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nunomaduro/patrol
=================

An elegant command-line tool that keeps your PHP Project's dependencies in check

v1.2.0(2y ago)276132.0k—1.1%22[1 issues](https://github.com/nunomaduro/patrol/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/nunomaduro/patrol/pulls)3MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing

Since Jun 15Pushed 3w ago2 watchersCompare

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**Patrol** is an elegant command-line tool that keeps your PHP Project's dependencies in check.

Installation / Usage
--------------------

[](#installation--usage)

> **Requires [PHP 8.2+](https://php.net/releases/)**

First, install Patrol via the [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) package manager:

```
composer require nunomaduro/patrol --dev
```

Then, use the `patrol` binary:

```
./vendor/bin/patrol
```

You may also specify the directory that should be inspected:

```
./vendor/bin/patrol inspect ../another/project-directory
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Patrol is an open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

56

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80.5% 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 ~212 days

Total

5

Last Release

996d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^8.0

v1.2.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/86cfef5c1f5195df1a9db17a5f8ecb34455e1f0133a725de9acf7f2fb26ac6a1?d=identicon)[nunomaduro](/maintainers/nunomaduro)

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Top Contributors

[![nunomaduro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5457236?v=4)](https://github.com/nunomaduro "nunomaduro (33 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (2 commits)")[![nunolaraveltestaccount](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/106339258?v=4)](https://github.com/nunolaraveltestaccount "nunolaraveltestaccount (1 commits)")[![oliverquynh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16967350?v=4)](https://github.com/oliverquynh "oliverquynh (1 commits)")[![rogervila](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6053012?v=4)](https://github.com/rogervila "rogervila (1 commits)")[![aglipanci](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2675283?v=4)](https://github.com/aglipanci "aglipanci (1 commits)")[![ssninnni](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7058344?v=4)](https://github.com/ssninnni "ssninnni (1 commits)")[![caneco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/502041?v=4)](https://github.com/caneco "caneco (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpcomposerdependenciespatrol

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/nunomaduro-patrol/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/nunomaduro-patrol/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/nunomaduro-patrol)
```

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