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substancephp/http
=================

An HTTP request handling library for modern PHP

v0.1.0(4mo ago)049MITPHPPHP >=8.4CI passing

Since Aug 23Pushed 4mo agoCompare

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[SubstancePHP](https://github.com/substancephp): [HTTP](https://packagist.org/packages/substancephp/http)
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Overview
--------

[](#overview)

`substancephp/http` is an opinionated library for building JSON REST APIs.

This is a work in progress and is not ready for use. There are regularly breaking changes from version to version.

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

[](#installation)

TODO

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

TODO

###  Health Score

40

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FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance76

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community6

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

Every ~28 days

Recently: every ~73 days

Total

20

Last Release

138d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.0.1PHP >=8.3

v0.0.17PHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6045346?v=4)[Matt Harvey](/maintainers/matt-harvey)[@matt-harvey](https://github.com/matt-harvey)

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Top Contributors

[![matt-harvey](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6045346?v=4)](https://github.com/matt-harvey "matt-harvey (54 commits)")

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Tags

httprouter

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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