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bitandblack/syntaxhighlighter
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A Syntax Highlighter written in PHP

0.3.1(2y ago)0225MITPHP >=7.2

Since Mar 15Compare

[ Source](https://bitbucket.org/wirbelwild/highlighter.git)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/bitandblack/syntaxhighlighter)[ Docs](https://www.bitandblack.com)[ RSS](/packages/bitandblack-syntaxhighlighter/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (6)Versions (10)Used By (0)

### README not available

The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://bitbucket.org/wirbelwild/highlighter.git).

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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

Every ~194 days

Recently: every ~205 days

Total

9

Last Release

1057d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.0PHP ^7.1

0.2.1PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0808723f714458ca2dd5894427a9ff755342bdfb85aa756347db1703d1a55ec?d=identicon)[TobiasKöngeter](/maintainers/TobiasK%C3%B6ngeter)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d234cc7eea9828e1991a99c9d76770426cb726a810f4855d5efd30de95c448d0?d=identicon)[Bit&Black](/maintainers/Bit&Black)

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Tags

syntaxhighlighterhighlighting

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

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