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vierwd/coding-standard
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Coding standard used by FORWARD MEDIA

1.3.0(3y ago)01.8k↓50%4MITPHP

Since Mar 26Pushed 1y ago2 watchersCompare

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Forward Coding Standard
=======================

[](#forward-coding-standard)

Valid example
-------------

[](#valid-example)

```
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```

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance28

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~422 days

Total

5

Last Release

1286d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/31570fd9995c0f4bd2046957d8e043e8160b8acbfbb53ce560059f73fed7e4e6?d=identicon)[rvock](/maintainers/rvock)

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Top Contributors

[![rvock](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/209159?v=4)](https://github.com/rvock "rvock (33 commits)")

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Tags

standardsphpcs

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