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ruudk/dead-code-analyzer
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Dead code analyzer for PHP.

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Dead Code Analyzer
==================

[](#dead-code-analyzer)

Finds dead code in PHP projects by hooking into the autoloader.

[![Dead Code Analyzer Dashboard](screenshot.png)](screenshot.png)

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

[](#installation)

1. [Start Go server](server/README.md)
2. Make sure to add all FQCN classes to the server
3. Run `composer require ruudk/dead-code-analyzer`
4. Add [.dca.config.php](.dca.config.php) to your project root (where vendor directory is located)
5. Deploy and wait for results

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104180?v=4)[Ruud Kamphuis](/maintainers/ruudk)[@ruudk](https://github.com/ruudk)

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Top Contributors

[![ruudk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104180?v=4)](https://github.com/ruudk "ruudk (5 commits)")

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Tags

deadcodegolangphp

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