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php-decimal/php-decimal
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Correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point

v1.1.0(7y ago)781.0M—7.6%1[1 issues](https://github.com/php-decimal/php-decimal/issues)9MITPHP >=7.0.0

Since Oct 28Pushed 7y ago5 watchersCompare

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PHP Decimal Extension
=====================

[](#php-decimal-extension)

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This is the reference package to use when adding the decimal extension as a dependency.

It provides:

- Semantic versioning.
- Implicit dependency on `ext-decimal`.
- Implicit stubs for IDE integration.

```
composer require php-decimal/php-decimal

```

Also see:

- [Documentation](https://github.com/php-decimal/php-decimal.github.io)
- [Extension](https://github.com/php-decimal/ext-decimal)
- [Stubs](https://github.com/php-decimal/stubs)
- [Laravel Integration](https://github.com/php-decimal/laravel)

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity50

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

Every ~7 days

Total

4

Last Release

2736d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

decimalmathnumberprecision

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