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innmind/json
============

Type safe json encoder/decoder

1.5.0(4mo ago)9283.5k↓51.2%215MITPHPPHP ~8.4CI passing

Since May 8Pushed 1mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Json
====

[](#json)

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Type safe json encode/decoder, the goal is to not leave errors unchecked.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require innmind/json
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Innmind\Json\Json;

Json::encode(['foo' => 'bar']); // {"foo":"bar"}
Json::decode('{"foo":"bar"}'); // ['foo' => 'bar']
Json::decode('{]'); // will throw an exception (instead of returning false)
```

###  Health Score

62

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance83

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity87

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91% 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 ~566 days

Recently: every ~657 days

Total

6

Last Release

121d ago

PHP version history (5 changes)1.0.0PHP ~7.2

1.2.0PHP ~7.3

1.3.0PHP ~7.4 || ~8.0

1.4.0PHP ~8.2

1.5.0PHP ~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 (71 commits)")[![mnapoli](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/720328?v=4)](https://github.com/mnapoli "mnapoli (3 commits)")[![jdecool](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/433926?v=4)](https://github.com/jdecool "jdecool (2 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (2 commits)")

---

Tags

json

###  Code Quality

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