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netom/colander
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Input filter and validator library for PHP with a functional twist

1.0.7(9y ago)03.3kMITPHP >=5.5.0

Since Apr 15Compare

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###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~106 days

Recently: every ~138 days

Total

8

Last Release

3308d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/072a2df3c2ea839646b2f91158af79a5879bd915a6ee4c326ac48007c1a199d5?d=identicon)[netom](/maintainers/netom)

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Top Contributors

[![netom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/695195?v=4)](https://github.com/netom "netom (21 commits)")

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Tags

validatorfilterinput

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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