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wyster/light-xml
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Lightweight xml reader and writer

v1.0.0(10y ago)01.1kMITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jan 17Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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LightXml
========

[](#lightxml)

Lightweight xml reader and writer

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require wyster/light-xml

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3774d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/337d0c94deb3069f011706b4b83acb44e8d9814764b00122cf8fb5c2fe242fd4?d=identicon)[wyster](/maintainers/wyster)

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Top Contributors

[![wyster](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/341694?v=4)](https://github.com/wyster "wyster (27 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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