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pear/http\_download2
====================

More info available on: http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP\_Download2

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Since Feb 17Pushed 12y ago10 watchersCompare

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```
This package is http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Download and has been migrated from http://svn.php.net/repository/pear/packages/HTTP_Download

Please report all new issues via the PEAR bug tracker.

If this package is marked as unmaintained and you have fixes, please submit your pull requests and start discussion on the pear-qa mailing list.

To test, run either
$ phpunit tests/
  or
$ pear run-tests -r

To build, simply
$ pear package

To install from scratch
$ pear install package.xml

To upgrade
$ pear upgrade -f package.xml
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.1% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![m6w6](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1265282?v=4)](https://github.com/m6w6 "m6w6 (140 commits)")[![CloCkWeRX](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/365751?v=4)](https://github.com/CloCkWeRX "CloCkWeRX (16 commits)")[![till](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27003?v=4)](https://github.com/till "till (3 commits)")

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