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padraic/phpunit-accelerator
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PHPUnit Accelerator: Speeds up PHPUnit by freeing memory after test runs

v1.0.2(11y ago)12156.5k↓17.9%2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

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PHPUnit Accelerator
===================

[](#phpunit-accelerator)

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Inspired by [Kris Wallsmith faster PHPUnit article](http://kriswallsmith.net/post/18029585104/faster-phpunit), we've created a [PHPUnit](http://phpunit.de) test listener that speeds up PHPUnit tests about 20% by freeing memory.

Setup and Configuration
-----------------------

[](#setup-and-configuration)

Add the following to your `composer.json` file

```
{
    "require-dev": {
        "mybuilder/phpunit-accelerator": "~1.0"
    }
}
```

Update the vendor libraries

```
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Just add to your `phpunit.xml` configuration

```

```

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.5% 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 ~154 days

Total

3

Last Release

4141d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![keyvanakbary](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/717129?v=4)](https://github.com/keyvanakbary "keyvanakbary (6 commits)")[![gavinlove](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/308682?v=4)](https://github.com/gavinlove "gavinlove (2 commits)")[![padraic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19780?v=4)](https://github.com/padraic "padraic (2 commits)")[![sp-felix-carmona](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6802917?v=4)](https://github.com/sp-felix-carmona "sp-felix-carmona (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpunitmemorypropertyfastfreeaccelerator

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