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saggre/weighted-random
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Get weighted random samples using the alias method

1.0.0(3y ago)0454MITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Jul 2Pushed 4mo ago1 watchersCompare

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance50

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1098d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1-RC1 → 1.0.02023-07-02

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13721842?v=4)[Sakri Koskimies](/maintainers/Saggre)[@Saggre](https://github.com/Saggre)

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Top Contributors

[![Saggre](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13721842?v=4)](https://github.com/Saggre "Saggre (1 commits)")

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Tags

randomfakeraliasprobabilityweightedsample

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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