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watoki/factory
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A simple dependency injection container for PHP

v1.0(10y ago)47.8k4[2 PRs](https://github.com/watoki/factory/pulls)7MITPHPPHP >=5.3.8

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*factory* is a simple dependency injection container for PHP. It supports singeltons and injection through constructor, properties and property annotations. Check out the [Test Suite](https://github.com/watoki/factory/tree/master/spec/watoki/factory) for a detailed documentation.

###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.6% 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 ~166 days

Recently: every ~129 days

Total

6

Last Release

3734d ago

Major Versions

0.5 → v1.02016-02-17

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![rtens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1468866?v=4)](https://github.com/rtens "rtens (83 commits)")[![jwoschitz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/856556?v=4)](https://github.com/jwoschitz "jwoschitz (2 commits)")

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dependency-injectionwatoki

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