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nclshart/php-vd-checker
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A tool to check visual debt in your PHP code

10PHP

Since Oct 30Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Visual Debt Checker
=======================

[](#php-visual-debt-checker)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2e339424d67ab36be4d935af80eeb16179552881ad9b638d649cf34462755fff/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6e636c73486172742f7068702d76642d636865636b65722e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/nclsHart/php-vd-checker.svg)

Foreword
--------

[](#foreword)

What is visual debt?

-

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require --dev nclshart/php-vd-checker
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$ vendor/bin/php-vd-checker check src
```

Conclusion
----------

[](#conclusion)

Please, **never** use this.

Thanks to @Ocramius, more explanations are available [here](https://ocramius.github.io/blog/eliminating-visual-debt/).

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d6279ebb7587adee2473032e5edcb89023dfd654f41772dd91c1eab57fa08c11?d=identicon)[nclsHart](/maintainers/nclsHart)

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Top Contributors

[![nclsHart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/833625?v=4)](https://github.com/nclsHart "nclsHart (9 commits)")

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Tags

phpvisual-debtwip

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