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yokuru/db-descriptor
====================

A simple database schema descriptor.

v0.0.1(7y ago)07.9kMITPHPPHP ^7.1CI failing

Since May 13Pushed 6y agoCompare

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Database Descriptor
===================

[](#database-descriptor)

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A simple database schema descriptor that supports only MySQL.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

With [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require yokuru/db-descriptor

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$pdo = new \PDO('YOUR_DSN', 'YOUR_USERNAME', 'YOUR_PASSWORD');
$descriptor = new MySqlDescriptor($pdo)
$database = $descriptor->describeDatabase();
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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

2558d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/45123e241bd3dc40d728c70fe2af51e18abc99244c2333ed5b04dd9b074fe40f?d=identicon)[yokuru](/maintainers/yokuru)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

schemadatabasedescriptor

###  Code Quality

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