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theodorejb/polycast
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Safely cast values to int, float, or string

v1.0.0(10y ago)50245.0k↓27.7%1MIT

Since Oct 7Compare

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###  Health Score

40

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

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 ~38 days

Recently: every ~84 days

Total

11

Last Release

3858d ago

Major Versions

v0.9.0 → v1.0.02015-10-25

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3053271?v=4)[Theodore Brown](/maintainers/theodorejb)[@theodorejb](https://github.com/theodorejb)

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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