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dehydr8/protobuf-decoder
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Decoder for protobuf messages

2322PHP

Since Feb 1Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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protobuf-decoder
================

[](#protobuf-decoder)

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*protobuf-decoder* is a PHP library that reads raw protobuf buffers and returns a sane representation of the data.

The protobuf encoding format can be found [here](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/encoding).

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

1. Wiretypes 3 `(start group)`, 4 `(end group)` and 5 `(32bit fixed)` not implemented as of yet

Representation
--------------

[](#representation)

```
00000000  08 8f 81 eb cf e0 2a 12  08 6b 6f 74 6c 69 6e 34  |......*..kotlin4|
00000010  36 3a 05 00 01 03 04 07  42 00 48 fa 01 55 00 00  |6:......B.H..U..|
00000020  48 43 72 0a 0a 08 50 4f  4b 45 43 4f 49 4e 72 0c  |HCr...POKECOINr.|
00000030  0a 08 53 54 41 52 44 55  53 54 10 64              |..STARDUST.d|
0000003c

```

to

```
[
    {
        "field": "1",
        "value": "1469046243471"
    },
    {
        "field": "2",
        "value": "kotlin46"
    },
    {
        "field": "7",
        "value": "\u0000\u0001\u0003\u0004\u0007"
    },
    {
        "field": "8",
        "value": ""
    },
    {
        "field": "9",
        "value": "250"
    },
    {
        "field": "10",
        "value": "00004843"
    },
    {
        "field": "14",
        "value": [
            {
                "field": "1",
                "value": "POKECOIN"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "field": "14",
        "value": [
            {
                "field": "1",
                "value": "STARDUST"
            },
            {
                "field": "2",
                "value": "100"
            }
        ]
    }
]
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

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