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somnambulist/validation
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A re-write of rakit/validation providing Laravel like validation as a standalone library

1.12.2(1y ago)58151.9k↓10.8%8MITPHP >=8.1

Since Dec 9Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/somnambulist-tech/validation)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/somnambulist/validation)[ RSS](/packages/somnambulist-validation/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (27)Used By (8)

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###  Health Score

48

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance46

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 77.8% 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 ~48 days

Recently: every ~79 days

Total

26

Last Release

401d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=8.0

1.9.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![dave-redfern](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1477147?v=4)](https://github.com/dave-redfern "dave-redfern (49 commits)")[![xJuvi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31671206?v=4)](https://github.com/xJuvi "xJuvi (3 commits)")[![zephyx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2347673?v=4)](https://github.com/zephyx "zephyx (3 commits)")[![DeveloperMarius](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19653546?v=4)](https://github.com/DeveloperMarius "DeveloperMarius (2 commits)")[![messikiller](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10354220?v=4)](https://github.com/messikiller "messikiller (1 commits)")[![relliv](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17010054?v=4)](https://github.com/relliv "relliv (1 commits)")[![konanyhin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97766127?v=4)](https://github.com/konanyhin "konanyhin (1 commits)")[![AshleyField](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15526482?v=4)](https://github.com/AshleyField "AshleyField (1 commits)")[![frielspaki](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/210996978?v=4)](https://github.com/frielspaki "frielspaki (1 commits)")[![ASAPTom99](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44988468?v=4)](https://github.com/ASAPTom99 "ASAPTom99 (1 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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