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mlambley/json-reference
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A library for working with JSON References

1.1.0(8y ago)053.0k↓34.8%MITPHP >=5.6.0

Since Apr 24Compare

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~167 days

Total

3

Last Release

2976d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a42dca105f2bbfaa580a01156becfe7214b1b1a4f1f49cdbf4d2a6113029c24a?d=identicon)[mlambley](/maintainers/mlambley)

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Top Contributors

[![peterpostmann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9541377?v=4)](https://github.com/peterpostmann "peterpostmann (3 commits)")[![mark-lambley-simpro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24515999?v=4)](https://github.com/mark-lambley-simpro "mark-lambley-simpro (2 commits)")[![natebrunette](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1831497?v=4)](https://github.com/natebrunette "natebrunette (1 commits)")

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Tags

jsonReferencejson-reference

###  Code Quality

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