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mcustiel/creature
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Allows to create objects using a common interface

v2.0.0(9y ago)3552.3k—2%1GPL-3.0+PHPPHP >=5.6

Since Feb 25Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Creature
========

[](#creature)

A library to simplify different ways of getting object instances.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/691744c22406dfbf552e1e89809cd98c426d3a9428960acc61e173f9cbcbcb96/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d6375737469656c2f43726561747572652e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/mcustiel/Creature)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ee0b6b2e95ffb7d488aa2b151a0a1118fddd39b8131db957007c356ca3e482e0/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f6d6375737469656c2f43726561747572652f6261646765732f636f7665726167652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/mcustiel/Creature/?branch=master)[![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a5e3edc9fdef1fb158ce274a052279e2af5f406427b4eb69b8354f365ee1aa2e/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f6d6375737469656c2f63726561747572652f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/mcustiel/creature/?branch=master)

###  Health Score

36

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LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~207 days

Total

3

Last Release

3366d ago

Major Versions

v1.x-dev → v2.0.02017-04-15

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.5

v2.0.0PHP >=5.6

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d9b3ff93206038debfa1f16a11bbfc10fca9b2f4ddfdafa00e27365d290cf0d?d=identicon)[mcustiel](/maintainers/mcustiel)

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Top Contributors

[![mcustiel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3268370?v=4)](https://github.com/mcustiel "mcustiel (23 commits)")

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Tags

creationcreation-methodsphpobjectcreatorinstantiatorcreateinstances

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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