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poing/beacon
============

Laravel package to generate tracking codes.

0.0.0(10mo ago)0239MITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Jul 23Pushed 6mo agoCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (7)Versions (3)Used By (0)

This project started with the need for tracking and confirmation codes. I wanted a simple URL and I wanted the tracking codes to be part of a group.

It basically settles on using `time()` for the current *epoch* `timestamp`.

My *technical* need for the generation of the tracking codes is around 1/min. **If you need multiple tracking codes per second, this project is not for you!!**

All this project really does is, takes the `timestamp` and applies a hash function. Where the hash, like `md5sum(time())` is split into multiple confirmation codes.

```
example.com/timestamp
["d7e6", "d55b", "a379", "a13d", "08c2", "5d15", "faf2", "a23b"]

```

This would allow a single `timestamp` to track up to `8` items, with a single `URL`.

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance61

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~92 days

Total

2

Last Release

207d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cf9e48d0cc39504a157d0ac0d80caf504689caa71c81f9a0504da1999a9c5e25?d=identicon)[poing](/maintainers/poing)

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Top Contributors

[![poing](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11417007?v=4)](https://github.com/poing "poing (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/poing-beacon/health.svg)

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