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yukabuki/cron-expression-explainer
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Human-readable cron expressions (Fork with French translation)

2.0.3(2mo ago)044↓50%MPL-2.0PHPPHP >=8.0

Since Feb 23Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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 Cron Expression Explainer
===========================

[](#cron-expression-explainer)

 Human-readable cron expressions (custom translations support)

 📄 Check out our [documentation](docs/README.md).

 🎨 [Custom Translations Guide](docs/CUSTOM_TRANSLATIONS.md) - Learn how to add your own translations!

 🔗 Original project by [Orisai](https://github.com/orisai/cron-expression-explainer)

 [![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/40b2374865c7727b1568a7b77cc1a8068979ac265d85d659fe73b2d337b458e6/68747470733a2f2f62616467656e2e6e65742f62616467652f6c6963656e73652f4d504c2d322e302f626c75653f63616368653d33363030)](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mpl-2.0/)

```
use Yukabuki\CronExpressionExplainer\DefaultCronExpressionExplainer;

$explainer = new DefaultCronExpressionExplainer();

$explainer->explain('* * * * *'); // At every minute.
$explainer->explain('*/30 * * * *'); // At every 30th minute.
$explainer->explain('@daily'); // At 00:00.
$explainer->explain('* * 1 * 1'); // At every minute on day-of-month 1 and on every Monday.
$explainer->explain('0 22 * 12 *'); // At 22:00 in December.
$explainer->explain('0 8-18 * * *'); // At minute 0 past every hour from 8 through 18.
$explainer->explain('0 8-18/2 * * *'); // At minute 0 past every 2nd hour from 8 through 18.
$explainer->explain('0 8,12,16 * * *'); // At minute 0 past hour 8, 12 and 16.
$explainer->explain('* * 1 2 *'); // At every minute on 1st of February.
$explainer->explain('* * * * SUN#2'); // At every minute on 2nd Sunday.
$explainer->explain('* * 15W * *'); // At every minute on a weekday closest to the 15th.
$explainer->explain('* * L * *'); // At every minute on a last day-of-month.
$explainer->explain('* * LW * *'); // At every minute on a last weekday.
$explainer->explain('* * * * 7L'); // At every minute on the last Sunday.
```

✨ New Features in This Fork
---------------------------

[](#-new-features-in-this-fork)

### 🔍 Automatic Locale Detection

[](#-automatic-locale-detection)

Locales are automatically detected by scanning the translations directory - no hardcoded lists!

```
$locales = $explainer->getSupportedLocales();
// Automatically finds: cs, en, fr, sk
```

### 📁 Custom Translation Support

[](#-custom-translation-support)

Add your own translations or override existing ones:

```
// Add a directory with custom translations
$explainer->addTranslationPath('/path/to/custom/translations');

// Use your custom locale
$explainer->explain('* * * * *', null, null, 'es'); // Spanish
$explainer->explain('* * * * *', null, null, 'de'); // German
```

See [CUSTOM\_TRANSLATIONS.md](docs/CUSTOM_TRANSLATIONS.md) for detailed guide and examples.

###  Health Score

38

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LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.4% 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 ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

84d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/842c3d2629189cf32adcab5996bf95bbf0567e55a4d083df1b498485dd7e1240?d=identicon)[yukabuki](/maintainers/yukabuki)

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Top Contributors

[![mabar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20974277?v=4)](https://github.com/mabar "mabar (38 commits)")[![semisedlak](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1753633?v=4)](https://github.com/semisedlak "semisedlak (1 commits)")

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Tags

schedulerlocalizationinternationalizationi18nl10ntranslationcronschedulerecurringtaskintervalschedulingcrontabfrequencyfrenchorisai

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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