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phpixie/illusion
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Mock HTTP testing server

3.0.1(8y ago)8201BSD-3-ClausePHP

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Illusion
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[](#illusion)

HTTP server for easy mocking

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~1179 days

Total

2

Last Release

3005d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2fd2ee997c779cf774247d3d4cde7d90491484f817032aab6dbc314857973b36?d=identicon)[dracony](/maintainers/dracony)

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Top Contributors

[![dracony](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3127080?v=4)](https://github.com/dracony "dracony (6 commits)")

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Tags

httptestmockserver

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