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nfreear/plugin-genie
====================

PHP plugin discovery library built on PSR-4 autoloading.

1.0-beta(11y ago)08[4 issues](https://github.com/nfreear/plugin-genie/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Jun 26Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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nfreear / plugin-genie
======================

[](#nfreear--plugin-genie)

PHP plugin discovery library built on [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/) autoloading.

See it in use in \[Open Media Player\]\[\] — a unified, accessible online audio and video player from The Open University,

- [@iet-ou/open-media-player-core](https://github.com/IET-OU/open-media-player-core/blob/master/src/Plugin_Finder.php#L22)

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

[](#installation)

Install and test using Git and [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/),

```
    git clone https://github.com/nfreear/plugin-genie
    composer install
    composer test
```

---

License: [MIT](https://nfreear.mit-license.org/)

© 2015 Nick Freear [@nfreear](https://twitter.com/@nfreear) ([Institute of Educational Technology](http://iet.open.ac.uk/)).

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

4022d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/669993be674731e4eace2bbe7e33d89693c9c654ff031179c410e21b2539a150?d=identicon)[nfreear](/maintainers/nfreear)

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Top Contributors

[![nfreear](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/131235?v=4)](https://github.com/nfreear "nfreear (8 commits)")

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Tags

plugincomposerautoloadPSR-4OpenUniversityIET-OUouplayer

###  Code Quality

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