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spencer-mortensen/base64
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An alternative to the traditional base64 encoding, with safer characters and a different mapping.

2.0.0(3y ago)017LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Nov 23Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Base64
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[](#base64)

This project is available as a Composer Package:
[spencer-mortensen/base64](https://packagist.org/packages/spencer-mortensen/base64)

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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 ~781 days

Total

3

Last Release

1168d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02023-03-03

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ab3b16628454dcd5005930f417ba53fc7bc7eac0f7db768d25eef3bf30594f49?d=identicon)[spencermortensen](/maintainers/spencermortensen)

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Top Contributors

[![spencer-mortensen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2017476?v=4)](https://github.com/spencer-mortensen "spencer-mortensen (4 commits)")

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Tags

exceptions

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