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imaginaroom/spout
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PHP Library to read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way

v3.3.0(4y ago)0105Apache-2.0PHPPHP &gt;=7.2.0

Since Jan 16Pushed 2y agoCompare

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Spout
=====

[](#spout)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ebf85a1b1fd520870dff65f6bfd35e58ffd334e94327f6ac87009e7493b383b0/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f696d6167696e61726f6f6d2f73706f75742f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/imaginaroom/spout)[![Project Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a812de31363f0cbf7d710b1cf0dd3605dc260736113fe88e0093c8002854deb0/68747470733a2f2f6f70656e736f757263652e626f782e636f6d2f6261646765732f696e6163746976652e737667)](https://opensource.box.com/badges)[![example workflow](https://github.com/imaginaroom/spout/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/imaginaroom/spout/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a1d4709d837d41298fab42a00fd82a9754eb177b610b40b1fe2d7c1f1e9033de/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f626f782f73706f75742f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/github/box/spout?branch=master)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7b134b5eba7c7ab4518b314ced0f62e2d61b5137e3d1fbc52004751a84e74848/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f626f782f73706f75742f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/box/spout)

🪦 Archived project 🪦
--------------------

[](#-archived-project-)

This project has been archived and is no longer maintained. No bug fix and no additional features will be added.
You won't be able to submit new issues or pull requests, and no additional features will be added

You can still use Spout as is in your projects though :)

> Thanks to everyone who contributed to this project, from a typo fix to the new cool feature.
> It was great to see the involvement of this community!

About
-----

[](#about)

Spout is a PHP library to read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way. Unlike other file readers or writers, it is capable of processing very large files, while keeping the memory usage really low (less than 3MB).

Join the community and come discuss Spout: [![Gitter](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/abe08b740a4156153736f791393ec4da6619c4be73212e75769f52edacc0e2b5/68747470733a2f2f6261646765732e6769747465722e696d2f4a6f696e253230436861742e737667)](https://gitter.im/box/spout?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Full documentation can be found at .

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP version 7.2 or higher
- PHP extension `php_zip` enabled
- PHP extension `php_xmlreader` enabled

Upgrade guide
-------------

[](#upgrade-guide)

Version 3 introduced new functionality but also some breaking changes. If you want to upgrade your Spout codebase from version 2 please consult the [Upgrade guide](UPGRADE-3.0.md).

Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

The `master` branch includes unit, functional and performance tests. If you just want to check that everything is working as expected, executing the unit and functional tests is enough.

- `phpunit` - runs unit and functional tests
- `phpunit --group perf-tests` - only runs the performance tests

For information, the performance tests take about 10 minutes to run (processing 1 million rows files is not a quick thing).

Support
-------

[](#support)

Spout is no longer actively supported. You can still ask questions, or discuss about it in the chat room:
[![Gitter](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/abe08b740a4156153736f791393ec4da6619c4be73212e75769f52edacc0e2b5/68747470733a2f2f6261646765732e6769747465722e696d2f4a6f696e253230436861742e737667)](https://gitter.im/box/spout?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge)

Copyright and License
---------------------

[](#copyright-and-license)

Copyright 2022 Box, Inc. All rights reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.1% 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 ~93 days

Recently: every ~442 days

Total

37

Last Release

761d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.0 → v2.0.02015-07-28

v2.7.3 → v3.0.02019-05-24

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP &gt;=5.4.0

v3.0.0PHP &gt;=7.1.0

v3.2.0PHP &gt;=7.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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