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piestar/citationbuilder
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Citation builder library

06PHP

Since Feb 20Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Citation Builder Library, version 1.0

ABOUT CITATION BUILDER LIBRARY
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[](#about-citation-builder-library)

The Citation Builder library is a small backend PHP library to format citations according to APA6 or MLA7.

This project is a fork of  which has been stripped down to remove the front-end code.

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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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Top Contributors

[![royopa](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/442991?v=4)](https://github.com/royopa "royopa (8 commits)")[![claar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/402855?v=4)](https://github.com/claar "claar (4 commits)")[![phpforfree](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/782233?v=4)](https://github.com/phpforfree "phpforfree (2 commits)")[![scrutinizer-auto-fixer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6253494?v=4)](https://github.com/scrutinizer-auto-fixer "scrutinizer-auto-fixer (2 commits)")

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