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silverorange/castanet
=====================

Podcast feed generation including iTunes-specific fields.

2.0.1(9mo ago)317.2k↓18.8%8MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Jan 17Pushed 9mo ago15 watchersCompare

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Castanet
========

[](#castanet)

Package for building RSS feeds for hosted podcasts. RSS 2.0 and the iTunes extensions are supported.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require silverorange/castanet
```

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance56

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~580 days

Recently: every ~861 days

Total

7

Last Release

294d ago

Major Versions

0.1.6 → 1.0.02017-01-11

1.0.0 → 2.0.02017-07-31

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.3PHP >=5.2.1

2.0.1PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120511?v=4)[Michael Gauthier](/maintainers/gauthierm)[@gauthierm](https://github.com/gauthierm)

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Top Contributors

[![gauthierm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120511?v=4)](https://github.com/gauthierm "gauthierm (40 commits)")[![charleswaddell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1316827?v=4)](https://github.com/charleswaddell "charleswaddell (10 commits)")[![Qcode](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1542145?v=4)](https://github.com/Qcode "Qcode (10 commits)")[![isagrant](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49716?v=4)](https://github.com/isagrant "isagrant (9 commits)")[![cviebrock](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/166810?v=4)](https://github.com/cviebrock "cviebrock (8 commits)")[![nburka](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1284966?v=4)](https://github.com/nburka "nburka (6 commits)")[![GervaisdeM](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/963514?v=4)](https://github.com/GervaisdeM "GervaisdeM (4 commits)")[![keithburgoyne](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/299928?v=4)](https://github.com/keithburgoyne "keithburgoyne (4 commits)")

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Tags

feedrssitunespodcast

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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