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watoki/smokey
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Simple runtime event dispatcher for PHP

v1.0(11y ago)117.7k2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.2

Since Oct 28Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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Smokey
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[](#smokey)

*Smokey* is a simple event dispatcher for registering event listeners and firing events on objects for PHP.

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4220d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e687108526c164e4ad1c49b8228514541bd90d43ef70665a087d00e34a1f7559?d=identicon)[rtens](/maintainers/rtens)

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Top Contributors

[![rtens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1468866?v=4)](https://github.com/rtens "rtens (10 commits)")

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Tags

eventevent dispatcherwatoki

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