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gdbots/pbj
==========

Protobuf inspired message tools for php and json.

v4.0.6(5mo ago)034.3k↓74%3[1 issues](https://github.com/gdbots/pbj-php/issues)2Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=8.1CI failing

Since Feb 9Pushed 5mo ago5 watchersCompare

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pbj-php
=======

[](#pbj-php)

Protobuf inspired message tools for php.

###  Health Score

54

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FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance70

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity85

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.7% 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 ~83 days

Recently: every ~238 days

Total

49

Last Release

169d ago

Major Versions

v0.4.0 → v1.0.02016-04-08

v1.1.5 → v2.0.02017-11-12

v1.2.0 → v2.2.42020-01-28

v2.x-dev → v3.0.02020-05-27

v3.1.0 → v4.0.02021-12-08

PHP version history (5 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=5.4

v1.0.0PHP >=5.6

v2.0.0PHP >=7.1

v3.0.0PHP >=7.4

v3.1.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/04ecf55609310eefdd08182fdc75aec01f6c5aa9657ec6729ac54e6f5dd5f0ef?d=identicon)[gdbrown](/maintainers/gdbrown)

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Top Contributors

[![gdbrown](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3344831?v=4)](https://github.com/gdbrown "gdbrown (221 commits)")[![efjacobson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6315388?v=4)](https://github.com/efjacobson "efjacobson (2 commits)")[![leftees](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12038092?v=4)](https://github.com/leftees "leftees (1 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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