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specter/container
=================

A very simple container implementation

1.0.0(7y ago)14MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Jul 24Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/jamseyp/container)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/specter/container)[ RSS](/packages/specter-container/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2w ago

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Specter Container.

A simple implmentation of a PSR-11 Container.

Usage:

```
$container = new Container();

$container->set('foo',new DateTime());

if($container->has('foo'){
    $today = $container->get('foo')
}
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2899d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7488657?v=4)[James Parker](/maintainers/jamseyp)[@jamseyp](https://github.com/jamseyp)

---

Top Contributors

[![jamseyp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7488657?v=4)](https://github.com/jamseyp "jamseyp (7 commits)")

---

Tags

containerphpphp-figphp7psr-11

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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