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svengerlach/flake
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Library that helps to generate unique 64 bit integers (for e.g. distributed id generation)

0.1(9y ago)11661MITPHP

Since Aug 4Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Flake
=====

[](#flake)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b5d7aff2eb334419262ccee439324dc04ce3f68baa8e0578e65be96b90d01e75/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f7376656e6765726c6163682f666c616b652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/svengerlach/flake)

Simple implementation of Twitter's [snowflake](https://blog.twitter.com/2010/announcing-snowflake) in PHP. The purpose is to generate sortable unique IDs.

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

[](#installation)

Installation is recommended to be done via [composer](https://getcomposer.org/) by running:

```
composer require svengerlach/flake
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~16 days

Total

2

Last Release

3600d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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