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scon/scon
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SCON — Schema-Compact Object Notation: 59-66% smaller than JSON with structural dedup, human-readable, no binary encoding

v1.0.1(1mo ago)00MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Mar 16Pushed 1mo agoCompare

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scon/scon
=========

[](#sconscon)

**SCON — Schema-Compact Object Notation for PHP**

Human-readable serialization with structural dedup. 59-66% payload reduction, 64% fewer LLM tokens, pure PHP 8.1+.

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Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require scon/scon
```

For native performance, the `php-scon` extension (Rust FFI) is available separately.

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

```
use Scon\Encoder;
use Scon\Decoder;

$data = ['name' => 'scon', 'version' => 1, 'features' => ['dedup' => true]];

# Encode
$encoder = new Encoder();
$scon = $encoder->encode($data);
// name: scon
// version: 1
// features:
//  dedup: true

# Decode
$decoder = new Decoder();
$parsed = $decoder->decode($scon);
```

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Structural dedup**: xxHash128 fingerprinting detects repeated subtrees — 59-66% payload reduction on OpenAPI specs
- **Schema subsystem**: Registry with cycle detection, deep merge, dot-notation overrides
- **Validation**: Configurable validation modes
- **Minifier**: Bidirectional minify/expand
- **Pure PHP**: No extensions required, PHP 8.1+

API
---

[](#api)

```
use Scon\{Encoder, Decoder, Minifier, Validator, SchemaRegistry, TreeHash};

# Encode / Decode
$encoder = new Encoder();
$scon = $encoder->encode($data);
$scon = $encoder->withAutoExtract(true)->encode($data); # structural dedup

$decoder = new Decoder();
$data = $decoder->decode($sconString);

# Minify / Expand
$mini = Minifier::minify($sconString);
$expanded = Minifier::expand($mini, indent: 1);

# Validate
$validator = new Validator(mode: 'strict');
$result = $validator->validate($data);
```

Performance
-----------

[](#performance)

Payload reduction on OpenAPI 3.1 spec (71 endpoints):

FormatBytesRatioJSON90,8861.00xSCON26,3470.29xSCON (minified)20,2110.22xLLM token efficiency (cl100k\_base): **64% fewer tokens** — less context window waste for RAG pipelines, tool-use agents, and structured prompts.

For native performance, the `php-scon` extension (Rust FFI) achieves near-parity decode speed with PHP's built-in `json_decode`.

Full methodology: [DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14733092](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14733092)Benchmarks, optimization log (21 phases), and industrial protocol fixtures: [github.com/QuijoteShin/scon](https://github.com/QuijoteShin/scon)

Also available
--------------

[](#also-available)

- **Rust**: `cargo add scon` — [crates.io/crates/scon](https://crates.io/crates/scon)
- **JavaScript**: `npm install scon-notation` — [npmjs.com/package/scon-notation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/scon-notation)

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance89

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

54d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b21d432382ff25be54ea8ec90dcb3d300f206b2481ffe5433e35e9e95ea8ea43?d=identicon)[QuijoteShin](/maintainers/QuijoteShin)

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Top Contributors

[![QuijoteShin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4658549?v=4)](https://github.com/QuijoteShin "QuijoteShin (3 commits)")

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