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stellarwp/shepherd
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A library for offloading tasks to background processes.

0.2.1(3mo ago)2103.6k↓27.4%[1 PRs](https://github.com/stellarwp/shepherd/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP >=7.4

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###  Health Score

43

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FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance80

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78% 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 ~18 days

Recently: every ~31 days

Total

12

Last Release

103d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e3171496e198834c638911ad3c3220bec77871cdf6557eaa9e2a58d16600a1a1?d=identicon)[bordoni](/maintainers/bordoni)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/70a2847a265444714b48c64eceb3ca742baa3a56757ce65b18bd7bbbbf910312?d=identicon)[dpanta94](/maintainers/dpanta94)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97fd764aa710e8d8263a7e3b3fececdfd736b8aad8055227bf592ddf50ad15ba?d=identicon)[stellarwp](/maintainers/stellarwp)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ec4ef25906386b60f5f66b3d03064e3bb700bedc94ee8558918565612c74aef3?d=identicon)[johnhooks](/maintainers/johnhooks)

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Top Contributors

[![dpanta94](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29694484?v=4)](https://github.com/dpanta94 "dpanta94 (276 commits)")[![moraleida](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1174547?v=4)](https://github.com/moraleida "moraleida (38 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (17 commits)")[![borkweb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/430385?v=4)](https://github.com/borkweb "borkweb (11 commits)")[![Camwyn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/929375?v=4)](https://github.com/Camwyn "Camwyn (8 commits)")[![lucatume](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2749650?v=4)](https://github.com/lucatume "lucatume (4 commits)")

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