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sandfoxme/bencode
=================

BitTorrent's Bencode encoder/decoder

4.0.0(3y ago)02.6kMITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Mar 22Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Bencode Encoder/Decoder
===========================

[](#php-bencode-encoderdecoder)

This is a legacy repo for the `sandfoxme/bencode`

The new package is called `arokettu/bencode`, you can find it here:

Versions
--------

[](#versions)

- 1.0.0–3.0.3: Exactly same package published under both sandfoxme/bencode and arokettu/bencode
- 3.1.0: just installs arokettu/bencode ^3.1
- 4.0.0: installs arokettu/bencode ^4.0 and adds aliases for all classes from `Arokettu\Bencode`to the `SandFox\Bencode` namespace

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity84

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~55 days

Recently: every ~95 days

Total

39

Last Release

1298d ago

Major Versions

1.7.3 → 2.7.32021-10-24

2.7.3 → 3.0.32021-10-24

1.x-dev → 2.7.42021-11-30

2.x-dev → 3.1.02022-12-14

3.x-dev → 4.0.02022-12-14

PHP version history (6 changes)1.0.0PHP >= 7.1

1.1.0PHP >= 7.0

1.3.0PHP ^7.0|^8.0

2.0.0PHP ^8.0

1.4.0PHP ^7.0 | ^8.0

3.0.0-alpha1PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/963485?v=4)[Anton Smirnov](/maintainers/arokettu)[@arokettu](https://github.com/arokettu)

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Top Contributors

[![arokettu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/963485?v=4)](https://github.com/arokettu "arokettu (384 commits)")

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Tags

serializetorrentbencodebittorrent

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