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phpunit/php-invoker
===================

Invoke callables with a timeout

7.0.0(3mo ago)1.3k540.0M—0.8%17[1 issues](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/php-invoker/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/php-invoker/pulls)20BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=8.4CI passing

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phpunit/php-invoker
===================

[](#phpunitphp-invoker)

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

[](#installation)

You can add this library as a local, per-project dependency to your project using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require phpunit/php-invoker

```

If you only need this library during development, for instance to run your project's test suite, then you should add it as a development-time dependency:

```
composer require --dev phpunit/php-invoker

```

###  Health Score

80

↑

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance92

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity79

Solid adoption and visibility

Community40

Growing community involvement

Maturity90

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96% 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 ~244 days

Recently: every ~91 days

Total

21

Last Release

102d ago

Major Versions

4.0.0 → 5.0.02024-02-02

5.0.1 → 6.0.02025-02-07

4.0.x-dev → 5.0.x-dev2025-09-26

5.0.x-dev → 6.0.x-dev2025-12-31

6.0.x-dev → 7.0.02026-02-06

PHP version history (11 changes)1.1.1PHP >=5.2.7

1.1.4PHP >=5.3.3

2.0.0PHP ^7.1

3.0.0PHP ^7.3

3.0.2PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

3.1.1PHP >=7.3

2.0.x-devPHP >=7.1

4.0.0PHP >=8.1

5.0.0PHP >=8.2

6.0.0PHP >=8.3

7.0.0PHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1089?v=4)[Sebastian Probst Eide](/maintainers/sebastian)[@sebastian](https://github.com/sebastian)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

process

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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