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php-pg/pgproto3
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Is an encoder and decoder of the PostgreSQL wire protocol version 3

v0.0.9(4y ago)0691MITPHPPHP >=8.1

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pgproto3
========

[](#pgproto3)

Package pgproto3 is an encoder and decoder of the PostgreSQL wire protocol version 3.

pgproto3 can be used as a foundation for PostgreSQL drivers, proxies, mock servers, load balancers and more.

Inspired by Golang package [jackc/pgproto3](https://github.com/jackc/pgproto3)

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~1 days

Total

9

Last Release

1556d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![codercms](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4526911?v=4)](https://github.com/codercms "codercms (20 commits)")

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Tags

postgresqlpostgresprotocolencodedecodeamphpwire

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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