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xiaker/gourd
============

Lightweight PHP IoC container

v4.0.0(1y ago)7271MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Feb 15Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Gourd
=====

[](#gourd)

Lightweight PHP IoC container, follow [`PSR-11`](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-11/)

features
--------

[](#features)

- Auto-wiring
- Dependency resolution
- Service Provider

installation
------------

[](#installation)

`composer require xiaker/gourd`

usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$container = new Xiaker\Gourd\Container;

$container->set(User::class, function () {
    return new User();
});

$container->set('logger', Logger::class);

$user = $container->get(User::class);
...

$logger = $container->get('logger');
...

$logger2 = $container['logger'];
...
```

more
----

[](#more)

see `test case`

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity81

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~418 days

Recently: every ~675 days

Total

8

Last Release

494d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.2 → v2.0.02017-09-29

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02020-08-13

v3.0.1 → v4.x-dev2025-02-21

PHP version history (2 changes)v3.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

v4.x-devPHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4350262?v=4)[fatrbaby](/maintainers/fatrbaby)[@fatrbaby](https://github.com/fatrbaby)

---

Top Contributors

[![fatrbaby](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4350262?v=4)](https://github.com/fatrbaby "fatrbaby (44 commits)")

---

Tags

containeriocioc-containerphpphp-ioc-container

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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