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talesoft/tale-reader
====================

A reading library that can read and parse strings and PSR-7 streams

0.4.0(6y ago)1464MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since Mar 4Pushed 6y ago3 watchersCompare

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Tale Reader
===========

[](#tale-reader)

What is Tale Reader?
--------------------

[](#what-is-tale-reader)

Tale Reader is a utility to easily read and parse strings and PSR-7 streams.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

**Don't use in production yet**

```
composer req talesoft/tale-reader
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

//TODO: more docs, more tests

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70% 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 ~367 days

Total

5

Last Release

2255d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1PHP >=5.5.0

0.3.0PHP >=7.1.0

0.4.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

psr-7readerstream-readertext-readerexpression-reader

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