlyPHPPHP >=7.0

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Known i18n language tools
=========================

[](#known-i18n-language-tools)

This contains development tools for creating .pot files.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

- In your plugin, require this dependency: `composer require mapkyca/known-language-tools --dev`
- Copy and rename `vendor/mapkyca/known-language-tools/Sample.Gruntfile.js` to `./Gruntfile.js`
- Copy and rename `vendor/mapkyca/known-language-tools/Sample.package.json` to `./package.json` and edit accordingly
- Make a `./languages` directory in your project
- Install grunt, and its dependencies (usually `npm install --only=dev`)
- `grunt build-lang`

See
---

[](#see)

- Author: Marcus Povey
- Blog post

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.8% 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 ~151 days

Total

3

Last Release

2320d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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i18nknowninternationalisationindieweb

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