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powerjson/powerjson
===================

json with great powers

013PHP

Since Feb 15Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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powerjson
=========

[](#powerjson)

*json with great powers*

Use alias or variables in JSON

```
{
  "parent": "json://child.json?var=myvar"
}

{
  "child":"$var"
}

```

Results in :

```
{
  "parent": {
    "child": "myvar"
  }
}

```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/25b1fcd64adc81902c4c0e5a6056e007731c2926a92f3726af375e953d7781e7?d=identicon)[jonathankowalski](/maintainers/jonathankowalski)

---

Top Contributors

[![jonathankowalski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/673625?v=4)](https://github.com/jonathankowalski "jonathankowalski (12 commits)")

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