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matthewbdaly/ernie
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Simple DI container

0.0.3(7y ago)6142MITPHP

Since Oct 20Pushed 7y ago3 watchersCompare

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Ernie
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Simple dependency injection container, built to understand the concept better. Implements PSR-11.

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

Every ~6 days

Total

3

Last Release

2748d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a596e5052494181ddc20aedefbebef191cc81008e320df098608c54a1dea7350?d=identicon)[matthewbdaly](/maintainers/matthewbdaly)

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Top Contributors

[![matthewbdaly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/450801?v=4)](https://github.com/matthewbdaly "matthewbdaly (39 commits)")

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Tags

dependency-injectiondependency-injection-containerphpphp7psr-11

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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