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php-win-ext/varnish
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Varnish Cache is an open source, state of the art web application accelerator. The extension makes it possible to interact with a running varnish instance through TCP socket or shared memory.

v1.2.8(2mo ago)11PHP-3.01CPHP >= 8.0.0

Since Feb 25Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/php-win-ext/pecl-caching-varnish)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/php-win-ext/varnish)[ RSS](/packages/php-win-ext-varnish/feed)WikiDiscussions v1.x Synced 1mo ago

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Varnish support for PHP
=======================

[](#varnish-support-for-php)

Supported Versions:

VersionStatusmasterunmaintened ❌v1.xmaintened ✅Maintained PHP Versions compatibility:

PHP VersionStatus5.xno ❌7.xno ❌8.0yes ✅8.1yes ✅8.2yes ✅8.3yes ✅8.4yes ✅8.5yes ✅Installation system support:

PlatformStatusPECLno ❌PIEyes ✅To install the extension, use PIE (PHP Installer Extension) with a command like:

```
pie install php-win-ext/varnish
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80% 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

82d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a15c90b32e75c27fc63f79357a914b4caa7af5fdb69a2e150341515ddececf95?d=identicon)[Macintosh\_plus](/maintainers/Macintosh_plus)

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Top Contributors

[![weltling](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22016?v=4)](https://github.com/weltling "weltling (128 commits)")[![remicollet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/270445?v=4)](https://github.com/remicollet "remicollet (18 commits)")[![macintoshplus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/814683?v=4)](https://github.com/macintoshplus "macintoshplus (9 commits)")[![bjori](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/72407?v=4)](https://github.com/bjori "bjori (4 commits)")[![felipensp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/773947?v=4)](https://github.com/felipensp "felipensp (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpphp-extensionphp8varnishvarnish-cache

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