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herrera-io/json
===============

Encodes, decodes, and validates JSON data.

3.0.1(6y ago)524.5M↓16.1%5MITPHP >=7.3

Since Mar 8Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/kherge-php/json)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/herrera-io/json)[ RSS](/packages/herrera-io-json/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (3)Versions (14)Used By (5)

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###  Health Score

41

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FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

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 ~252 days

Recently: every ~242 days

Total

11

Last Release

2299d ago

Major Versions

1.x-dev → 2.0.02017-01-12

2.x-dev → 3.0.02020-01-31

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.3

2.0.0PHP >=5.6

3.0.0PHP >=7.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)[Kevin Herrera](/maintainers/kherge)[@kherge](https://github.com/kherge)

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Tags

jsonencodedecodevalidate

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