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Derick Rethans

@derickr

I am Derick, and I am the creator of Xdebug, PHP's debugger. I am currently working on creating Xdebug 3.

London, UK

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Joined February 2010

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Avg 13.1 stars per repo.

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Derick Rethans

Hi there!

I'm Derick, and I'm the primary maintainer of PHP's debugger, Xdebug <https://github.com/xdebug/xdebug>. If you have questions, feel free to reach out to me by e-mail <github@derickrethans.nl> or Mastodon <https://phpc.social/@derickr>_.

cheers,

Derick

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Most active day: January 14th, 2026 • 34 contributions

Most active week: Jan 12–Jan 18 • 60 contributions

Most active month: Aug 2025 • 144 contributions

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closed issue in php/web-php

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