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versionable/ferret
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Library for detecting MIME types

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Since Nov 14Pushed 11y agoCompare

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Ferret
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[](#ferret)

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/12cf0da4753a3df370dc9175bff5e188add5640cb1df8cca3b3e4c59af721fca?d=identicon)[haswalt](/maintainers/haswalt)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c8b2199c138326394c459335610bf9b0b4f921af718a4ff9f27dd0349ec74dfa?d=identicon)[stunami](/maintainers/stunami)

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Top Contributors

[![haswalt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/338588?v=4)](https://github.com/haswalt "haswalt (18 commits)")[![stunami](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/206316?v=4)](https://github.com/stunami "stunami (16 commits)")[![simensen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/191200?v=4)](https://github.com/simensen "simensen (3 commits)")

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