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howyi/evi
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Extended YAML&JSON parser

v1.0.2(8y ago)022.7k12MITPHPPHP >=7.0.16

Since Aug 23Pushed 8y agoCompare

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evi
===

[](#evi)

Extended YAML&JSON parser

```
composer require howyi/evi

```

- wiki:

Parse
-----

[](#parse)

```
$associativeArrays = Howyi\Evi::parse('foo/bar.yml');
$associativeArrays = Howyi\Evi::parse('foo/bar.json');
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~48 days

Total

5

Last Release

3042d ago

Major Versions

v0.9.0 → v1.0.02017-09-01

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6592938?v=4)[niwatori / Hayashi Takuya](/maintainers/howyi)[@howyi](https://github.com/howyi)

---

Top Contributors

[![howyi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6592938?v=4)](https://github.com/howyi "howyi (4 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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