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vdechenaux/brotli
=================

Add brotli compress/uncompress functions to PHP

1.3.0(9mo ago)2473.1k↓58.4%6[1 issues](https://github.com/vdechenaux/brotli-php/issues)1MITPHPPHP ^8.1CI failing

Since Apr 23Pushed 9mo ago3 watchersCompare

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Features
========

[](#features)

This library adds Brotli support to PHP (>= 8.1)

```
function brotli_compress(string $data, int $quality = 11): string

function brotli_uncompress(string $data): string
```

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Library
-------

[](#library)

```
$ composer require vdechenaux/brotli

```

You are almost done ! **Read the next section to complete the setup.**

Binary
------

[](#binary)

This command will only install the PHP code, but a binary file is also needed. This binary is provided by 2 packages, depending of your environment:

- Linux AMD64

```
$ composer require vdechenaux/brotli-bin-amd64

```

- Linux i386

```
$ composer require vdechenaux/brotli-bin-i386

```

The binary will be automatically used by this library. You don't need to configure something after binary installation.

### Using apt

[](#using-apt)

You can use Brotli binary from `apt` if you are using:

- Ubuntu >= xenial (16.04)
- Debian >= stretch (9)

```
$ apt install brotli

```

### Using Homebrew

[](#using-homebrew)

```
$ brew install brotli

```

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance57

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity41

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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 ~677 days

Total

4

Last Release

275d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.1

1.1.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

1.3.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![vdechenaux](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1501825?v=4)](https://github.com/vdechenaux "vdechenaux (18 commits)")[![chapeupreto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/834048?v=4)](https://github.com/chapeupreto "chapeupreto (1 commits)")[![jozefcuryllo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6951054?v=4)](https://github.com/jozefcuryllo "jozefcuryllo (1 commits)")[![tfink](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3719286?v=4)](https://github.com/tfink "tfink (1 commits)")

---

Tags

brotli

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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