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php-standard-library/json
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JSON encoding and decoding with typed exceptions and sensible defaults

6.1.1(2d ago)0561↓20.2%3MITPHP ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0

Since Mar 17Compare

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###  Health Score

49

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance100

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~0 days

Total

8

Last Release

2d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

jsonencodingdecoding

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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