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andriell/tar
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Tar / tar.gz writer. You can use it to work with large files without creating temporary files

v1.0.7(8y ago)32.4kBSD-3-ClausePHP >=5.3.0

Since Jul 12Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/andriell/php-tar)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/andriell/tar)[ Docs](https://github.com/andriell/php-tar)[ RSS](/packages/andriell-tar/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (3)Used By (0)

### README not available

The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/andriell/php-tar).

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

2

Last Release

3228d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/284e5878cad7573891407697c19fafd47dd403ed7fbd323927291e1915cbdf01?d=identicon)[andriell](/maintainers/andriell)

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Tags

compressionarchivetartar.gz

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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