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piedweb/rison
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A PHP encoder and decoder for Rison, the compact JSON-like data format optimized for URIs.

0.1.891(1mo ago)11.4k↑100%MITPHPPHP >=8.4

Since Mar 11Pushed 1mo ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Rison encoder - decoder
===========================

[](#php-rison-encoder---decoder)

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Rison is a compact data format optimized for URIs, a slight variation of JSON. This is a port from JS rison, forked from [Marmelatze](https://github.com/Marmelatze/Kunststube-Rison)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via [Packagist](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/piedweb/rison.svg?style=flat)

```
$ composer require piedweb/rison
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use \PiedWeb\Rison\...;
```

About rison
-----------

[](#about-rison)

JSON:

```
{"a":0,"b":"foo","c":"23skidoo"}
```

URI-encoded JSON:

```
%7B%22a%22:0,%22b%22%3A%22foo%22%2C%22c%22%3A%2223skidoo%22%7D

```

Rison:

```
(a:0,b:foo,c:'23skidoo')

```

URI-encoded Rison:

```
(a:0,b:foo,c:'23skidoo')

```

Learn more about Rison :

- [Mirror of original rison specs and js/python port](https://github.com/Nanonid/rison?tab=readme-ov-file)
- [ESModule Rison port](https://github.com/othree/rison-esm)
- [Rison playground](https://rison.dev)

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [contributing](https://dev.piedweb.com/contributing)

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- Original version by [Marmelatze](https://github.com/Marmelatze/Kunststube-Rison)
- Forked and updated to modern PHP by [Robin Delattre (Pied Web)](https://piedweb.com)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/PiedWeb/:package_skake/graphs/contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance90

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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 ~8 days

Total

47

Last Release

49d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.845PHP >=8.3

0.1.878PHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/afce4cf517928a50560237f1410d5957271fd808671b2216687ecf1422adaee0?d=identicon)[Robin D.](/maintainers/Robin%20D.)

---

Top Contributors

[![actions-user](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/65916846?v=4)](https://github.com/actions-user "actions-user (7 commits)")

---

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jsonencodedecodePied Webrison

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