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protophp/pack
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An efficient binary packed data format for transmission through Long-lived connections.

v0.3.5(7y ago)235[2 issues](https://github.com/protophp/pack/issues)3MITPHPPHP ^7.0

Since Jan 3Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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pack
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[](#pack)

An efficient binary packed data format for transmission through of Long-lived connections.

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~3 days

Total

11

Last Release

2697d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17278724?v=4)[Arash Ghamkhari](/maintainers/ArashGhamkhari)[@arashghamkhari](https://github.com/arashghamkhari)

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Top Contributors

[![arashghamkhari](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17278724?v=4)](https://github.com/arashghamkhari "arashghamkhari (47 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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