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netherphp/browser
=================

Lightweight web requests.

01.5kPHPCI passing

Since Jan 11Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Nether\\Browser
===============

[](#netherbrowser)

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Provide a light weight means of asking for remote resources, idealy with the fewest number of error cases to consider but that has yet to be seen. Able to fetch a remote resource using PHP's `file_get_contents()` or the `cURL`extension.

```
use Nether\Browser;

$Client = Browser\Client::FromURL('https://google.com/search?q=test');

// fetching generic data without any care as to what it may be.

$Text = $Client->Fetch();

// fetching data expecting the remote to be valid json. returns an array on
// success or null on failure.

$Data = $Client->FetchAsJSON(); // array or NULL.

// fetching data expecting the remote to be valid html. returns a Document on
// success or null on failure.

$HTML = $Client->FetchAsHTML(); // Browser\Document or NULL.
```

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity16

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

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Top Contributors

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