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psr/http-client
===============

Common interface for HTTP clients

1.0.3(2y ago)1.7k714.1M↓25.4%1720MITPHPPHP ^7.0 || ^8.0

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HTTP Client
===========

[](#http-client)

This repository holds all the common code related to [PSR-18 (HTTP Client)](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-18).

Note that this is not a HTTP Client implementation of its own. It is merely abstractions that describe the components of a HTTP Client.

The installable [package](https://packagist.org/packages/psr/http-client) and [implementations](https://packagist.org/providers/psr/http-client-implementation) are listed on Packagist.

###  Health Score

58

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FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity79

Solid adoption and visibility

Community52

Growing community involvement

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~342 days

Recently: every ~461 days

Total

7

Last Release

990d ago

Major Versions

0.3.0 → 1.0.02018-10-30

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.0

1.0.1PHP ^7.0 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

httppsrhttp clientpsr-18

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