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tom.kiernan/http-friend
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HTTP Helper Functions

v1.0.0(7y ago)0221[3 issues](https://github.com/tomkiernan120/HTTPFriend/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/tomkiernan120/HTTPFriend/pulls)PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jan 17Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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HTTPHelper

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96% 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 ~0 days

Total

6

Last Release

2713d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.1-alpha → v1.0.0-alpha012019-01-18

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10492277?v=4)[tmkiernan](/maintainers/tmkiernan)[@tmkiernan](https://github.com/tmkiernan)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

collaborativecomposerfirst-timersfirst-timers-friendlyfunctionshandyhelp-wantedhtml-helperphppsr-4tools

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