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brzuchal/json-highlighter
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A PHP library for syntax highlighting JSON in the terminal.

1.0.x-dev(1y ago)13.9k↓22%[1 issues](https://github.com/brzuchal/json-highlighter/issues)MITPHPPHP ^8.1

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JSON Highlighter
================

[](#json-highlighter)

A simple PHP library for syntax highlighting JSON in the terminal.

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

[](#installation)

Install the package via Composer:

```
composer require brzuchal/json-highlighter
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You can use this library to highlight JSON strings in your terminal:

```
use Brzuchal\JsonHighlighter\JsonHighlighter;

$json = '{
"name": "John",
"age": 30,
"married": false,
"children": null
}';

echo JsonHighlighter::highlight($json);
```

This will output syntax-highlighted JSON in your terminal using ANSI escape codes.

Example Output
--------------

[](#example-output)

The output will look like:

```
{
    "name": "John",
    "age": 30,
    "married": false,
    "children": null
}
```

The keys will be in **light blue**, strings in **green**, numbers in **white**, booleans in **orange**, and `null` values in **light gray**.

License
-------

[](#license)

Copyright (c) 2024 Michał Marcin Brzuchalski

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity32

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

595d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ce3143c657246081b652b3f2a6b370c8fcb58ca66c15d52f7557bfecbc38f9df?d=identicon)[brzuchal](/maintainers/brzuchal)

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Top Contributors

[![brzuchal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3149753?v=4)](https://github.com/brzuchal "brzuchal (2 commits)")

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Tags

jsoncliconsoleterminalhighlightcolorizeprettify

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