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swiftchase/swift-imagine
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Makes the Imagine image manipulation library available as Zend Framework 2 service, and adds more metadata readers

0.1.0(11y ago)0120BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.5

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SwiftImagine Zend Framework 2 Module
====================================

[](#swiftimagine-zend-framework-2-module)

Purpose
-------

[](#purpose)

SwiftImagine makes the [Imagine](https://github.com/avalanche123/Imagine) library available as a service within a ZF2 application, automatically selecting the "best possible" adapter (selecting from [Gmagick](http://php.net/gmagick), [Imagick](http://php.net/imagick), or [GD](http://php.net/gd)).

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

[](#installation)

Add the library to composer:

```
$ composer require "swiftchase/swift-imagine:*"

```

Then, add the `SwiftImagine` module in your `config/application.config.php`. Afterwards, the `SwiftImagine\Service\Imagine` service will be available via the service manager.

Additional Metadata readers
---------------------------

[](#additional-metadata-readers)

The `Imagine` library itself comes with an `ExifMetadataReader`.

The `SwiftImagine` module adds additional readers:

- `ChainedMetadataReader` - aggregates information from multiple metadata readers
- `GpsMetadataReader` - extracts GPS location and altitude from the EXIF data
- `IptcMetadataReader` - extracts IPTC photo metadata.

Limitations / To-dos
--------------------

[](#limitations--to-dos)

Currently there's no way to configure the preferred graphics library adapter, change which metadata readers are enabled by default, or easily making multiple imagine services available each with different configurations.

There are also issues with the streams, haven't bothered to poke at it.

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4061d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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