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dealroom/avro
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A library for using Apache Avro with PHP.

v2.0.0(6y ago)042.1kApache-2.0PHPPHP &gt;=7.2

Since Sep 5Pushed 3y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/dealroom/avro-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dealroom/avro)[ Docs](https://avro.apache.org/)[ RSS](/packages/dealroom-avro/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago

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DEPRECATED !!!
==============

[](#deprecated-)

What the Avro PHP library is
============================

[](#what-the-avro-php-library-is)

A library for using [Avro](http://avro.apache.org/) with PHP.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.2+
- On 32-bit platforms, the [GMP PHP extension](http://php.net/gmp)

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

```
$ composer require dealroom/avro

```

History
-------

[](#history)

1. Extracted from  using `git subtree`.
2. Forked from [wikimedia/avro-php](https://github.com/wikimedia/avro-php)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~531 days

Total

4

Last Release

2308d ago

Major Versions

v1.9.0 → v2.0.02020-01-16

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.7.7PHP &gt;=5.3.3

v1.8.0PHP &gt;=5.5.9

v2.0.0PHP &gt;=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

serialization

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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