krakjoe/apcu
APCu - APC User Cache observed · 2026-10-20
Health v2 · maintenance only
79/100
- Activity 89
- Release rhythm 53
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 22
- age_days: 4982
- days_rel: 316
- days_push: 66
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
1013 stars · 205 forks observed · 2026-10-20
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
APCu is a PHP extension providing an in-memory key-value store for caching PHP variables within a single process. It is the userland-only portion of the legacy APC opcode cache, exposed through apcu_* functions documented on php.net.
Use cases
- cache expensive function results in php
- shared memory key-value store for php requests
- speed up php application by caching variables
- replace apc user cache in modern php
- store computed data between requests without external cache
When to choose
- you need fast per-server variable caching in php without adding external services
- you want a drop-in userland cache maintained as part of the php ecosystem
When to avoid
- you need a distributed cache shared across multiple servers
- you need opcode caching (use opcache instead)
- your application runs in an environment without shared-memory php extensions
Facets
library · maturity stable
caching database web-development backend performance php windows php-extension in-memory-cache key-value-store shared-memory pecl linux macos web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/krakjoe/apcu · fetched 2026-10-20 · 6e0e6adb2629
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| krakjoe/apcu | main | 79 |
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