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rackem/dotenv
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Environment variables in your Rack'em application via .env

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.env for your Rack'em application
=================================

[](#env-for-your-rackem-application)

A simple middleware that will load environment variables from `.env` into `$env`.

It's just like [this thing](https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv).

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require rackem/dotenv:@stable
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
\Rackem::use_middleware("\Rackem\Dotenv");
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4497d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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