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sebastianlenz/craft-essentials
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Essential services for Craft CMS

0.4.0(1y ago)31.5kMITPHP ^8.2

Since Mar 10Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/sebastian-lenz/craft-essentials)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sebastianlenz/craft-essentials)[ RSS](/packages/sebastianlenz-craft-essentials/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 74% of packages

Maintenance33

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~94 days

Recently: every ~231 days

Total

13

Last Release

387d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.2.5

0.2.0PHP ^7.4.0

0.3.0PHP ^8.1

0.4.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ea15c31a1580406c774c6e40609e977e82ffaaf2e17ddec29564456f9c574fbd?d=identicon)[sebastian-lenz](/maintainers/sebastian-lenz)

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