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21torr/lenient-front-matter
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Lenient and simple front matter parser, that only supports very simple cases.

2.0.0(5y ago)11.2k1MITPHPPHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

Since Dec 9Pushed 2y ago3 watchersCompare

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Lenient Front Matter
====================

[](#lenient-front-matter)

Front matter parser, that doesn't use YAML for parsing, but is a really lenient plain text parser.

This is intended for use, where the customer is entering simple key-value entries.

> 📚 [**Read the docs**](https://21torr-docs.pages.dev/docs/php/library/lenient-front-matter/)

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 65% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~608 days

Total

3

Last Release

762d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02020-12-09

### Community

Maintainers

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