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stolt/json-merge-patch
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Implementation of JSON Merge Patch (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7396).

v2.0.1(3y ago)10231.0k↑78.8%3MITPHP >=7.4

Since Jun 9Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/raphaelstolt/json-merge-patch)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/stolt/json-merge-patch)[ Docs](https://github.com/raphaelstolt/json-merge-patch)[ RSS](/packages/stolt-json-merge-patch/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.7% 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 ~641 days

Total

5

Last Release

1433d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.2 → v2.0.02022-06-15

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

v1.0.1PHP ^5.4 || ^7.0

v2.0.0PHP ^8.0

v2.0.1PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/132faf5713fa951f4263fad02858a62e55c5d832ad775b33e49ba0cda2f2a028?d=identicon)[Raphael Stolt](/maintainers/Raphael%20Stolt)

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Top Contributors

[![raphaelstolt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48225?v=4)](https://github.com/raphaelstolt "raphaelstolt (43 commits)")[![kosta-by](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46555425?v=4)](https://github.com/kosta-by "kosta-by (1 commits)")

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Tags

jsonjson modificationJSON merge patch

###  Code Quality

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