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paragonie/herd
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Hash-Ensured Replicated Database

v0.1.0(7y ago)1610ISCPHPPHP ^7CI failing

Since Dec 16Pushed 6y ago3 watchersCompare

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HERD
====

[](#herd)

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> **H**ash-**E**nsured **R**eplicated **D**atabase

Herd processes [Chronicle](https://github.com/paragonie/chronicle) instances and maintains a local snapshot of the current state of affairs for:

- Vendors
    - Public Keys
- Products
    - Releases

The **[Documentation](https://github.com/paragonie/herd/tree/master/doc)** is available online.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.0+ (7.2 or newer are recommended)
- Composer
- PDO and a local database

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.7% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2706d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/05d241256cda885139a5697d3bb536b5cec3b430c1adb9c524bf92a37a55758d?d=identicon)[paragonie-scott](/maintainers/paragonie-scott)

---

Top Contributors

[![paragonie-security](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15914520?v=4)](https://github.com/paragonie-security "paragonie-security (44 commits)")[![paragonie-scott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11591518?v=4)](https://github.com/paragonie-scott "paragonie-scott (4 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Type Coverage Yes

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