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qubus/dbal
==========

Database abstraction layer.

v3.0.1(7mo ago)0112MITPHPPHP >=8.4

Since Dec 16Pushed 7mo agoCompare

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Database Abstraction Layer
==========================

[](#database-abstraction-layer)

A database abstraction layer toolkit with query builder and schema builder. Works with MySql and should work with any other PDO driver but needs testing.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.4+

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require qubus/dbal

```

More Info
---------

[](#more-info)

- [Documentation](https://docs.qubusphp.com/dbal/)
- [Contributing](https://docs.qubusphp.com/contributing/)

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance63

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~97 days

Recently: every ~9 days

Total

19

Last Release

229d ago

Major Versions

1.0.x-dev → v2.0.02023-08-25

v2.0.1 → v3.0.02025-08-31

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.0-alpha.1PHP ^7.4

v1.0.0PHP >=8.1

v2.0.0PHP >=8.2

v3.0.0PHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/86d25d805eb5b710fab925600008b72f9f5f11a5206154fcd1ded01794a4d1b8?d=identicon)[nomadicjosh](/maintainers/nomadicjosh)

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Top Contributors

[![nomadicjosh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2042176?v=4)](https://github.com/nomadicjosh "nomadicjosh (37 commits)")

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Tags

databasedatabase-abstraction-layerdbalschema-builderdatabasedbalquerybuilderdatabase abstraction

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