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mdwheele/fortune
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A fortune-teller for PHP.

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Since Jul 20Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Fortune
=======

[](#fortune)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f722194d52a7d2b4c4c6fbf33cfa57e8c96370863e6bf2c981fa5856f35c3d31/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d64776865656c652f666f7274756e652e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/mdwheele/fortune)

Fortune is a PHP Package for generating random fortunes similar to UNIX's fortune command. In fact, it's database of fortunes is built from fortune files from various systems.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install through Composer.

```
"require": {
    "mdwheele/fortune": "dev-master"
}
```

Attributions
------------

[](#attributions)

- [Alan Silverstein](http://silgro.com)
    - Maintainer of the fortunes.txt data file used to provide random fortunes.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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