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coffeephp/serialize
===================

Provides an interface for serializer classes to implement.

1.1.2(5y ago)01461Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=8.0

Since Aug 28Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Coffee PHP - Serialize
======================

[](#coffee-php---serialize)

[![Build](https://github.com/Coffee-PHP/Serialize/workflows/Build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Coffee-PHP/Serialize/workflows/Build/badge.svg)

Provides an interface for serializer classes to implement.

```
Copyright 2020 Danny Damsky

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

```

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~59 days

Total

5

Last Release

1849d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.4

1.1.0PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6349846?v=4)[Danny Damsky](/maintainers/dannydamsky)[@dannydamsky](https://github.com/dannydamsky)

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Top Contributors

[![dannydamsky](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6349846?v=4)](https://github.com/dannydamsky "dannydamsky (11 commits)")

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Tags

phpserializeserializationcoffeecoffeephp

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