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zackkitzmiller/nil
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2.0.1(11y ago)201.5k2MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Nil (formerly nullObj)
======================

[](#nil-formerly-nullobj)

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A amazingly awesome and reasonable null object implementation in PHP.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.5% 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 ~337 days

Total

2

Last Release

4156d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5d4797a04f2867414b7510fe5cb90689f18a7cb51d148bfffc85f44366d1e5ee?d=identicon)[zackkitzmiller](/maintainers/zackkitzmiller)

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Top Contributors

[![zackkitzmiller](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111536?v=4)](https://github.com/zackkitzmiller "zackkitzmiller (32 commits)")[![erwaller](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21978?v=4)](https://github.com/erwaller "erwaller (2 commits)")[![josegonzalez](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/65675?v=4)](https://github.com/josegonzalez "josegonzalez (2 commits)")[![karptonite](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/132278?v=4)](https://github.com/karptonite "karptonite (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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