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atk14/mini-yaml
===============

Minimalistic YAML loader and dumper

v1.0(5y ago)06.3k↓11.1%3MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jan 4Pushed 4y ago2 watchersCompare

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MiniYAML
========

[](#miniyaml)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2820b45111f9029e824d28c104363b0d80726d0d2e6b5b8a02f168107715d812/68747470733a2f2f6170702e7472617669732d63692e636f6d2f61746b31342f4d696e6959616d6c2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://app.travis-ci.com/atk14/MiniYaml)

MiniYAML is a YAML dumper & loader.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$ary = miniYAML::Load($yaml_str);
$yaml = miniYAML::Dump($ary);

```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Use the Composer:

```
composer require atk14/mini-yaml

```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer update --dev
cd test
../vendor/bin/run_unit_tests

```

License
-------

[](#license)

MiniYAML is free software distributed [under the terms of the MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1960d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6304dffbd91d7a978f98632b0e4e30d662dcdb691daadb1388a58984e98faf5c?d=identicon)[yarri](/maintainers/yarri)

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Top Contributors

[![yarri](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/974278?v=4)](https://github.com/yarri "yarri (9 commits)")

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Tags

yaml

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