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whichbrowser/whichbrowser
=========================

Project containing the legacy version of WhichBrowser

v2.0.13(10y ago)141.5k4[1 PRs](https://github.com/WhichBrowser/Legacy/pulls)2MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Aug 26Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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WhichBrowser/Legacy
===================

[](#whichbrowserlegacy)

This project contains the legacy version of WhichBrowser project.

Please consider moving to the current version of WhichBrowser. Installing WhichBrowser using Git or Bower is no longer supported. If you want to continue getting updates please reinstall WhichBrowser using Composer. If you previously installed the `whichbrowser/whichbrowser` package using Composer, please also consider moving to the current version of WhichBrowser.

For more information about installing the current version of WhichBrowser, please see the main [WhichBrowser](https://github.com/WhichBrowser/WhichBrowser) project.

###  Health Score

38

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LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99% 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 ~10 days

Total

55

Last Release

3742d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.1048 → v2.0.02015-11-30

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.1002PHP >=5.3.0

v1.0.1035PHP >=5.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c047ed228e161add8594316eb5d3bceb15f46c18918176e96ee44883d1df57f0?d=identicon)[NielsLeenheer](/maintainers/NielsLeenheer)

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Top Contributors

[![NielsLeenheer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/233230?v=4)](https://github.com/NielsLeenheer "NielsLeenheer (472 commits)")[![acidking](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71655299?v=4)](https://github.com/acidking "acidking (1 commits)")[![estebanav](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/803435?v=4)](https://github.com/estebanav "estebanav (1 commits)")[![ThaDafinser](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/533017?v=4)](https://github.com/ThaDafinser "ThaDafinser (1 commits)")[![wildfireXwind](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1737150?v=4)](https://github.com/wildfireXwind "wildfireXwind (1 commits)")[![wolfbeast](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3359132?v=4)](https://github.com/wolfbeast "wolfbeast (1 commits)")

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Tags

browseruseragent

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