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ruafozy/mersenne-twister
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Pure-PHP Mersenne Twister

2.0.0(3y ago)221.5M↓67.6%6[1 issues](https://github.com/ruafozy/php-mersenne-twister/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/ruafozy/php-mersenne-twister/pulls)11MITPHPPHP >=7.3.0CI failing

Since Aug 4Pushed 5mo ago4 watchersCompare

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

This repository contains a PHP implementation of the Mersenne Twister. Documentation is [here](doc/doc.md).

Versioning
----------

[](#versioning)

This software uses [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

The code is not representative of how I currently write PHP, but the software is useful nonetheless. I have brought it into GitHub to make it easier for the community to contribute.

###  Health Score

48

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FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance48

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity48

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~1051 days

Total

4

Last Release

1196d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.02023-03-25

PHP version history (3 changes)1.1.1PHP >= 5.3.0

1.2.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.0.0PHP >=7.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1799942?v=4)[Ruafozy](/maintainers/ruafozy)[@ruafozy](https://github.com/ruafozy)

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Top Contributors

[![ruafozy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1799942?v=4)](https://github.com/ruafozy "ruafozy (1 commits)")[![TomA-R](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1606901?v=4)](https://github.com/TomA-R "TomA-R (1 commits)")

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Tags

randomPRNGmersenne

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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