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laravel-json-api/core
=====================

Contracts and support classes for Laravel JSON:API packages.

v5.2.2(3mo ago)101.5M—4.3%13[1 issues](https://github.com/laravel-json-api/core/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/laravel-json-api/core/pulls)8MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing

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laravel-json-api/core
=====================

[](#laravel-json-apicore)

Core contracts and support classes for [Laravel JSON:API](https://laraveljsonapi.io) packages.

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

[](#installation)

Install using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)

```
composer require laravel-json-api/core
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Laravel JSON:API is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT License](./LICENSE).

###  Health Score

63

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community26

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.8% 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 ~52 days

Recently: every ~97 days

Total

36

Last Release

103d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.1 → v2.0.02022-02-08

v2.4.0 → v3.0.02023-02-14

v3.3.0 → v4.0.02024-03-12

v4.3.1 → v5.0.02024-11-29

v4.3.2 → v5.0.12024-11-30

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0-alpha.1PHP ^7.4|^8.0

v3.0.0PHP ^8.1

v4.0.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ca1ed60931eb66b875b4bad2b1a8a5093c14d5225cf72c3d6c3fd403982ec7cf?d=identicon)[lindyhopchris](/maintainers/lindyhopchris)

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Top Contributors

[![lindyhopchris](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4464333?v=4)](https://github.com/lindyhopchris "lindyhopchris (293 commits)")[![haddowg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10784397?v=4)](https://github.com/haddowg "haddowg (3 commits)")[![JaZo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3475007?v=4)](https://github.com/JaZo "JaZo (2 commits)")[![laravel-shift](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15991828?v=4)](https://github.com/laravel-shift "laravel-shift (2 commits)")[![X-Coder264](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12602463?v=4)](https://github.com/X-Coder264 "X-Coder264 (2 commits)")[![aimeos](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8647429?v=4)](https://github.com/aimeos "aimeos (2 commits)")[![ennorehling](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/629521?v=4)](https://github.com/ennorehling "ennorehling (1 commits)")[![adrien-delhom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/106613033?v=4)](https://github.com/adrien-delhom "adrien-delhom (1 commits)")

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Tags

laraveljsonapiJSON-APIjsonapi.org

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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