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serafim/json5
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JSON5 parser

1.0.0(4y ago)24782MITPHP ^8.1

Since Dec 15Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/SerafimArts/Json5)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/serafim/json5)[ Docs](https://github.com/SerafimArts/Json5)[ RSS](/packages/serafim-json5/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (10)Versions (5)Used By (0)

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

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 ~157 days

Total

4

Last Release

1506d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.0-alpha.12022-04-01

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

1.0.0-alpha.1PHP ^8.0

1.0.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/150420?v=4)[Ruslan Sharipov](/maintainers/Serafim)[@serafim](https://github.com/serafim)

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Tags

jsonJSON5encodedecodereadwriteparsing

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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