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pear/cache\_lite
================

Fast and safe little cache system

v2.0.0(3y ago)27672.6k↓13.5%192LGPL-2.1-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since May 11Pushed 3y ago14 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/pear/Cache_Lite)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/cache_lite)[ Docs](https://github.com/pear/Cache_Lite)[ RSS](/packages/pear-cache-lite/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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PEAR Cache\_Lite
================

[](#pear-cache_lite)

Fast and safe little cache system.

This package is a little cache system optimized for file containers. t is fast and safe (because it uses file locking and/or anti-corruption tests).

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55eb7d7ec7c4fc87f415d08e425110fadd6689a038fc0b092809cb63aa224925/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f706561722f43616368655f4c6974652e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/pear/Cache_Lite)

Building
--------

[](#building)

To test this package, run

```
composer install
./vendor/bin/phpunit

```

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require pear/cache_lite

```

Links
-----

[](#links)

- Homepage: [http://pear.php.net/package/Cache\_Lite](http://pear.php.net/package/Cache_Lite)
- Source code: [https://github.com/pear/Cache\_Lite](https://github.com/pear/Cache_Lite)
- Issue tracker: [http://pear.php.net/bugs/search.php?cmd=display&package\_name\[\]=Cache\_Lite](http://pear.php.net/bugs/search.php?cmd=display&package_name%5B%5D=Cache_Lite)
- Unit test status: [https://travis-ci.org/pear/Cache\_Lite](https://travis-ci.org/pear/Cache_Lite)
- Packagist: [https://packagist.org/packages/pear/cache\_lite](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/cache_lite)

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community30

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 63.4% 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 ~647 days

Recently: every ~613 days

Total

6

Last Release

1154d ago

Major Versions

v1.8.3 → v2.0.02023-03-21

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.7.16PHP >=4.0.0

v2.0.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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Tags

cache

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/pear-cache-lite/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/pear-cache-lite/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/pear-cache-lite)
```

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