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paragonie/stern
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Stern lets you built type-safe PHP projects, even if your project's users aren't writing type-safe code

v1.0.1(5y ago)201.5k1MITPHP ^7|^8

Since May 3Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/paragonie/stern)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/paragonie/stern)[ RSS](/packages/paragonie-stern/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 3d ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (4)Used By (1)

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###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 61.5% 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 ~723 days

Total

3

Last Release

1852d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.0 → v1.0.02019-12-23

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^7

v1.0.0PHP ^7|^8

### Community

Maintainers

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

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Top Contributors

[![paragonie-security](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15914520?v=4)](https://github.com/paragonie-security "paragonie-security (8 commits)")[![paragonie-scott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11591518?v=4)](https://github.com/paragonie-scott "paragonie-scott (3 commits)")[![afroewis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5163630?v=4)](https://github.com/afroewis "afroewis (1 commits)")[![kelunik](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2743004?v=4)](https://github.com/kelunik "kelunik (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Type Coverage Yes

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