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sandfoxme/monsterid
===================

MonsterID is a method to generate a unique monster image based upon a certain identifier (IP address, email address, whatever). It can be used to automatically provide personal avatar images in blog comments or other community services.

3.0.0(3y ago)01.2k↑445.5%MITPHPPHP >= 8.0

Since Oct 30Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/arokettu/monsterid-legacy)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sandfoxme/monsterid)[ Docs](https://sandfox.dev/php/monsterid.html)[ RSS](/packages/sandfoxme-monsterid/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

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MonsterID
=========

[](#monsterid)

This is a legacy repo for the `sandfoxme/monsterid`

The new package is called `arokettu/monsterid`, you can find it here:

Versions
--------

[](#versions)

- 1.0.0-1.3.0, 2.1.0-2.2.0: Same versions are published under both `sandfoxme/monsterid` and `arokettu/monsterid` names. You can simply update your composer.json to require arokettu/monsterid, nothing else should change for your project
- 1.4.0: metapackage that installs arokettu/monsterid ^1.4
- 2.3.0: metapackage that installs arokettu/monsterid ^2.3
- 3.0.0: package that installs arokettu/monsterid ^3.0 and registers aliases for all classes and functions in the `SandFox\MonsterID` namespace

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~174 days

Recently: every ~98 days

Total

16

Last Release

1233d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.02021-09-07

1.4.0 → 2.3.02022-12-27

2.3.0 → 3.0.02022-12-27

PHP version history (9 changes)1.0.0PHP >= 5.3.3

1.1.0PHP ^5.5|^7.0

1.2.0PHP ^5.5|^7.0|^8.0

1.x-devPHP ^5.5 | ^7.0 | ^8.0

2.0.0PHP ^7.1 || ^8.0

2.1.2PHP ^7.1 | ^8.0

1.4.0PHP >= 5.5 < 9

2.3.0PHP >= 7.1 < 9

3.0.0PHP >= 8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/963485?v=4)[Anton Smirnov](/maintainers/arokettu)[@arokettu](https://github.com/arokettu)

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Top Contributors

[![arokettu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/963485?v=4)](https://github.com/arokettu "arokettu (122 commits)")

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Tags

avatarmonsterid

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