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muvon/kiss-varint
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varint read and pack convertion int/uint

0.3.0(4y ago)01.3k12MITPHP

Since Jul 25Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-kiss-varint
===============

[](#php-kiss-varint)

KISS implementation of varint encode and decoder for int/uint

Basic usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
use Muvon\KISS\VarInt;

VarInt::packInt($value); // Pack value to a signed variable integer, little-endian
VarInt::packUint($value); // Pack value to signed variable integer, little-endian
VarInt::readInt($hex); // Unpack hex string as signed integer
VarInt::readUint($hex); // Unpack hax string as unsigned integer
```

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.3% 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 ~40 days

Total

4

Last Release

1631d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![donhardman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/59067742?v=4)](https://github.com/donhardman "donhardman (12 commits)")[![soulseekah](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/685880?v=4)](https://github.com/soulseekah "soulseekah (1 commits)")

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Tags

lightweightencoderdecoderintuintkissbitcloutvarint

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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