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dsmithhayes/bencode
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A simple bencoding library for PHP.

v0.1.3(10y ago)349BSD 3.0

Since Sep 7Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/dsmithhayes/bencode)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dsmithhayes/bencode)[ Docs](https://github.com/dsmithhayes/bencode)[ RSS](/packages/dsmithhayes-bencode/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~78 days

Total

3

Last Release

3750d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.3 → 7.x-dev2016-02-11

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f85c153dca959804eefe3fe2066ae122afb6db2633358ca04ec04b88394f858?d=identicon)[dsmithhayes](/maintainers/dsmithhayes)

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Tags

torrentbencode

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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