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third-engine/factory
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Provides object creation that makes mocking and good unit testing easy.

1.0.0(10y ago)0104MITPHP >=5.3.3

Since Nov 21Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/ThirdEngine/Factory)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/third-engine/factory)[ Docs](https://github.com/ThirdEngine/Factory)[ RSS](/packages/third-engine-factory/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2mo ago

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###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3827d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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