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panlatent/cron-expression-descriptor
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Converts cron expressions into human readable descriptions.

1.1.0(4y ago)21681.7k↓49.5%5[1 issues](https://github.com/panlatent/cron-expression-descriptor/issues)4MITPHPPHP ^7.1|^8.0CI failing

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Cron Expression Descriptor
==========================

[](#cron-expression-descriptor)

Converts cron expressions into human readable descriptions in PHP.

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The library is PHP version of [bradymholt/cron-expression-descriptor (C#)](https://github.com/bradymholt/cron-expression-descriptor).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

It's recommended that you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to install this project.

```
$ composer require panlatent/cron-expression-descriptor
```

This will install the library and all required dependencies. The project requires **PHP 7.1** or newer.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
echo (new Panlatent\CronExpressionDescriptor\ExpressionDescriptor('23 12 * JAN *'))->getDescription();
// OUTPUT: At 12:23 PM, only in January
```

Ports
-----

[](#ports)

This library has been ported to several other languages.

- C# -
- JavaScript -
- Java -
- Java -
- Ruby -
- Python -
- Go -

License
-------

[](#license)

The Cron Expression Descriptor is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity48

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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 ~142 days

Recently: every ~197 days

Total

7

Last Release

1669d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.0

1.0.4PHP ^7.1

1.0.5PHP ^7.1|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

croncron-expressioncrontab

###  Code Quality

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