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serafim/ffi-loader
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FFI libraries loader with simple preprocessor

1.0.7(5y ago)64942[1 PRs](https://github.com/SerafimArts/ffi-loader/pulls)2MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Apr 10Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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FFI Loader
==========

[](#ffi-loader)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 8.0
- ext-ffi

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

[](#installation)

Library is available as composer repository and can be installed using the following command in a root of your project.

```
$ composer require serafim/ffi-loader
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~6 days

Total

8

Last Release

2182d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/150420?v=4)[Ruslan Sharipov](/maintainers/Serafim)[@serafim](https://github.com/serafim)

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Top Contributors

[![SerafimArts](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2461257?v=4)](https://github.com/SerafimArts "SerafimArts (19 commits)")

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Tags

parserloadercompilerffi

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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