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matephp/dto
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MatePHP - DTO - Simple Data Transfer Objects (DTO) for any framework

2.0.0(2mo ago)044MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing

Since Mar 7Pushed 3w agoCompare

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Mate/dto
========

[](#matedto)

 **High-performance, modern and framework-agnostic DTO library for PHP 8.4+.**

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---

🚀 Overview
----------

[](#-overview)

**Mate/dto** is a lightweight, zero-dependency (almost) core component designed to be **completely framework-agnostic**. It leverages modern PHP 8.4 features like **Asymmetric Visibility** and **Constructor Property Promotion** to provide a developer-friendly API with maximum performance.

📦 Installation
--------------

[](#-installation)

Install the library via Composer:

```
composer require mate-php/dto
```

📖 Quick Start
-------------

[](#-quick-start)

Define your DTO using standard PHP properties and asymmetric visibility for better encapsulation:

```
use Mate\Dto\Dto;

class UserDto extends Dto
{
    public private(set) string $name;
    public private(set) int $age;
    public ?string $email = null;
}

// Instantiate from an array
$user = new UserDto([
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'age' => 30,
    'email' => 'john.doe@example.com'
]);

echo $user->name; // John Doe
echo $user->toJson();
```

📚 Full Documentation
--------------------

[](#-full-documentation)

For advanced features like **Collections**, **Custom Mapping**, **Strict Mode**, and **Benchmarks**, please visit our full documentation site:

👉 ****

---

🤝 Contributing
--------------

[](#-contributing)

We welcome contributions! Please see our [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on our development workflow and commit message standards.

---

Made with ❤️ by the **MatePHP** Team.

###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance91

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~44 days

Recently: every ~81 days

Total

10

Last Release

69d ago

Major Versions

1.3.3 → 2.0.02026-04-14

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^8.3

1.3.0PHP ^8.2

2.0.0PHP ^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/202171770?v=4)[Federico Lozada Mosto](/maintainers/mostofede)[@mostofede](https://github.com/mostofede)

---

Top Contributors

[![mostofede](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/202171770?v=4)](https://github.com/mostofede "mostofede (14 commits)")

---

Tags

apimapperdata-transfer-objectrestfuldtodata model

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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