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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. serialization/serialization ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) serialization/serialization =========================== Library defining a Serializer and a Deserializer interface and basic utilities 4.1.0(1y ago)7806.5k↑74.7%[1 PRs](https://github.com/wmde/Serialization/pulls)14GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP >=7.4 Since Jul 13Compare [ Source](https://github.com/wmde/Serialization)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/serialization/serialization)[ Docs](https://github.com/wmde/Serialization)[ RSS](/packages/serialization-serialization/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (15)Used By (14) ### README not available The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/wmde/Serialization). ### Health Score 48 — FairBetter than 95% of packages Maintenance39 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity42 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community30 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity71 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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. 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