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rbdwllr/automata
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An Elementary Cellular Automata library for PHP.

0.0.2-beta.2(4y ago)141MITPHP

Since Aug 5Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Automata
========

[](#automata)

An Elementary Cellular Automata library for PHP. All credit goes to Stephen Wolfram and Melanie Mitchell.

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
use Automata\Automata;

$automata = new Automata();

$result = $automata->generate(110, 4, '01010');

$result->toArray();
```

Advanced Usage
--------------

[](#advanced-usage)

```
use Automata\CellsFactory;
use Automata\RulesFactory;
use Automata\Iterator;

$cellsFactory = new CellsFactory();
$cells = $cellsFactory->create("01010");

$rulesFactory = new RulesFactory();
$rules = $rulesFactory->create(110);

$iterator = new Iterator(new Iterate(), $cells, $rules);

$iterations = $iterator->iterate(4);

$iterations->toArray();
```

Rules
-----

[](#rules)

```
000 = 0
001 = 1
010 = 1
011 = 1
100 = 0
101 = 1
110 = 1
111 = 0

```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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 ~43 days

Total

5

Last Release

1573d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/634080?v=4)[Rob Waller](/maintainers/RobDWaller)[@RobDWaller](https://github.com/RobDWaller)

---

Top Contributors

[![RobDWaller](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/634080?v=4)](https://github.com/RobDWaller "RobDWaller (77 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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