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wpsmith/singleton
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PHP Singleton Class for doing singleton's right.

1.0.4(6y ago)052120GPL-2.0+PHPPHP >=5.2.4

Since Jun 12Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Singleton Class
===================

[](#php-singleton-class)

A PHP singleton class done the right way. This abstract class is designed to be extended.

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~117 days

Recently: every ~126 days

Total

7

Last Release

2191d ago

Major Versions

0.0.2 → 1.0.02018-12-27

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46adebc3eebe7494dba592e75ac8f8572222050648b0283515b4a5896648d846?d=identicon)[wpsmith](/maintainers/wpsmith)

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Top Contributors

[![wpsmith](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/817366?v=4)](https://github.com/wpsmith "wpsmith (12 commits)")

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Tags

pluginwordpressdependencysingleton

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