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mschop/simplified-isolator
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Simplified isolator without dynamic code generation as replacement for icecave/isolator.

v0.1.0(4y ago)025.0k↑1615.7%1MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Feb 20Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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simplified-isolator
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[](#simplified-isolator)

A simplified replacement for icecave/isolator

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1594d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8030310?v=4)[mschop](/maintainers/mschop)[@mschop](https://github.com/mschop)

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Top Contributors

[![mschop](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8030310?v=4)](https://github.com/mschop "mschop (3 commits)")

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Tags

phpunitunittestmockstubfakeDouble

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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