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norvica/pathfinder
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Fast PHP router.

v0.2.0(2y ago)018BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^8.1

Since Oct 2Pushed 1y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/norvica/pathfinder)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/norvica/pathfinder)[ RSS](/packages/norvica-pathfinder/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago

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Pathfinder
==========

[](#pathfinder)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/39712d350376836c61929621b35cc9a257e124a751a1dcd021bc3cbcd7dc7076/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6e6f72766963612f7061746866696e6465722f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/norvica/pathfinder)[![Checks](https://github.com/norvica/pathfinder/actions/workflows/checks.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/norvica/pathfinder/actions/workflows/checks.yml)

**Pathfinder** is a lean and fast PHP router built on the [Trie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie) (or prefix tree) search algorithm. Its design enables quick lookups and is optimized for high performance.

Read more on

References
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[](#references)

- [Wikipedia article about Trie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie)
- [HackerRank video about Trie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIjfhVPRZCg)

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance26

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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

Every ~35 days

Recently: every ~43 days

Total

6

Last Release

782d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/65d17adaa691f6946a6301320413a5871cd9a3284d49914f185b1bb7c7755eee?d=identicon)[serge-kvashnin](/maintainers/serge-kvashnin)

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Top Contributors

[![serge-kvashnin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75180587?v=4)](https://github.com/serge-kvashnin "serge-kvashnin (16 commits)")

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Tags

componentphprouterstandalonephproutertrie

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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