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otzy/forker
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Simplifies creating child processes

v0.0.2(7y ago)08MITPHP >=5.6.0

Since Sep 17Compare

[ Source](https://gitlab.com/em86a/forker)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/otzy/forker)[ RSS](/packages/otzy-forker/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2d ago

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###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2796d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11853333?v=4)[Evgeny Mazovetskiy](/maintainers/otzy)[@otzy](https://github.com/otzy)

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