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peridot-php/peridot-core
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Flexible test hierarchies

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peridot-core
============

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[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/05617849e197f8f0e1f64c115ec92977c1516c78ba7d7455268192f6f3fa03e5/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f70657269646f742d7068702f70657269646f742d636f72652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/peridot-php/peridot-core)[![Build status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e99ab59913dd82874c40837600f8c62cdd4d2e99a3d3a2eab1616aa379f7e4ca/68747470733a2f2f63692e6170707665796f722e636f6d2f6170692f70726f6a656374732f7374617475732f6d6b37753037626563353870773362343f7376673d74727565)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/brianium/peridot-core)

The core extracted from Peridot. Used for building flexible and expressive test hierarchies.

\##WIP This repository is part of the goal for a more modular Peridot in 2.0

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.9% 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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