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ericgerbers/byte-buffer
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A fast and simple ByteBuffer implementation using SplFixedArray.

0.1.4(6y ago)02MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since Jul 20Pushed 5y agoCompare

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ByteBuffer
==========

[](#bytebuffer)

> A fast and simple ByteBuffer implementation using native arrays.

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Documentation
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[](#documentation)

...

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover a security vulnerability within this package, please send an e-mail to . All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Brian Faust](https://github.com/faustbrian)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](LICENSE) © [Brian Faust](https://github.com/faustbrian)

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58.8% 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 ~145 days

Total

4

Last Release

2468d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8712206?v=4)[Eric Gerbers](/maintainers/ericgerbers)[@EricGerbers](https://github.com/EricGerbers)

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Top Contributors

[![faustbrian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)](https://github.com/faustbrian "faustbrian (10 commits)")[![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (4 commits)")[![air1one](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36802613?v=4)](https://github.com/air1one "air1one (2 commits)")[![EricGerbers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8712206?v=4)](https://github.com/EricGerbers "EricGerbers (1 commits)")

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Tags

hexbinaryBufferbyteunpackpack

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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