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alto/frontmatter
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Fast front matter extraction and strict YAML-subset decoding for PHP, the decoder companion for alto/markdown.

v0.9.0(today)00MITPHP >=8.4

Since Aug 7Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/altophp/frontmatter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/alto/frontmatter)[ Docs](https://github.com/altophp/frontmatter)[ RSS](/packages/alto-frontmatter/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced today

READMEChangelogDependencies (3)Versions (2)Used By (0)

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The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/altophp/frontmatter).

###  Health Score

37

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LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance100

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

0d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a8951d49b371d210280a58ce48969a07d1f49924810f8a1fab3a9343eb46fdc9?d=identicon)[simonandre](/maintainers/simonandre)

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Tags

parseryamlmetadatamarkdownfrontmatterstatic-sitefront mattertoml

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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