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tivie/php-os-detector
=====================

A small utility library that detects the OS the server is running on

1.1.0(8y ago)201.6M—8.4%5[1 issues](https://github.com/tivie/php-os-detector/issues)11APACHE 2.0PHPPHP >=5.3.0CI failing

Since Dec 19Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP OS Detector
===============

[](#php-os-detector)

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A small PHP utility library that detects the OS the server is running on.

Compatibility
-------------

[](#compatibility)

Although only tested in PHP 7, PHP OS Detector should be compatible with PHP 5.3 or greater

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

[](#installation)

You can install it by cloning the git repository or using composer.

### Git clone

[](#git-clone)

```
git clone https://github.com/tivie/php-os-detector.git

```

### Composer

[](#composer)

Add these lines to your composer.json:

```
    {
        "require": {
            "tivie/php-os-detector": "*"
        }
    }
```

or run the following command:

```
php composer.phar require tivie/php-os-detector

```

Usage Example
-------------

[](#usage-example)

```
$os = new \Tivie\OS\Detector();
$kernelName = $os->getKernelName();
if ($os->isUnixLike()) {
    echo "I'm using a Unix like system with kernel $kernelName";
} else if ($os->isWindowsLike()) {
    echo "I'm using a Windows like system with kernel $kernelName";
} else {
    echo "I'm using a non-Unix non-Windows system";
}
```

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

Feel free to contribute by forking or making suggestions.

Issue tracker:

Source code:

License
-------

[](#license)

Command Library is released under Apache 2.0 license. For more information, please consult the [LICENSE file in this repository](https://github.com/tivie/php-os-detector/blob/master/LICENSE) or .

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity48

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.5% 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 ~1037 days

Total

2

Last Release

3132d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1f735d8fb97242e69e2da4cd77f5a98114b307e042d91c9316803243744d9f7e?d=identicon)[Tivie](/maintainers/Tivie)

---

Top Contributors

[![tivie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1608730?v=4)](https://github.com/tivie "tivie (19 commits)")[![EmanueleCoppola](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12816305?v=4)](https://github.com/EmanueleCoppola "EmanueleCoppola (1 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

---

Tags

detectordetectionidentificationosoperating systemos detection

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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