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che/decimal
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Immutable arbitrary-precision decimal implementation for php 5.3+

0.1.3(10y ago)36.6k11MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Apr 11Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Decimal
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###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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

Every ~362 days

Total

4

Last Release

3735d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ac2821019acfb878a20d9da25477168959d5c17ef09d6df5654c703f47db2ee0?d=identicon)[chebba](/maintainers/chebba)

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Top Contributors

[![chEbba](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/558042?v=4)](https://github.com/chEbba "chEbba (14 commits)")

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Tags

moneydecimalbigdecimalnumberbcmathbig

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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