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programster/throttle
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A package for implementing rate-limiting/throttling PSR-15 middleware.

1.0.0(2y ago)1311MITPHPPHP >=8.1.0

Since Jun 25Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Rate Limiting / Throttling PHP Package
======================================

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This package helps you implement rate limiting through PSR-15 middleware. It makes use of interfaces wherever possible to keep it flexible for allowing the implementor to make use of their choice of persistence layer, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~0 days

Total

8

Last Release

738d ago

Major Versions

0.1.6 → 1.0.02024-06-25

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/64a048ca8be761aced9419279975a21ef679b71c70d8263bc2fc413a87ad381c?d=identicon)[programster](/maintainers/programster)

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Top Contributors

[![programster](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5709838?v=4)](https://github.com/programster "programster (8 commits)")

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Tags

throttlerate limiting

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