# Jean85/pretty-package-versions

A small, independent wrapper to get pretty versions strings

Repository: https://github.com/Jean85/pretty-package-versions
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pretty-package-versions
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, composer, wrapper, ocramius, versions, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-06-22T07:11:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 16, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3346, "days_push": 72, "days_rel": 532, "gap_med": 120, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1311, forks 15 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:20.069328+00:00)

## What it is
A small PHP library that wraps Composer's installed package metadata to produce pretty version strings for dependencies. It provides a single class, PrettyVersions, that returns Version objects with short, full, and commit-referenced version formats.

## Use cases
- get pretty version strings of composer dependencies
- show package version with short commit hash in PHP apps
- avoid tying a library to a specific Composer version
- display dependency versions in CLI tools
- retrieve version info for a specific installed package

## When to choose
- you need human-readable version strings for installed Composer packages
- you want compatibility across both Composer 1.x and 2.x
- you want a thin, dependency-light wrapper around Composer\InstalledVersions

## When to avoid
- you only target Composer 2 and can use Composer\InstalledVersions directly
- you need version constraints or dependency resolution logic rather than display strings

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, version-control
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: php, cli
- tags: composer, version-strings, php-library, wrapper, php

## Member repositories
- Jean85/pretty-package-versions (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.069328+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:49:49.090355+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Jean85/pretty-package-versions (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.069328+00:00, sha b53a9d32a880)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.