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innmind/io
==========

High level abstraction for streams and sockets

4.0.0(3mo ago)167.1k↓27.3%[2 issues](https://github.com/Innmind/io/issues)8MITPHPPHP ~8.4CI passing

Since Feb 19Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare

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io
==

[](#io)

[![Build Status](https://github.com/innmind/io/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/innmind/io/actions?query=workflow%3ACI)[![codecov](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/420ef3d5b5757c5f1c647034281d042a28128e7207a614fa4ecf59a7ca202622/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f67682f696e6e6d696e642f696f2f6272616e63682f646576656c6f702f67726170682f62616467652e737667)](https://codecov.io/gh/innmind/io)[![Type Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3ea063c20c56a8a3d19e1bbc978cdbf1f151324c72e5dae4028e2d6e1db85865/68747470733a2f2f73686570686572642e6465762f6769746875622f696e6e6d696e642f696f2f636f7665726167652e737667)](https://shepherd.dev/github/innmind/io)

High level abstraction to work with files and sockets in a declarative way.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require innmind/io
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Innmind\IO\IO;
use Innmind\Url\Path;
use Innmind\Immutable\Str;

$chunks = IO::fromAmbienAuthority()
    ->files()
    ->read(Path::of('/some/file.ext'))
    ->toEncoding(Str\Encoding::ascii)
    ->chunks(8192); // max length of each chunk
```

The `$chunks` variable is a `Innmind\Innmutable\Sequence` containing `Innmind\Immutable\Str` values, where each value is of a maximum length of `8192` bytes.

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

[](#documentation)

Full documentation can be found at .

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

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 ~50 days

Recently: every ~40 days

Total

22

Last Release

113d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02023-09-17

2.7.0 → 3.0.02025-04-13

3.5.1 → 4.0.02026-01-25

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ~8.1

2.0.0PHP ~8.2

4.0.0PHP ~8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/851425?v=4)[Baptiste Langlade](/maintainers/Baptouuuu)[@Baptouuuu](https://github.com/Baptouuuu)

---

Top Contributors

[![Baptouuuu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/851425?v=4)](https://github.com/Baptouuuu "Baptouuuu (313 commits)")

---

Tags

streamSocket

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