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yarri/essence
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Extracts information about medias on the web, like youtube videos, twitter statuses or blog articles.

3.5.4.1(3y ago)05.4k↑13.3%BSD-2-ClausePHP >=5.5.0

Since Mar 2Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/yarri/essence)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/yarri/essence)[ Docs](http://github.com/essence/essence)[ RSS](/packages/yarri-essence/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (3)Versions (38)Used By (0)

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

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 ~114 days

Recently: every ~491 days

Total

33

Last Release

1172d ago

Major Versions

1.4.1 → 2.0.02013-08-03

2.5.2 → 3.0.02015-08-09

2.6.1 → 3.3.02016-09-20

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

3.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

3.1.0PHP >=5.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6304dffbd91d7a978f98632b0e4e30d662dcdb691daadb1388a58984e98faf5c?d=identicon)[yarri](/maintainers/yarri)

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