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mglaman/docker-helper
=====================

Helper class for interacting with Docker, Docker Compose, and Docker Machine.

v0.0.4(9y ago)41.0k2[1 issues](https://github.com/mglaman/docker-helper/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/mglaman/docker-helper/pulls)1GPL-2.0+PHP

Since Sep 2Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Docker Helper
=============

[](#docker-helper)

PHP library to simplify interacting with Docker.

- If non-native Docker, will attempt to boot machine and export environment data
- Handle starting and stopping containers
- Moar

Code created in [platform-docker](https://github.com/mglaman/platform-docker/) extract to own library.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance15

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.2% 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 ~179 days

Total

4

Last Release

3408d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/98c03d4d2a6aa9b5ecdfc565e8f90f53f0a8f6c2757048a148b34b166d78266c?d=identicon)[mglaman](/maintainers/mglaman)

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Top Contributors

[![mglaman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3698644?v=4)](https://github.com/mglaman "mglaman (15 commits)")[![alexpott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/769634?v=4)](https://github.com/alexpott "alexpott (2 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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