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wheregroup/platform-detect
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Platform detection for PHP

0.0.1(6y ago)08.8k1MITPHPPHP >=5.3CI failing

Since Sep 20Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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Detect / distinguish operating system platform in PHP.

Unlinke a simple directory separator test, can tell the difference between Mac OS X, BSD and Linux, and recognizes Cygwin as Windows, not as a generic unix. See [consts definitions](https://github.com/WhereGroup/platform-detect/blob/master/lib/Platform.php#L9)for possible detection outcomes.

Can also detect legacy 32 bit platforms.

```
php > $platform = \WhereGroup\PlatformDetect\Platform::guess();
php > echo $platform->getOrder() . "\n";
NIX
php > echo $platform->getFamily() . "\n";
LINUX
php > echo $platform->getBitness() . "\n";
64

```

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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

2479d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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