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buildwars/gw-dat
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A Guild Wars gw.dat reader.

00PHP

Since May 25Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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buildwars/gw-dat
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[](#buildwarsgw-dat)

A [Guild Wars](https://www.guildwars.com/) [gw.dat](https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gw.dat_file_format) reader

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Overview
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[](#overview)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1+

Disclaimer
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[](#disclaimer)

Use at your own risk!

###  Health Score

13

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LowBetter than 1% of packages

Maintenance26

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity18

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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