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phpwatch/simple-container
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A fast and minimal PSR-11 compatible Dependency Injection Container with array-syntax and without auto-wiring

v2.1.0(2y ago)1810.1k↑80%2MITPHP ^8.3

Since May 7Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/PHPWatch/simple-container)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/phpwatch/simple-container)[ RSS](/packages/phpwatch-simple-container/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (13)Used By (2)

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###  Health Score

40

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~121 days

Recently: every ~207 days

Total

12

Last Release

870d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.0 → v1.0.02020-05-14

v1.1.1 → v2.0.12021-09-24

v1.1.x-dev → v2.1.02023-12-30

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^7.4

v1.0.2PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v1.1.1PHP ^8.0

v2.1.0PHP ^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1703f88c1f225e3fadff28458e81328f86668d9631a8c489f45ea1aaebe12df2?d=identicon)[Ayesh](/maintainers/Ayesh)

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Top Contributors

[![Ayesh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/811553?v=4)](https://github.com/Ayesh "Ayesh (39 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (2 commits)")[![8ctopus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13252042?v=4)](https://github.com/8ctopus "8ctopus (1 commits)")

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Tags

containerPSR-11dependency-injectionpsr11

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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