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spiral-packages/rate-limiter
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A simple to use rate limiting abstraction which, in conjunction with your application's cache, provides an easy way to limit any action during a specified window of time.

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A rate limiter for Spiral Framework.
====================================

[](#a-rate-limiter-for-spiral-framework)

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

[](#requirements)

Make sure that your server is configured with following PHP version and extensions:

- PHP 8.1+
- Spiral framework 3.0+

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require spiral-packages/rate-limiter
```

After package install you need to register bootloader from the package.

```
protected const LOAD = [
    // ...
    \Spiral\RateLimiter\Bootloader\RateLimiterBootloader::class,
];
```

> Note: if you are using [`spiral-packages/discoverer`](https://github.com/spiral-packages/discoverer), you don't need to register bootloader by yourself.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [butschster](https://github.com/butschster)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

16

—

LowBetter than 5% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity28

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/773481?v=4)[Pavel Buchnev](/maintainers/butschster)[@butschster](https://github.com/butschster)

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Top Contributors

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