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stekycz/critical-section
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Lightweight class supporting critical section locking

v2.1.0(5y ago)136.9k↓50%1MITPHP >=7.1

Since May 10Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/stekycz/CriticalSection)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/stekycz/critical-section)[ RSS](/packages/stekycz-critical-section/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (5)Used By (1)

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The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/stekycz/CriticalSection).

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

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 ~408 days

Total

4

Last Release

2069d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.1 → v2.0.02020-09-17

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

v2.0.0PHP >=7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/865447?v=4)[Martin Štekl](/maintainers/stekycz)[@stekycz](https://github.com/stekycz)

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Tags

parallellockscritical-section

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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