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mmerlijn/msg
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HL7 reader and writer / edifact reader

v3.0(2y ago)0246PHPPHP ^7.3|^8.0

Since Nov 24Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Messages reader and writer
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[](#messages-reader-and-writer)

HL7
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[](#hl7)

Edifact
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[](#edifact)

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

994d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/84de98c9a1803dbd730aabade43023ab14d7df77a5e71c012ecdd1150b300213?d=identicon)[mmerlijn](/maintainers/mmerlijn)

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Top Contributors

[![mmerlijn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8401393?v=4)](https://github.com/mmerlijn "mmerlijn (13 commits)")

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