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pear/file\_marc
===============

Supports the MAchine Readable Cataloging (MARC) file format documented at http://loc.gov/marc/

1.4.1(6y ago)28458.4k↓17.9%17[1 PRs](https://github.com/pear/File_MARC/pulls)2LGPL-2.1PHP

Since Sep 1Pushed 1y ago12 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (3)Versions (9)Used By (2)

```
This package is http://pear.php.net/package/File_MARC and has been migrated from https://svn.php.net/repository/pear/packages/File_MARC

Please report all new issues via the PEAR bug tracker.

If this package is marked as unmaintained and you have fixes, please submit your pull requests and start discussion on the pear-qa mailing list.

To test, run either
$ phpunit tests/
  or
$ pear run-tests -r

To build, simply
$ pear package

To install from scratch
$ pear install package.xml

To upgrade
$ pear upgrade -f package.xml
```

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance26

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity48

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community30

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 52.6% 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 ~219 days

Recently: every ~256 days

Total

8

Last Release

2424d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![dbs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/317113?v=4)](https://github.com/dbs "dbs (40 commits)")[![danmichaelo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/434495?v=4)](https://github.com/danmichaelo "danmichaelo (10 commits)")[![CloCkWeRX](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/365751?v=4)](https://github.com/CloCkWeRX "CloCkWeRX (9 commits)")[![agallou](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/320372?v=4)](https://github.com/agallou "agallou (4 commits)")[![cKlee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/849235?v=4)](https://github.com/cKlee "cKlee (3 commits)")[![bartikowskiw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32302129?v=4)](https://github.com/bartikowskiw "bartikowskiw (3 commits)")[![demiankatz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/309069?v=4)](https://github.com/demiankatz "demiankatz (3 commits)")[![gerricom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/459469?v=4)](https://github.com/gerricom "gerricom (1 commits)")[![kocher](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5782527?v=4)](https://github.com/kocher "kocher (1 commits)")[![librarywebchic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/441305?v=4)](https://github.com/librarywebchic "librarywebchic (1 commits)")[![till](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27003?v=4)](https://github.com/till "till (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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