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ondrej-bouda/ivory
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A robust PHP PostgreSQL layer, as complete and correct as possible

0.2.1(1y ago)464[15 issues](https://github.com/ondrej-bouda/ivory/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/ondrej-bouda/ivory/pulls)BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

Since Dec 29Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Ivory
=====

[](#ivory)

...to the elephant's bone

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Ivory is a robust PHP PostgreSQL layer. The emphasis is on correctness, strict object API, and completeness.

For more details, see the [project page](https://ivoryphp.net), or hop in the [Showcase](https://github.com/ondrej-bouda/ivory/tree/master/test/unit/Ivory/Showcase).

###  Health Score

28

↓

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance14

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.8% 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 ~314 days

Recently: every ~376 days

Total

7

Last Release

645d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.x-devPHP ^7.1

0.2.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![ondrej-bouda](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1261710?v=4)](https://github.com/ondrej-bouda "ondrej-bouda (23 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (1 commits)")

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Tags

database-layerphppostgresqldatabasepostgresqlaccess layer

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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