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laktak/hjson
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JSON for Humans. A configuration file format with relaxed syntax, fewer mistakes and more comments.

v2.3.1(1y ago)86233.7k↓11.8%10MITPHP >=5.6

Since Mar 15Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/hjson/hjson-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/laktak/hjson)[ Docs](https://github.com/hjson/hjson-php)[ RSS](/packages/laktak-hjson/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

47

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FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance48

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity45

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community11

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 ~303 days

Total

12

Last Release

382d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.2 → v2.0.02016-08-08

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a45bfca57df07e79c47a20f8c822a6ce4160046a144dd7e51b864113f939a3dc?d=identicon)[laktak](/maintainers/laktak)

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Tags

jsonconfigparserserializercommentshumanhjson

###  Code Quality

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