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psiphp/description
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Allow third-party libraries to add descriptions to an object instance

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Psi Description
===============

[](#psi-description)

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This component is part of the Psi Content Management Framework

The description component allows you to retrieve standard *descriptions* of object instances. A description is an object made up of standardized *descriptors* which are populated by description *enhancers*.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Documentation is in progress, there may be documentation in [doc/index.rst](https://github.com/psiphp/description/blob/master/docs/index.rst).

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

[](#installation)

Require in `composer.json`:

```
$ composer require 'psiphp/description'
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

All contributions are welcome, go ahead and make a PR!

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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.

### Community

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